Are we real?

Question

how do we know we exist?

no one can prove it.... wat if its all a dream?- wat if ur not answering this question and thinking "wat a retarded question" ?

Answer 1

The question assumes an actual reality exist. Since our perception of reality if at best flawed and we constantly influence and change our reality sometimes unconsciously and sometimes consciously then no single static reality can be said to exist. In that sense you (nor anything else) is real.

We do not know we exist we believe and act as if we know we exist. The philosopher David Hume once said that all things are open to question but in order to exist from day to day we have to act as if our beliefs are true.

I would conclude that we have to act as if we are real to prevent us from going crazy from questioning if we are real.

Psi

Answer 2

One of the kids in my family just asked me this question...about  30 minutes ago. lol I told him everybody wonders about this once in awhile. It's called "stinkin' thinkin'". What you need to do is get your mind off it and onto something else. You're not in charge of these kinds of things..so you don't need to worry about  it. This is a question for the philosophy section. ( If you've ever hurt yourself.....you KNOW  you "exist". If you didn't ..you wouldn't  feel the pain. )(Unless you're the kind of person who isn't able to feel pain.)

Answer 3

Ait turns out, I am indeed real.  You, unfortunately, are but a figmentation of my imagination.

Answer 4

Yes, we are real.  All you have to do to prove you are real is look in the mirror and you feel pain when hurt. Mary Baker Eddy had a huge imagination when she thought this up.

BB

Answer 5

We don't KNOW anything

Answer 6

We are "real" because we have the Ability to Reason, Analyze our Environment, and make qualitative Decisions as to our Course of Action.  This Physical world that we live holds us just for so long, but the soul remain eternal.

Answer 7

lol Earth is Purgatory, and you will not truely exist until you exist with God. ^_^

Answer 8

If you can ask the question, you are real by default.

Answer 9

I know I exist.  A famous philosopher once said:      "I think,therefore I am." Since you can ask quesions, you must exist.

Answer 10

I think ... therefore I am..

Answer 11

I still think crazy questions like that all the time. =D

People thought I was weird.

Answer 12

Exactly why the first Matrix movie was so intriguing.  What if everything around us is fabricated and we are just in pods supplying electricity to power the illusion.......SCARY.

Answer 13

Lol good question i think that all the time

Answer 14

that is a good question,star it.

Answer 15

You are the relation that relates itself to itself.  That is the only reality you know and therefore the only reality you may judge by.  

Soren Kierkegaard

Answer 16

I am a firm believer in the thoughts in the film WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW. In the fact that the Universe is made from all the same building blocks (atoms ~ protons,neutrons etc etc) And having taken my fair share of halucinigens in my past I am fully aware of how our brain can play amazing tricks on us in all ways visually,thoughts wise and physically so i am open minded on your question. The question I have is are our thoughts and characters being influenced by the atoms in any way??

Answer 17

i know im real because if experienced the unreal yet real presence of God. letting me know that there is a further realm out of our understanding of reality. The same "unearthly" feeling people get while smoking, doing drugs, dreaming, sky diving, etc. Out of body experiences tell us we exists but in a limited realm.

Answer 18

Do you also think that there could be others around us living like in a separate dimension and that we just cant see them nor us although sometimes things cross eachother and thats why strange noises and phenomena occur ....give that some thought

Answer 19

We are real but our perception of reality is flawed. There is much we are unaware of, and most of us realize that. Being only partially aware of existence can cause doubt.

As a side note, my dreams are much more fun.

Answer 20

like in the matrix?  

we have to exist because we do, now if the reality of our existence is not what we deem it to be, how could we know anyway?

Answer 21

you know what, we are not in the real world. this place we all are living on now is not the real earth.. instead.. the real world is where god is.