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What is reality?

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What is reality?
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What is reality?
January 28, 2014 at 10:27 am
I have just been pondering about reality and what is real and can we ever truly know what reality is? And are we controlled or are we controlling the world? And if we're controlled, then who or what is controlling the controller? Or is there even such a thing as control?
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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What is reality?

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What is reality? - by Gooders1002 - January 28, 2014 at 10:27 am
RE: What is reality? - by Neo-Scholastic - January 28, 2014 at 10:32 am
RE: What is reality? - by bennyboy - January 28, 2014 at 11:07 am
RE: What is reality? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - January 28, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: What is reality? - by safa100 - February 8, 2014 at 2:57 am
RE: What is reality? - by Sword of Christ - February 8, 2014 at 6:37 pm
RE: What is reality? - by downbeatplumb - February 9, 2014 at 5:34 pm
RE: What is reality? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 9, 2014 at 5:04 pm
RE: What is reality? - by bennyboy - February 9, 2014 at 7:34 pm

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