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Originally Posted by Foggy  I suppose this is possible, but it seems to me to be a bit far stretched for my objective reality based perception. |
But you aren't being objective. You only think you are.
Here's a simple exercise to help you be more objective. If you really do it, as opposed to just read it on your computer screen, then you will more fully grasp what I mean:
1. Hold a cup of coffee in your hand. See it. Smell it. Feel the warmth.
2. Next tell yourself: "For the next few minutes, I will be extremely scientific.
3. Next tell yourself: "According to science, this cup is not really here. It is mostly empty space, with a few subatomic particles rapidly blinking in and out. That is the ... deepest ... truest ... reality that science tells me about this cup."
3. Next tell yourself: ""According to science, this brown coffee is not really here. It is mostly empty space, with a few subatomic particles rapidly blinking in and out. That is the ... deepest ... truest ... reality that science tells me about this coffee."
4. Next look at your own hand. Then tell yourself: "Next tell yourself: "According to science, this hand of mine is not really here. It is mostly empty space, with a few subatomic particles rapidly blinking in and out. That is the ... deepest ... truest ... reality that science tells me about this hand of mine."
5. Next tell yourself: "According to science ... my hand, this cup and this coffee are mostly empty space, with a few subatomic particles rapidly blinking in and out of existence. My hand, this cup and this coffee are made of exactly the same thing."
Do that a couple of times, and you may be prepared for the next step in understanding your own mind and reality.
No, Foggy. You have not been objective at all.