One simple question

[tavarish]

So tell me tavarish, how do you answer your own question?

"How do you determine what is real and what is not real?"

If something is falsifiable, consistently demonstrable and testable, that gives its existence a bit of credibility, to say the least. I also take into account the primacy of existence.

I compare it to my perception, or model of reality in such a way that bias is all but extinguished, and at the very least - irrelevant.

Example: I have a jar. I can perceive this jar to be real, as it is demonstrable in all aspects of my perception, and can be consistently tested with the perceptions of others. If others tell me that my jar is not real, and I find that it is not consistently demonstrable, I would have to re-examine my initial hypothesis and cast doubt on my own methodology within these parameters.

This is my method, but I don't speak for anyone else.

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Tavarish -

Yes.

Cool.

Well at least I'll never confuse you for anyone resembling a rational thinker.