Discussion How do you define "reality"?

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  1. The Hamster Overlord

    The Hamster Overlord Mad scientist/Revered wizard/Alleged antichrist

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    All that which exists
     
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    RenAshdoll God of the Wired

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    “...people live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true... that is how they define reality. But what does it mean to be correct or true? Merely vague concepts... their reality may all be an illusion.”
    ― Kishimoto Masashi Uchiha Itachi - chapter 385

    This ^ :blobpopcorn:
     
  3. Teadragon

    Teadragon Book Wyrm

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    We spend our lives misinterpreting Reality.
     
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    bromnath Well-Known Member

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    The set of all things which have the potential to change my state (physical, mental, emotional, etc), both directly and indirectly.
     
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    GreyPancake Well-Known Member

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    Am i the only one that googled what it meant before trying to sound all philosophical on fantasy forum ?

    I would say reality is just experienced defined.As long as it is experienced once i would assume its real even if the laws of the universe deem it not so,like ppl saying jesus walked on water lol.Its probably not real but enough ppl believe for it to be their reality.
     
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    TypeFantasyHeart Well-Known Member

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    My reality right now is... no work. Food for 2 months. Dont known when they will shut down electricity, water and gas and my country said state of cstastrophe for at least 3 months... and we will recieve no aid at all from the goverment. We are on our own...from Chile
     
  7. Al93we

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    What one percieves as reality is a construct ones brain generates based on sensory input. As such reality is an illusion you can't break out of.
    For instance if you end up locked in a video game, i'd consider said game reality for as long i'm unable to logout, regardless of how "realistic" said game was.
     
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    Reality is what I Perceive that made my own world, each person has their own reality that unique to each other
     
  9. lordbeirut

    lordbeirut Emperor of Perdition

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    Trying to give it more than one definition is a slippery slope you don't wanna go down. Just stick with the "official" definition, it's better for peace of mind.
     
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    Dat_Karma Still Here

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    What I believe is real
     
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    The main point about reality is Information.
    Your 5 senses can perceive the change around you, the obvious ones and sometimes the ones that's inconspicuous.
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    Your brain retain that information as memories, some for a short period of time and some maybe there until you die.
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    Where in simulated/virtual/dream-state ''reality", there's a lack of information going through your 5 senses and if there is memories recorded, it wasn't long for it to fade away. Because maybe your brain know that those kind of information wasn't worth to keep, as it won't affect your 'real' life.
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    Well... Enough, I need my brain to rest for today.
     
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    Alfha Robby Well-Known Member

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    reality is a shitty game, most thing never work the way you expect and want, something that you perceive doesn't mean its a reality.
     
  13. yuzen

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    There is no reality exists when it comes to you, me or another. Let me take "you" as an example. A different version of "you" exists in the mind of everyone who knows you. The person you think of "yourself" exists only for you, even you don't really know who that is. Every person you meet, have a relationship with, or make eye contact in street with, creates a version of "you" in their heads, you're not the same person to your mom, your dad, your siblings than to your friends, your co-workers, or to your neighbours. There are a thousand different versions of "you" of yourself out there in people mind's. A "you" exists in each version, and yet "you" "yourself", isn't really "someone" at all, this is the reality you are eager to know, this is not only for people it could be for anything, I suppose...
     
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    Your perception of the world. That's the simplest answer.

    Everyone's perception of the world is influenced by their own life experiences, values, etc. so each person experiences the world differently. It's also why the world around us is as large or as small as we make it, even if the physical world suggests otherwise.

    I met a woman once who had spent a few years confined to a small room. It wasn't prison, but it wasn't far off. She retreated into herself and developed a mental world that would put even the most devout mindscape developer to shame. When she was released, she spent the next several years writing books about "her travels". It was both how she coped with her "reality" expanding physically, and trying to convey her inner world to everyone else.
     
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    Earth is flat and the sun is a DEADLY LASER:blobpeek:
     
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    Reality is the world where i lived and everything that existed in it,
    Reality is the time i experienced and eveything that happened before it.
     
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    I consider what I experience as reality.
     
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    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    What is science to these rules, laws, or tenets? What of magic in relation to both science and said rules, law, or tenets?

    I know not if you believe in them, but I do in both, more so in the first than the second... to my regret.
    What are her books titled? Consider me curious of her situation, because she in fact reminds me of Beatrice's Cat Box from When The Seagulls Cry or Fate's concept of reality marbles.
     
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    Science attempts to be the closest possible approximation to the laws of reality it can be. It is the closest thing humans have to an objective reality.

    Then there is the subjective version of reality Alastar describes, and it certainly is a thing. But here is the problem: It can be dead wrong.

    The more your subjective view misaligns with the objective reality the more insane you are. And yes, there are many people on that spectrum, and even people in high offices can be complete nutters in this regard.
     
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    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    Okay, so you answered my first question. What of my second question? Any serious answer you may have about it. Its relation to science and said objective reality?
    Insanity is sanity. What do you mean? To be insane is to be free. Madness is becoming "chaos" without texture or flavor. I say the insane are perhaps closes to ultimate truth. Whether the truth is 1 or 0, I do not know. We are still bound by the concept of 1 OR 0 or 1 AND 0 or 1 NOT 0.
     
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