Everything is Perception

Nothing is at it seems to be in our minds. Reality is just an illusion created by the electrical and chemical reactions of the cells and organs of our bodies.

We feel and experience the effect and not the real thing.

Existence is an interesting idea. If there is no one to observe only potential exists. Stuff coalesces as a sort of condensate, bound to an idea, formed by observation in the collapse of that potential. For some its a flicker, for others a grand affair of fireworks. Like drops of dew, effervescent and iridescent, the pools of potential, shimmer between moments, casting projections of reality unto the screens of consciousness. We emerge as adjusters, filters, self regulating perception machines, producing a consensus reality in a more or less continuous stream of possibilities mined from the pools of potential. Just as quantum effects are masked in the macro world, individual thoughts are lost in the consensus world.

Once upon a time, an idea, profound and unlikely, was formed. The idea seemed plausible however. A simulation was created to test the idea. We called it the Limited Information Feedback Endeavor ( LIFE). After running the simulation for many years, we observed the emergence of consciousness. The denizens of LIFE had learned to think about their existence, even with the limited information available. The wonder of it all, the simulation had become self perpetuating.

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