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Reality is not as obvious and simple as we like to think. Some of the things that we accept as true at face value are notoriously wrong. Scientists and philosophers have made every effort to change our common perceptions of it. The 10 examples below will show you what I mean.
1. Great glaciation.
Great glaciation is the theory of the final state that our universe is heading toward. The universe has a limited supply of energy. According to this theory, when that energy finally runs out, the universe will devolve into a frozen state.
Heat energy produced by the motion of the particles, heat loss, a
natural law of the universe, means that eventually this particle motion
will slow down and, presumably, one day everything will stop.
2. Solipsism.
Solipsism is a philosophical theory, which asserts that nothing exists but the individual’s consciousness.
At first it seems silly – and who generally got it into his head
completely deny the existence of the world around us? Except when you
put your mind to it, it really is impossible to verify anything but your
own consciousness.
Don’t you believe me? Think a moment and think of all the possible dreams that you have experienced in your life. Is it not possible that everything around you is nothing but an incredibly intricate dream?
But we have people and things around us that we cannot doubt, because
we can hear, see, smell, taste and feel them, right? Yes, and no. People
who take LSD, for example, say that they can touch the most convincing hallucinations,
but we do not claim that their visions are “reality”. Your dreams
simulate sensations as well, after all, what you perceive is what
different sections of your brain tell you to.
As a result, which parts of existence can we not doubt? None. Not the chicken we ate for dinner or the keyboard beneath our fingers. Each of us can only be sure in his own thoughts.
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