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Ddaddy said

Or not...

I think most of reality is up for grabs since it seems to be completely flexible for every individual. Actual reality and facts seems to be nothing more than a suggestion for most people...they are much happier (or at least feel how they act is justified) in their own warped version of reality.

Unpleasant memories of the mistakes you made? Just change them so that you were right and everyone else got it wrong.
Hurt other people? Just change it so that they hurt you first so you were justified hurting them back.
Can't find success? Just blame mom and dad and corporate America for treating you unfairly and keeping you down.
Can't save money? Forget that you spent $250 last week on lunches, dinners and new clothes you didn't need and blame the government taxes keeping you poor.

Yadda, yadda, yadda. :rolleyes:

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There are four levels of reality:

There's like, REAL reality, which is only theoretically achievable in the laboratory using state-of-the-art ultra-new-fangled expensive technology at sea-level and absolute zero;

there's affectual reality, which operates strictly according to Murphy's Law and O'Toole's corollary;

there's perceptual reality, which is unique to each individual;

and there's political reality which by definition is not reality at all under any circumstances.

If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman there, is he still wrong?

"There was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for dragons was brought to the attention of the dragon god, and one day a real dragon appeared before his window. It is said that he died of fright." - Hagakure-