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-* The biologist Humberto Maturana proposed that systems are operationally closed. What he-meant is that an organism's nervous
+* The biologist Humberto Maturana proposed that systems are operationally closed. What he-meant is that an organism's nervous system doesn't actually let in"reality"—it generates its own internal coherence We don't perceive the world as it is, we perceive the world as we can afford to perceive it. Our nervous systems are not truth-seekers. They are coherence seekers. - Jessica Böhme, PhD
 * Intuitions we have about the way the world works rarely conflict with our everyday experience. At speeds far slower than the speed of light or at scales far larger than the quantum one, we can, for instance, assume that objects have definite features independent of our measurements, that we all share a universal space and time, that a fact for one of us is a fact for all.<ref>Amanda Gefter. ''‘Metaphysical Experiments’ Probe Our Hidden Assumptions About Reality'' https://www.quantamagazine.org/metaphysical-experiments-test-hidden-assumptions-about-reality-20240730/?mc_cid=48655a0431&mc_eid=ffe1625684</ref>
 * [[Reality]] is what exists in the present, hear and now.<ref name="rovelli">Carlo Rovelli, ''The Order of Time'', (2018) Chapter 8 ISBN 9780735216105</ref> Some philosophers, including Einstein, consider reality the total of existence. They believe in the totality of existence of everything. Einstein wrote "People like us who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.".

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 * Intuitions we have about the way the world works rarely conflict with our everyday experience. At speeds far slower than the speed of light or at scales far larger than the quantum one, we can, for instance, assume that objects have definite features independent of our measurements, that we all share a universal space and time, that a fact for one of us is a fact for all.<ref>Amanda Gefter. ''‘Metaphysical Experiments’ Probe Our Hidden Assumptions About Reality'' https://www.quantamagazine.org/metaphysical-experiments-test-hidden-assumptions-about-reality-20240730/?mc_cid=48655a0431&mc_eid=ffe1625684</ref>
 * [[Reality]] is what exists in the present, hear and now.<ref name="rovelli">Carlo Rovelli, ''The Order of Time'', (2018) Chapter 8 ISBN 9780735216105</ref> Some philosophers, including Einstein, consider reality the total of existence. They believe in the totality of existence of everything. Einstein wrote "People like us who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.".

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 Characteristics:
+* Independent of individual minds
-Independent of individual minds
+* Includes physical laws, events, and phenomena
+* Often considered objective, though interpretations vary
-Includes physical laws, events, and phenomena
+* Think of reality as the terrain—the actual landscape we live in.
 ===Model of Reality: The Mental Map===

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 Characteristics:
+* Built from experience, data, theory, and belief
-Built from experience, data, theory, and belief
+* Can be personal (e.g. worldview) or scientific (e.g. Newtonian physics)
+* Always partial and subject to revision
-Can be personal (e.g. worldview) or scientific (e.g. Newtonian physics)
+* This is the map—our internal or shared attempt to make sense of the terrain.
 ===Artificial Reality: The Simulated Experience===

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 Characteristics:
+* Includes Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) for human visual fields as well other [[Digital Twin]]s of specific components.
-Includes Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR)
+* Designed for interaction, immersion, or enhancement of human experience or specific areas to explore in other ways
+* May reflect, distort, or invent aspects of reality
-Designed for interaction, immersion, or enhancement
+* This is the stage set—a crafted environment that mimics or reimagines the terrain or other areas of interest.
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-|Concept || Nature || Purpose	Interaction with Reality
+|Concept || Nature || Purpose || Interaction with Reality
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-|Reality || Objective existence	Foundation of all experience || Direct and unmediated
+|Reality || Objective existence || Foundation of all experience || Direct and unmediated
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 |Model of Reality || Cognitive or theoretical || Understanding and prediction || Abstract representation

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 |Reality || Objective existence	Foundation of all experience || Direct and unmediated
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-|Model of Reality || Cognitive or theoretical	Understanding and prediction	Abstract representation
+|Model of Reality || Cognitive or theoretical || Understanding and prediction || Abstract representation
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-|Artificial Reality || Technological simulation	Immersion and manipulation	Sensory engagement via devices
+|Artificial Reality || Technological simulation || Immersion and manipulation || Sensory engagement via devices
 |}

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+{|  border="1" padding="2" width="888px"
 |Concept || Nature || Purpose	Interaction with Reality
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 |Artificial Reality || Technological simulation	Immersion and manipulation	Sensory engagement via devices
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 ===Philosophical Reflection===
 Reality is what is.

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 # [[Artificial Reality]]
 All three of those ideas have their own wiki page.
 ==Consensus Reality==

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 If I apply Occam’s razor not merely as a scientific principle but as an existential one—refusing to posit more than is strictly necessary—I arrive at an idea most people are unwilling to entertain: that the world may not exist.
 <ref>Seth Lloyd, ''Programming the Universe'' (2006) ISBN 9781400040928</ref>
-<ref>Rizwan Virk, ''The Simulation Hypothesis'' (2019-03-31) ISBN 978098305904</ref>
+<ref>Rizwan Virk, ''The Simulation Hypothesis'' (2019-03-31) ISBN 978098305904</ref> But then we get into a endless loop trying to distinguish the following concepts.
 ==Consensus Reality==