Poll: Reality

[bob-2000]

we can't really ever know if reality is real, can we? maybe it's all just a figment of our imagination...

 

[Wasurenagusa]

Reality is my mind expanded to the reaches of the universe, that ebbs and flows with each passing moment as my thoughts shift continuously.
Everything; matter, emotion, inspiration, music, sound, the wind, has all been created by me, a superior being, far ahead of my time, with restraints clamping the deeper reaches of my mind shut, so that I can experience my own creation with no realisation of the world outside my mind.

 

[baseracer]

Unless you are in a simulated reality. If you are reading this, you are the only one alive. Enjoy your stay.

 

[Code Monkey]

Uh, this may be a shocker, but stuff is real
Just letting you know.

That is, until the robots come and put us all in a fake world using the power of SCIENCE

 

[spuddyt]

It is impossible to know if reality is "real" because we are constructs from within that "reality".

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

This is why it would be ridiculously amazing to be able to read minds.

 

[Zand88]

"Life itself is only a vision. A dream. Nothing exists, say an empty space and you.. and you are but a thought."

 

[PurpleRain]

The question if all of this is real comes from the question about God. I have to wonder, myself, if that if this is real, then we are sure a pathetic race. The human race is war-mongering, fundamentalist, ignorant, and have a deep hatred of their own bretheren.

Really, this has to be some kind of ethereal dream. What society would be this corrupt and evil? In a perfect world, half the different societies on this planet would not exist, I won't mention which ones, but let's just say I live in Canada (Points south in a very vigorous manner.)

My sister likes to say we're all the science project of a massive alien kid and he got a D on it. I like Douglas Adam's theory that we were all sneezed out of a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure. But if we were created by some kind of God, then I have come to three conclusions about him.

1. He's very lazy, and will do nothing to help quell the vile behaivor around his creation.

2. If all the horrible things are acts of God, he's a sadistic bastard.

3. And this is the most logical, HE DOESN'T EXIST.

In conclusion, I say that we're all just an illusion. A mizture of colorful lights and sounds that make us invision a strange and bizzare world around us.

Firstly, your points of god are ignorant beyond belief.

And your last point, 'I say that we're all just an illusion. A mizture of colorful lights and sounds that make us invision a strange and bizzare world around us' is also wrong because light and what picks up and radiates that light must be real to create the illusion. Also, light doesn't constitute anything but light and heat. So what is solid matter or thought?

 

[PurpleRain]

Yes it's reality, and I hate all of you who give bullshit complex Matrix-like theories.

This is why I carved your name into my leg. People say it was because I lost my own sanity and was just making them aware of it. Truth is, it's because you rock!

 

[Kurokami]

Hmm... Reality. We all hate bits of it (go on, admit it), but now I have throughly confused myself. Is any of this real? Is it all a dream? Are we all just figments of imagination? Or am I just talking shit? I don't know...

Anyway, we could be real or might not be. I am now confused.

Is reality real? By definition, yes.
If you mean life, of course it is. Its also pointless and long. (that's not to say I'm not enjoying the ride)


Perception is all that exists, regardless of the 'physical'. We can never perceive things through others eyes, which begs the question are they real? all that matters in the end is us. (meaning me, or to you meaning you.)

I have a hard time expressing my opinion on this matter, so I'll leave you with a quote from house hopefully from which you can refine my message.

(in context this conversation's about House being dead for a period of time and having had an 'out of body' experience)
"Do you believe those experiences were real?"
"Define real, they were real experiences."

 

[Instant K4rma]

I believe we are all part of something larger... A computer simulation, blanketed over our eyes to make us see a false reality.

OT: Yea, I think its pretty real.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Have you been watching or thinking about the Matrix a lot recently?

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Yeah, maybe the Matrix does have you. But until Trinity starts sending you unnecessarily cryptic instant messages you have no way of knowing.

I prefer to assume that this is the real thing, if it's not then none of this matters and I'll be no worse off but if it is then this is really important.

 

[TheSunshineHobo]

If reality isn't real then nothing is fact and everything is subjective

up to here that was a great post

that's how I think about it

The rest was for comedic effect. And I agree, i'm very smart.

 

[traceur_]

Ok guys, punch yourself in the face, do it.

Feel that? Good. Do you know whether it was real or not? No. But that doesn't change the fact that you felt it. Whether we are real or not has no relevance to anything, at all. It's completely pointless to think about, you're wasting your time.