I like to ask people who believe in reality the following question: “What is the one single piece of evidence that convinces you that reality is real?” The answer is always easily debunked. For example:<\/p>\n
“Evidence”: Reality is real because I can sense the world around me.<\/p>\n
Answer: Senses have been known to fool people, quite often.<\/p>\n
“Evidence”: Reality is real because if I base predictions on my understanding of it, they are generally accurate, so my understanding of it is probably pretty accurate.<\/p>\n
Answer: Predictions are not evidence.<\/p>\n
“Evidence”: When people from entirely different backgrounds and personal histories and different parts of the globe compare notes, they find that their realities are fundamentally the same.<\/p>\n
Answer: Since when is a sample size of “2” acceptable for anything?<\/p>\n
“Evidence”: Reality is internally consistant.<\/p>\n
Answer: So are mirages.<\/p>\n
“Evidence”: Math based on simple observations of the universe requires reality to be real.<\/p>\n
Answer: Since you don’t understand the math it would be all to easy for you to be fooled by this.<\/p>\n
For more on how reality is not real, see this post by S. Fred Singer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I like to ask people who believe in reality the following question: “What is the one single piece of evidence that convinces you that reality is real?” The answer is always easily debunked. For example: “Evidence”: Reality is real because I can sense the world around me. Answer: Senses have been known to fool people, … Continue reading Is reality real?<\/span>