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Why Physical Reality Is a Collective Construction
Science, philosophy, and the multiplayer game of existence
If you touch your desk right now, you feel a hard, solid, undeniably real surface. Yet modern physics and cognitive science reveal a dizzying truth: this physical scenery doesn't exist "out there" in some objective, fixed way. It's a render, a biological interface generated by our brains and stabilized by an interconnected network of consciousnesses.
Welcome to the greatest multiplayer game in history: our universe.
1. Your Brain Doesn't Perceive the World, It Translates It
Before we even talk about collective consciousness, look at what's happening inside your head.