The Illusion of Reality

Reality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist." Literally, the term denotes what is real; in its widest sense, this includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. Reality in this sense includes being and sometimes is considered to include nothingness, as well. By contrast, the term existence is often restricted solely to being.

The term truth has no single definition about which a majority of professional philosophers and scholars agree, and various theories of truth continue to be debated. Metaphysical objectivism holds that truths are independent of our beliefs; except for propositions that are actually about our beliefs or sensations, what is true or false is independent of what we think is true or false. According to some trends in philosophy, such as postmodernism/post-structuralism, truth is subjective.

A fact or factual entity is a phenomenon that is perceived as an elemental principle. It is rarely one that could be subject to personal interpretation. Instead, it is most often an observed phenomenon of the natural world. The proposition that "viewed from most places on Earth, the Sun rises in the east" is a fact. It is a fact for people belonging to any group or nationality, regardless of which language they speak or which part of the hemisphere they come from. The Galilean proposition in support of the Copernican theory, that the sun is the center of the solar system, is one that states the fact of the natural world.

Quantum mechanics, a branch of physics founded in the early 20th century, has established a number of highly counterintuitive experimental results. Some individuals have asserted those results are relevant to a conception of reality. In particular, the experimental data suggests two facts about the universe at very small distances (on the scale of individual protons):

1. first, that the universe is non-deterministic, and
2. second, that the concept of an objective measurement is, strictly speaking, meaningless.

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[rubberduckey111]

@symphonyofscripture well sure, every faith and every science will believe that the universe had a beginning. but there is a problem. why are we searching for a beginning? why do we creatures feel that a beginning is so important that we NEED to search for it? will it matter if we find out how everything came to be? I don't think so, for sure. We will all reach the same end in MY opinion, so even if I know where everything originated from, I still am just going to look forward, we all should imo

[rubberduckey111]

@trillby1 well we cant prove many things to be truly fact. as I cannot prove that God's existence is obsolete to you, you cannot prove that Q.M. is obsolete to me. we cannot change this no matter how much we know. you could scientifically prove Q.M. to me but it would not matter. it would not even matter if God formally introduced himself to you even if by shaking your hand, there would always be doubt, there will always be a level which we cannot comprehend, and this means that there is no end.

[symphonyofscripture]

@33MrSmiley I'm quite certain that Einstein's theory of relativity proved the universe actually had a beginning...

[33MrSmiley]

@symphonyofscripture Realistically, time is nothing more than human perception. It is a measurement of revolutions etc.. Look at Einstein's theory of relativity. It says space is curved. However, logic tells one that space has no properties. It is like saying God has properties.

I don't know about it being matter of fact-ly infinite or not being infinite. Depends on your perspective, which is what philosophy is all about. My opinion in short is that it is and isn't infinite.

[symphonyofscripture]

@33MrSmiley I see - Thank you for explaining that for me. But hasn't logic, philosophy and science all proven that the universe cannot be infinite? I mean, wouldn't you agree that an effect could not also, at the same time, be it's own cause? From what I understand, I hear you saying that everything is an effect of a preceding effect - where there is such a chain of events, of any sort, there must also be time - and time is not infinite...

[33MrSmiley]

@symphonyofscripture The question is for what or what is the purpose. Well, if you did this for an eternity, you essential would be or become a god.

It is a fascinating concept and if accepted by an individual, very empowering increasing potential of the individual exponentially.

[33MrSmiley]

@symphonyofscripture Yeah, it is pretty much infinite. You have to think in the context that if the universe is infinite, then everything that could possibly ever happen has already happened...yet it hasn't.

Though the illusions are infinite, I think they all can be bypassed somehow. Maybe in death they are bypassed and you enter a new realm of illusions or hierarchy.

Everything we do is nothing more than learning and growing. The universe...that is why experiences good and bad are critical.

[symphonyofscripture]

@33MrSmiley Thanks! So, are you suggesting an infinite regress? An illusion, having an illusion of an illusion, having an illusion, ad infinitum?

[33MrSmiley]

@symphonyofscripture All of us, which we make one, or you could say the universe. Another way of putting it...as we become more sophisticated, the universe becomes more sophisticated. That is why when we bypass one illusion, we run into another illusion.

[symphonyofscripture]

Who is having the illusion?