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Is reality an ILLUSION?...

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Laura D'olimpio

While we have yet to have a definitive answer, one expert has waded through this philosophical quagmire to  explain arguments about whether we are just a brain in a vat.

Writing for the Converation, Laura D'Olimpio, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia, said we can at least be certain we exist. 

Consider this: right now, you are not where you think you are. 

In fact, you happen to be the subject of a science experiment being conducted by an evil genius.

Your brain has been expertly removed from your body and is being kept alive in a vat of nutrients that sits on a laboratory bench.

The nerve endings of your brain are connected to a supercomputer that feeds you all the sensations of everyday life. 

This is why you think you're living a completely normal life.

Do you still exist? Are you still even 'you'? And is the world as you know it a figment of your imagination or an illusion constructed by this evil scientist? 

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Comment by PureTrust
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You seem to be reasonably solid, right? But if you took any one of the atoms in your body, and increased its size so that the nucleus the size of a pin point, the electrons would be whizzing around it as many as several hundred feet away. Look at all that empty space in between. We are essentially made up of nothing. But we feel important, don't we?



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