What if all the people on earth except you werent really real- that they just existed in you're mind? How do you know the entire world around you isnt just an illusion? How do you know that you're not just a brain in a jar hooked up to simulators, for lab experimentation?
2007-07-24 19:21:08 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Sounds like the Matrix
2007-07-24 19:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by Lefty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The world is actually real, but you identifying with it is an illusion.
A person may be fearful of a tiger in a dream, but another man who is awake by his side sees no tiger there. The tiger is a myth for both of them, namely the person dreaming and the person awake, because actually there is no tiger; but the man forgetful of his awakened life is fearful, whereas the man who has not forgotten his position is not at all fearful. So the world is an illusion, but if you are in a dream state, you think you suffer or enjoy, if you are awake then you know it is an illusion and none of it matters. Hope this helps.
2007-07-25 02:51:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We think alike. (haha?)
No, actually, I often wonder if I'm not part of an experiment or study by some deviants who want to see how the mind and body work and react to everything.
Kind of like the Truman Show; I'm waiting to get signals, I'll have to use my car radio more and I never did see the end for some reason.
See you around....
2007-07-25 02:39:13 · answer #3 · answered by cut-it-out 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't even know the difference since I've made my own
world up since I was a tiny girl. I live totally in a place of
my imagination and occasionally descend to pay taxes
and deal with electrical outages. I wish I could give a
course in this.
2007-07-25 02:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will ask the master the next time I need a jolt from my electrode. He did the mash. He did the monster mash. It was a graveyard smash. My brain is not a jar. It is a door. A door to the windows of perception.
2007-07-25 02:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh, my word...I thought I was the only one who thought this!!! It used to confuse me to the point where it's all I thought about..but I found out I couldn't prove if it were real or not. So I just let it go.
Enjoy life! The more you try to prove if you're living or not, you're not living. Don't let it consume you!
2007-07-25 02:24:57 · answer #6 · answered by Niki C 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
IF the universe has infinite possibilities then your scenerio has infinite potential for it to be happening now so I would therefore say then that this IS the case if aforementioned prerequisite is met.
2007-07-25 02:27:09 · answer #7 · answered by rich e rich 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because George Bush wouldn't be in it if it was an illusion.
2007-07-25 02:31:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caveman Joe, I think your questions are more suited for the philosophical section of Answers. But to answer your question- I guess we'll find out when we bite the big one.
2007-07-25 02:25:50 · answer #9 · answered by Spyder 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We don't know that.
What if this is one big dream?
I think it's everyone's collective dream though,
And that they exist too, but this world is a product of our collective imaginations.
2007-07-25 02:24:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋