Quote Originally Posted by imitator
Its a balancing act, we need to be questioning everything around us, but we also need to be able to still be functional in whatever reality we may be in.
That is another very good point. I find these kinds of discussions very interesting as a philosophical exercise. But as a practical matter, you pretty much have to live your life as if everything you experience is real! Don't tell the IRS, "Taxes, like all reality, are an illusion." Otherwise you will soon experience the "illusion" of prison.
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Does the past is real? Once, a friend of mine, asked me a question that i couldnt answer properly. Since then, i agree with him, but still am open for a good answer. He asked "do you have any CONCRETE proof that the past REALLY existed"? Like... the universe could have been created right now, as it is now. If we were created as we are now, with all memories already into our minds, how we could be sure that this memories were real, that they really refer to events that happened? How can we be sure that they are Rating: 5