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Kittigate

Scientists are having a hard time trying to explain what reality is. Seems like just a simple question; what is reality?

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If each of the billions of people in the world would express their opinions of reality it would all be entered into the Big Computer then there we make a summary to come up with the adequate solution to 'what is reality?'.

Posted - October 23, 2021
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  • 1944
    Well, fatefully, when it comes right down to it Kittigate, "Who the eff knows?" Back in the 70's via 1975 or so, "What's reality?" was a hot topic. This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at October 23, 2021 8:18 PM MDT
      October 23, 2021 6:38 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    I started reading a lot of science articles lately,  I am missing out on all the previous issues.
      October 23, 2021 6:46 PM MDT
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  • 1944
    Okay then..It's matter versus antimatter!
      October 23, 2021 7:22 PM MDT
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  • 44357
    Take all of the billions of answers of what reality is...erase them. What is left over is reality.
      October 23, 2021 8:20 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Exactly! Great idea, thanks.
      October 23, 2021 8:30 PM MDT
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  • 44357
    Thank you.
      October 23, 2021 8:32 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    You are welcome!
    I think it is actually beyond the capability of any human mind to totally grasp the concept of reality; it would require something more broad than just intellect alone. This post was edited by Kittigate at October 24, 2021 12:47 PM MDT
      October 23, 2021 8:50 PM MDT
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  • 44357
    Now...try to think of 'nothing'.
      October 24, 2021 10:10 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    I think that would be impossible unless I could eliminate all my senses of awareness.

    I guess 'something' has to create reality.

    I did google 'reality is nothingness' and found logical reasoning why that does not work although one philosopher guy (Alan Watts) claims that it does. This post was edited by Kittigate at October 24, 2021 8:17 PM MDT
      October 24, 2021 10:56 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    That which can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, tasted and proven to exist.
      October 24, 2021 10:16 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Science prefers to complicate things:

     "It is a big and bewildering concept, reality. An abstract way of saying 'everything that there is'- that is a lot to take in: matter, energy, forces, consciousness, even abstract ideas. How to even start?"

    From New Scientist website. This post was edited by Kittigate at October 24, 2021 11:24 AM MDT
      October 24, 2021 11:19 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    Since I'm not a scientist, I can adopt the less complicated definition. :)
      October 24, 2021 12:43 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Right.. scientists must work hard to prove things beyond any iota of doubt in order to claim something as a scientific LAW. That is why evolutionary process and gravity are still theories.
      October 24, 2021 4:20 PM MDT
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