What you experience may not exist

What you experience may not exist This is one of two interesting articles on Reality published in the New Scientist of February 1st. I (there is no I anyway) consider Reality to be an illusion created by people (sathva in general) .

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What you experience may not exist. Inside the strange truth of reality

What our senses allow us to experience may not reflect what actually exists. It may be a creation of our own consciousness, or a computer simulation designed by superintelligent beings

Physics 29 January 2020

By Donna Lu , Alison George , Daniel Cossins and Layal Liverpool

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Can we perceive reality?

Alison George

I don’t know about you, but I feel that I have a perfectly good perception of reality. Inside my head is a vivid depiction of the world around me, replete with sounds, smells, colour and objects. So it is rather unsettling to discover this might all be a fabrication. Some researchers even contend that the live-stream movie in my head bears no resemblance whatsoever to reality.

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This is one of two interesting articles on Reality published in the New Scientist of February 1st. I (there is no I anyway) consider Reality to be an illusion created by people (sathva in general) .

What is reality? Why we still don't understand the world's true nature

It’s the ultimate scientific quest – to understand everything that there is. But the closer we get, the further away it seems. Can we ever get to grips with the true nature of reality?

Physics 29 January 2020

By Jason Arunn Murugesu , Joshua Howgego and Gilead Amit

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We humans have a bit of a problem with reality. We experience it all the time, but struggle to define it, let alone understand it.

It seems so solid and yet, when we examine it closely, it melts away like a mirage. We don’t know when it began, how big it is, where it came from and where it is going, and we certainly have no clue why it exists.