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What's wrong with identifying that as "reality"? "Absolute reality" is some infinite point of mystery that has no tangible meaning.
Wonderful. The reality is, you're absolutely going to get run over. Sadly, theological arguments about the nature of the universe have yet to yield a way to perceive your way around the fact that you've just been pancaked.
This leads some philosophers to believe that something does exist outside of the subjective nature of human perception. They hypothesize that it's metal, weighs in the neighborhood of seven hundred tons, and can travel at speeds of up to 320 kh/h. They have dubbed this object "TRAIN". It is most famous for hunting the few really secure sophilosists and turning them into paste.
Religion encysts past mythologies: guesses, hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, pronouncements made in search of personal power, all mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always an unspoken commandment: Thou shalt not question! We break that commandment daily in the harnessing of human imagination to our deepest creativity.
-Chapterhouse: Dune
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