• Question: Are we real? Or are we just in a dream and in reality, we are just in a space ship in space? Are we actual people?

    Asked by weeaboo4life to Andy, Chris, Harriet, Jess, Nikki on 11 Mar 2016.
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      Harriet Reid answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      We are real, as far as I’m concerned…. But how could we ever tell.

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      Christopher Blanford answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      Hi Weeaboo4life

      1. This is a philosophical problem. Get a good outline here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat

      2. Have a laugh here:
      http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2203
      http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2055

      3. This is one of the hormones I was talking about in our chat:
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghrelin

      Chris

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      Nikki D'Arcy answered on 12 Mar 2016:

      Interesting question.. I heard something about how things aren’t real but your brain makes it all up. Like in the Matrix or something… That would be scary! I feel quite real and I think reality is a state of mind, so if you feel it, then you are. What’s real for you may be totally different than what’s real for me….

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      andy chapman answered on 13 Mar 2016:

      What a beautiful question that nobody can ever answer…..

      No idea! Descartes said I think therefore I am….that works for me. But I am with you, I am always wondering if its all real. Am I in the truman show? The matrix….

    • Photo: Jessica Groppi

      Jessica Groppi answered on 13 Mar 2016:

      Hi!

      As far as my perception and self awareness go, we are real. One day I might wake up and realise we’re all in the Matrix, or floating in a space ship in the galaxy, but I doubt I’m the one who will be chosen to defeat our evil overlords.

      Jess.

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