the Dick Reality Principle: reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away social construction corollary to the Dick Reality Principle: the more people have to stop believing in it before it goes away, the more real it is
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So basically, something is real if it forces you to believe in it against your will? This kind of implies that inconsequential things are less real. I mean, if I don't believe in Luxembourg, at most I'll get people claiming to be from Luxembourg trolling me.
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how many people could possibly need to stop believing in Luxembourg for it to go away? like twenty?
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