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the thing that keeps happening whether you believe in it or not.
means The actual state of things as they truly exist, independent of wishes, beliefs, or interpretations.
from From Latin 'realis,' meaning 'relating to things' (from 'res,' a thing, matter, or affair), which gave us 'reality' through Medieval Latin and Middle French — so at its root, reality is simply 'thing-ness,' the quality of being an actual thing rather than a fancy. The same Latin 'res' lurks inside 'republic' (res publica, 'the public thing') and 'real estate' (real, meaning actual property).
- slow signal
- You see the past; light takes time to arrive.
- mostly empty
- Atoms are 99.9999 percent vacant space.
- brain edit
- Your mind invents color, sound, and smell.
- quantum fuzz
- Particles lack fixed position until measured.
- no center
- Earth orbits an unremarkable star in nowhere special.