The reality of the situation is that nobody knows the reality of the situation. Least of all the people who will tell you they know.
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I'm being facetious, of course, but generally speaking filtering people who sell you their own "theory of everything" is a good heuristic.
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Most theories and world models, sans a few to which you can apply more rigorous methods, are more aesthetics than science.