I'm still not convinced everything around isn't just a ploy to make me believe this reality is real, when I'm perhaps hooked up to machine in some government experiment because I'm so special. (Yeah, you'd deny that could happen, but of course you would, because you're just part of the conspiracy!)

Anyway, yeah, food for thought. Also, one of the better make-you-think Calvin and Hobbs comics. Is it sad that I can actually follow the Dad's logic?

Me and my sister talked about this once as a joke, but it got too complicated.

It's strange. In one of the more recent episodes of Shippuden, Itachi gave a small speech that fits this perfectly.

"People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That's how they define "reality". But what does it mean to be "correct" or "true?" Merely vague concepts... their "reality" may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?" ~ Uchiha Itachi.

Also, one of the better make-you-think Calvin and Hobbs comics. Is it sad that I can actually follow the Dad's logic?

No more sad than how I can follow it with you.

In times like this, I like to wonder whether or not everything we see, hear, taste, smell, and feel around is all just an illusion, and that in reality, we are all just humans trapped in a multidimensional, all-encompassing, omnipotent robot-controlling computer program known as "The Matrix". Just food for thought, that. B)

~B~

I'm still not convinced everything around isn't just a ploy to make me believe this reality is real, when I'm perhaps hooked up to machine in some government experiment because I'm so special. (Yeah, you'd deny that could happen, but of course you would, because you're just part of the conspiracy!)

 

Anyway, yeah, food for thought. Also, one of the better make-you-think Calvin and Hobbs comics. Is it sad that I can actually follow the Dad's logic?

 

That actually makes sense to me. I would think of "the machine" as representing the universe and "the government" as representing a misguided cosmic AI.

Through seemingly plausible chains of logic, a mind can convince itself of just about anything, no matter how absurd or patently false. Which is why we can't rely on that part of ourselves alone when we're seeking truth.

Me and my sister talked about this once as a joke, but it got too complicated.

 

It's strange. In one of the more recent episodes of Shippuden, Itachi gave a small speech that fits this perfectly.

 

"People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That's how they define "reality". But what does it mean to be "correct" or "true?" Merely vague concepts... their "reality" may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?" ~ Uchiha Itachi.

When you drill right down to the essence of it, it's actually beautifully simple. Our minds just like to pretend it's all too complicated to take in.

I like this quote from the excellent movie The Limits of Control: "Reality is subjective."

Also, one of the better make-you-think Calvin and Hobbs comics. Is it sad that I can actually follow the Dad's logic?

No more sad than how I can follow it with you.

 

In times like this, I like to wonder whether or not everything we see, hear, taste, smell, and feel around is all just an illusion, and that in reality, we are all just humans trapped in a multidimensional, all-encompassing, omnipotent robot-controlling computer program known as "The Matrix". Just food for thought, that. B)

 

~B~

Hold onto that thought. Who knows, someday you might surprise yourself at just how close to the mark it is. B)

Reality is stranger than fiction...

Reality is stranger than fiction...

Reality is as strange as we make it.

... What tнe #$*! Dө ωΣ (k)πow!?

Book. Movie. Read. Watch.

... What tнe #$*! Dө ωΣ (k)πow!?

 

Book. Movie. Read. Watch.

Ooh yes. That is a very good place to start.