The Truth About Reality
May 28, 2008
Philosophy
Reality is the quality or state of being real or the totality of real things and events. However, what is real? Is real a fact or a perception?
When you look at a piece of steel, it appears solid and very strong. Just rap your knuckles on it and it will make them sting. Put a drop of water on a piece of steel and it will not leak through it, it will just sit there until it evaporates.
However, if you examine that piece of steel with an extremely powerful microscope, you will discover that it is not really as solid as it looks. There are numerous gaps and fissures in it. And, if the microscope is powerful enough to let you see the atoms that make up that piece of steel, you will see many empty spaces in it. The size, weight and speed of movement of these atoms depend on the elements that were used to make that particular piece of steel. The adhesion among these atoms are what gives steel its strength and illusion of solidness.
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