[madaxe_again]

1) Probably.

2) No.

Hell, even if it isn't, is time real? Is anything? Or do we create the reality we perceive through our perception of it?

Mused the other day on Descartes, and "je pense, donc je suis" is tautological. Everything is, as any definition of anything by us is inevitably from our reference frame, and is based on precepts we aren't even aware of.

[duaneb]

Existence itself is a tautological attempt to bind language to reality. I urge you instead to view Descartes as a framework for building on perception (thoughts) and reality/existence (that which emerges from perception).