I agree. Yuval Harari’s test for whether something is real is to ask if it can suffer. In his opinion, if it cannot suffer, it’s not real. So a nation cannot suffer, a religion cannot be offended etc etc.
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True. But I do wonder sometimes if reality can also be manipulated, or if it’s even palatable. I take greater comfort in a good novel than the world news. But then again, what good does escapism do? In large quantities it’s as criminal as apathy. Still, necessary for wellbeing.
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Sure, I prefer dreams to reality too. But they each have their domains. Dreams are nourishing, but reality is needed to create a world that allows us to dream. Problems arise when these two magisteria overlap, when science is confused for art, and imagination for truth.
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