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by ikeboy 2031 days ago
Sure, it's as real as those other examples, i.e. not particularly except insofar as it affects peoples' expectations.

I don't think "exact info of conditions" is objective or coherent. This pre-supposes there's an external universe with exact conditions that produces our experiences, but there's no way to distinguish this possiblity from other possibilities (like a multiverse, for instance.) This lack of ability to distinguish, in my ontology, makes the distinction meaningless. Yours may differ.