Two very useful definitions from Dictionary.com


existence:
To have actual being; be real.

Real:
Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence.

Erm...yes, very interesting, my life, or at least my day, has been enlightened.

Well-spotted, Meg! I mean they never use synonyms of a word to describe it in dictionaries. And it is quite surprising when one finds that synonyms work both ways :D

The point I was trying to make is that those definitions are useless in actually explaining the concept of existence/reality.

Okay, fair enough. Also, inflammable and flammable are also used to describe one another in the "Collins English Dictionary".

Yes, as in "I am right because I am much smarter than you, and I must be smarter than you because I am right".

If it was easy to define reality, philosophers would be out of a job.... Assuming, of course, we consider being a crazy street person or college professor a job.

From the "hitchhikers guide to the galaxy":
guidance: see advice
advice: see guidance

SilentThief

Anybody who discusses what's real and what isn't really needs to get a life. A REAL life.

Finicky B******ds.

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