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  1. You just need to clarify the meaning of the words. What is reality and how does it differ from illusion? You can talk about an illusion when there is a reality of a higher degree of authenticity behind it. When can we talk about the existence of this reality? When there are grounds for it, when it is somehow available. When most people agree that there is no wall in a particular place that you can see, when you can go through that wall and discover that it is illusory , then it is an illusion.

    But when you can't see any reality other than the one that doesn't have a wall , what's the point of talking about an illusion? It's just empty chatter, without any basis, that's all. That's the same with the simulation. This reality will then become a simulation for me when I am shown the reality behind it. Until then, the ultimate reality is only what I can perceive now.

  2. Actually, there is no such way to check the objectivity of reality. If we take into account not only fantastic and philosophical ideas, but even just perceptual disorders already known to medicine – perception disorders. Delusions can be based on any of the sensory channels, whether olfactory or tactile. Our brain has many ways to deceive us (I wonder who we are then?..), and it does this regularly just for the normal functioning of the psyche, memory, emotional state, protection from overload. Every moment we don't notice a lot of things, we quickly forget what we don't need, we invent and convince ourselves of the interpretation of events. Plus, system glitches are not uncommon. Under hypnosis, we may not feel pain or, on the contrary, burn ourselves with blisters on a pencil, if we are given the installation that it is a cigarette. And according to psychosomatics, the brain can either allow (or cause) a certain disease, or be cured through self-belief. Well, delusional states are a separate reality for the perceiver. So no, we don't have a way to distinguish the subjective from the real and check whether we are currently being deceived. In fact, we can't even say with complete certainty what “reality” is-only if in a philosophical sense.

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