Can anyone think of a reason why reality is better than fiction?

Question

Why should I like to live in a world where there are no superheroes, supervillains, superpowers, aliens, ghosts, alchemy, magic, talking animals, interplanetary, intergalactic or interdimensional travel, artificial intelligence, flying cars, elementals, teleporters, clones, learning shortcuts, non-human sentient races or resurrections?

Answer 1

All those things you mentioned would be awesome, but unfortunately, they're not real. Reality is better because it exists, but I bet fiction is more fun.

Answer 2

I find that fictional stories are a kind of relief from the every day drama. Why else would soap operas be popular? As for fictional books, I read so many of them. It's good to let your mind go to another time or place. Don't look at fictional books the same as nonfiction. People don't read fiction to get information the way they would from nonfiction. Of course the information on genetic advances wouldn't be accurate in fiction because the writer may use the idea of say, cloning, and write a story about an entire army of George Bush clones. As for seperating reality and fiction, I think most people have that under control. Those that do not, have deeper issues that would effect them without reading fiction. Watch the movie 'Mazes and Monsters' with Tom Hanks for an extreme example of how fiction can result in disorientation, but with someone who has some kind of mental problem. The rest of us don't have that issue.

Answer 3

Reality is truth; Fiction is not. You can escape (reality) temporarily but will need to eventually return to it because reality is the only thing that's real. It's nice to imagine a world of characters and objects but that is not life -- it's simply a fantasy and entertainment for the senses. You can't live in the world you mentioned because it does not exist. Books and movies featuring what you mentioned are simply scripted by someone with a very creative imagination.

Answer 4

Well, that's easy. Reality is real. And when something is real and funny, it's VERY entertaining. Sitcoms are interesting, yes, however, most of the jokes are unreal and corny. Mostly because they are rehearsed. If you were to take that same joke and have someone in a reality show say it, it would most likely get more laughs. Because it's REAL and not rehearsed. Take the I Love New York for example. When she was speaking with Pootie about a cheeseburger or something of that sort, it was hilarious because i made no sense. However, if you were to put that in a sitcom, people would just look at it and think, "What does that have to do with what they were just arguing about?" The world loves reality and that's why it is the new phenomenon.

Answer 5

I used to be into all sorts of fiction and games like that. I still enjoy it, but not as an escape as it used to be. Reality is far more appealing because it is here in front of you right now. It is truth, and there are deep truths to be discovered that make fiction look bland. Learn to meditate and be mindful and you will find an entire world in a grain of sand, in terms of complexity and beauty.

The reason I suggest learning meditation and mindfulness is because it develops how much of the "now" that you comprehend. Just like a novice chess player can only see a couple moves ahead on the board, most people only see the surface of life, of how things interact and relate to one another. If you develop mindfulness through meditation, you see far more moves then a novice, you would see deeper into what meaning and life is as it relates to you and other people. And you will discover what you really are. Or so I hear, I'm still working on my own skills in this arena, heh. Good luck!

Answer 6

Reality is really better for you, it gives you choices. It may be the environment you are in, and the things you expose yourself to, or don't, which make fiction sound better. Join a museum and look at real life art. Read some biographies about real people. Real things are there, if you want to find these. Shut the television for awhile, and attend real events, a softball game, a tennis match, a soccer rally. All these are real. Ride the subway or trolley and walk in the park. Learn to ride a bicycle. Go to church, if you want to travel from here to fiction safely. Thank you.

Answer 7

You've defined some reason why fiction is more interesting in limited dose than the world of space-time reality. But most of what you mentioned is the work of human beings, not reality.

Fiction is heightened realism; if the author writes fantasy not for the sake of ideas we can consider but as he degenerates into discontexed imaging, he's supplying not mental nourishment but a drug.

The lessons of fiction are that a human being who chooses the right specific goals and pursues them by moral-ethical (realistic and non-criminal) means will deserve to win no matter ho extreme the situation, no matter whether he does or not.

The self-asserting individual egoist, the thinker who dwells in space-time reality both writes and reads "fiction"--tales of how men ought to pursue happiness instead of living it or reading non-fiction about what men "happened to do in the past' for inspiration; to experience as if real the character, categorical values and self-affirming experiences of someone worth reading about for that reason.

It's as if one's philosophy came to life and could be experienced in three-dimensions, on a stage, in the same room; but that's to get you ready to LIVE in reality, not run away from it. Yes it's a preferable world; mountain climbers like standing on top of a peak too; just a an architect enjoys seeing his building opened for use or a film actor likes to see the finished movie; but these persons know that their life is preparing and climbing, preparing and creating buildings, preparing and acting--not just the wrap party or final highlight moments.

Answer 8

All of those things exist in one way or another in reality.
even if it is only your reality. Once you get clued in you will see that reality, as you call it, is much stranger than fiction. Often, when I cannot imagine how things could get any better (or worse), I am surprised by the creativity of the universe.to orchestrate the unexpected. Want to do magic? Try using the law of attraction as taught by Jerry and Esther Hicks. The better it gets, the better it gets. Have fun!

Answer 9

No...I think that fiction is better than reality...sometimes reality beats fiction...real things seem to be taken out of a fiction book...I suppose...

Answer 10

Grass is green on the other side of the fence. We think fiction is better because we haven't experienced it first hand and we focus more on positive sides of it. If fiction is to become reality, we won't like it as much.