Quotes About Reality

bright lights," he said. "I'm afraid we're a disappointment compared to Hollywood's

Now that she had achieved a truly transcendent plane of thought she was sure of only one thing: she understood absolutely nothing! The universe was infinite, and there were most likely an infinite number of universes. To sit on one tiny planet in an ocean of infinite infinities and believe you understood anything about the true nature of existence and reality was absurd.

translating if you will, so that you perceive this room in the usual three dimensions.

The origin of the universe is the exact opposite of random. Our lives are the exact opposite of pointless. It is not matter that creates an illusion of consciousness, but consciousness that creates an illusion of matter. —Bernard Haisch, The God Theory

The universe would rather live with paradox than infinite timelines,

Bobbie Fischer was considered the greatest chess player who ever lived, and he ended up losing complete touch with reality. John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who developed game theory, was debilitated by paranoid schizophrenia. There are

quantum entanglement. Everything in the universe is connected in some way with every other thing. Drove Einstein crazy. And quantum physics suggests that the universe is shaped by consciousness rather than the other way around.

Fifteen years ago, Elon Musk calculated that the probability we're living our lives in base reality, rather than a simulation, was infinitesimally small.

If an observer could alter the universe by his observation, then didn't the universe require consciousness to even exist?

How are you making utopia sound like Hell on Earth?

You don't need creativity when you're telling the truth,

On some level, the reality of the universe depended on conscious observers.

many believe that consciousness itself is a quantum effect.

the document now seemed to hover in front of him in perfect 3D clarity.

Because monsters under the bed did exist, after all. Psychopaths like Sena.

a number of prominent scientists believe our minds are quantum instruments. That consciousness itself is a quantum event.

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling.

If I claim that an invisible giant hamster is hovering above me, I'm a lunatic. If I sense the spirit of God hovering above me, I'm simply a spiritual being.

Consciousness is a quantum effect. Even your scientists have begun to realize this.

All I know is that everything around us is astonishing. Impossible. We live in a universe so finely tuned for complex chemistry and life that the odds against it are greater than those of winning a thousand lotteries in a row. In a universe filled with exquisite microorganisms, voracious black holes, and trillions of stars, each of which can fit a million or more Earths inside. How can we possibly think that any view of God or creation can capture more than the tiniest hint of this reality?

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality and then there are those who turn one into the other.

A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment!

It's realizing that you've lived your life not thinking about this moment. Pretending that, somehow, you'll never have to face up to the biggest moment of them all – when you finally know that there is no future possibility for change, for exploring other options, for even dreaming about another life. When you can't even retreat into your fantasy about doing it all differently … because you've run out of road.

Et de m'avoir mise face à cette réalité : personne n'est totalement équilibré, personne n'a de certitudes absolues. Il n'existe pas de vie parfaite.