When, at a closer glance, so many objects are questionable, when all knowledge seems to be clothed in a kind of deep unknowing, why do we still place any trust at all in reality as it appears to us, in the world in which we seem to live?

Markus Gabriel
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We human beings are often confronted with the feeling that there is something wrong with the world in which we live. We think it is somehow untrue or false, or somehow misses out on the truth. We feel that the world could be so much better than it is, if only it knew how to fix its many problems. But what does our experience tell us? If we put our trust in reality as it appears to us, in the world of objects and things, we will always be disappointed. Reality as it appears to us is a lie, a kind of lie made up of bits and pieces of reality that have been put together by our senses and minds.

Source: Why The World Does Not Exist

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