The famous French philosopher Renι Descartes said, "Cogito ergo sum",
Which translates basically to, "I think therefore I am".
From my perspective you could be a creation of my own imagination and to you I could be as well. However there is a point in which a person has to make a decision in what to accept as reality and what to set aside. It all depends on where to draw the line.
There could be a brand of soda pop called Coca Cola on a planet that orbits the star HR 7001. Because at this moment we do not have the ability to thoroughly scan any orbiting planets and search under every stone or ice crevice. This possibility doesn't seem likely but it "could" be true. If in the future we do have the ability to thoroughly check any planets orbiting HR 7001 specifically for Coca Cola brand products remotely then it is up the individual to decide if they "trust" the scanning device. If even further into the future there is a transport to these distant planets and the individual could go see for his or herself that there are no Coca Cola products that were originally produced on these baron planets and after observing with their own eyes that there is nothing to be found regarding Coca Cola at the time of observation the individual has a choice to trust what they see with their eyes or the choice not to.
Here in lies the problem, if this is all a computer simulation we still have consequences within this simulation. If I put my hand in the flame on the stove for a long enough period of time my hand will be burned and I will most likely experience pain. I could quite possibly have a tumor in my brain that I am unaware of and this tumor affects the brain in a way that my nerves do not feel the effects of something hot. It could be true but most likely not. If this reality is not real while the consequences experienced within this reality are then a line has to be drawn. Will the individual work with the reality that which surrounds them and try to experience positive consequences or will the individual choose to ignore their reality and ask questions of why they are experiencing such negative consequences?
I am not saying that if you accept reality you will not experience negative consequences but more so how to avoid some negative consequences while finding or creating positive ones. If you do not like the reality you exist in then do what you can to change it using what exists within it.
Which translates basically to, "I think therefore I am".
From my perspective you could be a creation of my own imagination and to you I could be as well. However there is a point in which a person has to make a decision in what to accept as reality and what to set aside. It all depends on where to draw the line.
There could be a brand of soda pop called Coca Cola on a planet that orbits the star HR 7001. Because at this moment we do not have the ability to thoroughly scan any orbiting planets and search under every stone or ice crevice. This possibility doesn't seem likely but it "could" be true. If in the future we do have the ability to thoroughly check any planets orbiting HR 7001 specifically for Coca Cola brand products remotely then it is up the individual to decide if they "trust" the scanning device. If even further into the future there is a transport to these distant planets and the individual could go see for his or herself that there are no Coca Cola products that were originally produced on these baron planets and after observing with their own eyes that there is nothing to be found regarding Coca Cola at the time of observation the individual has a choice to trust what they see with their eyes or the choice not to.
Here in lies the problem, if this is all a computer simulation we still have consequences within this simulation. If I put my hand in the flame on the stove for a long enough period of time my hand will be burned and I will most likely experience pain. I could quite possibly have a tumor in my brain that I am unaware of and this tumor affects the brain in a way that my nerves do not feel the effects of something hot. It could be true but most likely not. If this reality is not real while the consequences experienced within this reality are then a line has to be drawn. Will the individual work with the reality that which surrounds them and try to experience positive consequences or will the individual choose to ignore their reality and ask questions of why they are experiencing such negative consequences?
I am not saying that if you accept reality you will not experience negative consequences but more so how to avoid some negative consequences while finding or creating positive ones. If you do not like the reality you exist in then do what you can to change it using what exists within it.
