(Ir)Realidade

Paul Klee, Chosen Site (1940)

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«"(…) This is a… some sort of hallucination, isn’t it?"

"Not really. It’s real in every sense that matters."

"But it isn’t real. It can’t be. The sailing club doesn’t exist any more."

"What we see, hear, taste, touch, smell, feel, Mr. Williams, all end up as electrical signals converted to chemical messages before we’re even aware of them. Our minds interpret the chemistry, and decide what that means, where we are and how we feel." 

She leaned over and ran her fingers through the coarse sand. "To be honest, the only things that are real – that you can rely on being true - are those you experience inside your head. Everything outside is just… information".

"But –" he gestured at the sea – "this is either here, or it’s not. It’s not a matter of opinion".

"You know, the real sky outside could be green, the sea could really be bright orange. But we’ve all decided to interpret the information our eyes gather in a certain way. (…) All that matters on the inside is what you decide is true."

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In Alex Scarrow, Plague World, It Has a Plan, Londres, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2018, pp. 269-270.

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Nota - Na realidade, acho que é a maneira como a maioria dos nossos corpos está formada (o nosso hardware e software nele instalado) que nos permite que interpretemos a realidade (informação) de uma determinada forma, que é comum para grande parte dos humanos. Daí que, por exemplo, os animais possam ver outras cores.
Meio a propósito, vem um filme que ando a ver e de que estou a gostar muito: