The Reality Delusion: 3 Brutal Truths That Will Shatter Your World (Before Your World Shatters You)

You’re not reading this article.

The you that thinks it’s reading doesn’t exist. The screen you’re staring at isn’t real. And that defensive chuckle you just let out?

…That’s the sound of your prison bars rattling.

The Comfortable Lie

Let’s play a game.

Imagine you’re a brain floating in a vat, being fed electrical signals that create your entire reality.

Now stop imagining, because that’s exactly what you are — minus the vat, minus the brain, minus the you. The Matrix got one thing right and everything else wrong. At least the machines gave humans the courtesy of physical containment. We’ve done something far more impressive:

We’ve built our own cages out of thoughts, reinforced them with beliefs, and convinced ourselves the bars don’t exist. “But I’m aware of reality,” you protest. “I read the news. I think critically. I question everything.” Sure you do…

…just like a fish questions water.

Here’s your first hit of actual reality: Everything you think you know is wrong.