Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may...
We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented. It's as simple as that.
from The Truman Show
Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments and they wander off through equation after equation and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong.
How do you balance science with science fiction? They're both the same.
For those who have a sense of this invisible, other reality, the answers to life’s mysteries offered by modern science are inadequate and unsatisfying. They are unable to accept them and they find themselves seeking something else.
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
Now, Bastian, you're old enough to get your head down out of the clouds and start keeping both feet on the ground. Right?
Source: The NeverEnding Story
Are you in a universe which is ruled by natural laws and, therefore, is stable, firm, absolute—and knowable? Or are you in an incomprehensible chaos, a realm of inexplicable miracles, an unpredictable, unknowable flux, which your mind is impotent to...
Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand
I have given Truman the chance to lead a normal life. The world, the place you live in, is the sick place. Seahaven is the way the world should be.
Source: The Truman Show
Mike Michaelson : Christof, let me ask you, why do you think that Truman has never come close to discovering the true nature of his world until now? Christof :We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented....
Source: The Truman Show
Awake on my airplane, awake on my airplane - I feel so real
The child is grown, the dream is gone
Oh, think twice - 'Cause it's another day for you and me in paradise
I know, it seems that I might have crossed into a dream
Can you even feel what's real, with such a shallow depth of field?
I wish the real world would just stop hasslin' me
Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity
My creation, is it real?
I can feel no sense of measure, no illusions as we take refuge in young man's pleasure - Breaking down the dreams we make real
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Is this just an illusion - That I made inside my head to get me by?
The words we use are strong - They make reality
And I Will Try To Fix You…
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
I Was Just Guessing at Numbers and Figures
Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be so hard. I’m going back to the start.
