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Originally Posted by Don Blazys
To: Chiantiglace,
Good point. It is indeed quite debatable if 1, 2 and 3 have any existence in the physical universe that we call "reality".
If we assume that "absolutes" such as the result 1+2=3 exist only in the realm of the imagination, then one might argue that the assumption is wrong on the grounds that "imagination" consists of thought, and "thoughts" are "things" that are every bit as "physically real" as photons, electrons, protons, neutrons, and all the other sub atomic particles that make up the physical universe.
Don.
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You can argue that if you wish. I think that is the time when I will jump out of the argument because if you state that the "imagination" of something is real because it is stored like memory on a disc in the brain then the argument has become purposeless. If that were true then we would be in one hell of a paradox with no use for the terms "real" and "imaginary" because where would the line be drawn? I think to best way to describe "real" would be something that more than one person can equate, I cannot equate what is in your imagination, I can only go on what you choose to tell me of the thoughts in your mind, but I can however equate the apple that is sitting on the table in front of us just as you can and will. So the photons are real but the interpretation of those photons in your own personal mind and consciousness is what we can define as imaginary (interpreted/fake) because they are, another human being cannot view the images in your mind, but we can view (with intricate technology) the matter in which is creating the images in your mind.
