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Question: What concrete proof do we have that we're not just a!.!.!.!?
brain in a vat placed in some laboratory for experimentation!. How do we know our total 'reality' is not just one big dream!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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In my opinion, we have absolutely no proof!. I think about things like this all the time!.!.!. but the thing is, even if we are, what difference would it make!? You might as well go about living life normally and happily!.

Another thing I've thought of that is similar to that:
How do we know that the universe wasn't just created 5 seconds ago, and everything we remember before that is just a figment of our imagination that was born into our minds at the same moment that everything else came into existence!? xP
If it is true, it wouldn't make a difference!. So you might as well not worry about it, right!? Things like this are fun to think about, though!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

We don't!. I can think of many, many such potential realities!.

However, I find that the less assumptions one makes, the closer they can get to accurately understanding existence!. If we make the assumption that a) we exist and b) the universe exists as a real entity we can perceive, then from there science can take over!. We can have a workable system of reality based on very few assumptions!. The more assumptions you make, aka God exists, or magic exists, etc, the more likely those assumptions contradict your earlier assumption!. And if assumptions contradict, one of them is wrong, and your system falls apart!. So minimal assumptions are best!.

Make a few assumptions regarding existence!. Its the best you can do!. Unless you can come up with something exceptionally clever!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We have consciences!. You cant really fake that!. also, we couldn't have evolved from bacteria because we are extremely complex organisms that requires everything inside of us to function!. Evolution is not a concrete or even realistic because of the way we work!. Our brain hasn't evolved from a tiny little nothing!. In my belief, God has created everything on this planet, and nothing has evolved!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We don't!. We have no proof of anything!. There are things that we just cannot comprehend!. Do you think bacteria know they are being studied in a petri dish!. Probably not!. They can't know, because they arent capable of knowing!. There are certainly things that we are not capable of and for all we know we might be an ant farm in some beings bed roomWww@QuestionHome@Com

We have the tangible evidence of creation!. Time and history!.
We exist as part of creation and have an observable, interactive part in it!.
Part of creation is that which is invisible to us but no less real!.
God has made it so!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If we are a brain in a jar it wouldn't change anything why does it matter reality is exactly the same either way so nothing would change!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I hope it is!. Seriously!. I don't like the idea of heaven or hell!. Maybe that's because I'm afraid I'm going to the latter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We don't have any!. Seriously!. Perhaps there's no brain even, just!.!.I don't know what :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.because i pay my taxes and luv surfing everyday!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com