What would happen if the world you believed to be true was not? Every interaction with every person, every emotion, every thought, feelings of joy, and pain did not exist? How would you react? How would you feel? The sky not only isn’t blue; it may not exist at all. If the truth painted a very different picture of reality than you expected, would you be willing to accept it, or would you ignore it and return to the world of false reality?
The movie, The Matrix, creates such a scenario. People live in a world like ours, or the one we believe we live in. They see blue skies, they smell the scent of freshly cut grass, and they experience love. However, in reality, none of this exists. None of it is real.
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