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I think this is the mammoth mother of all abstracts. What's real? i wish i knew. how can anyone be sure? surely, most people think they know whats going on. But i wonder sometimes, what if we're all hallucinating? the human brain, as complex as it is, is capabl ....

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.... The facts are never solid. after all, we know that hallucination is possible, but not always when. Then there is the subject of hallucinogens. Lsd, psylocibin(the chemical in mushrooms), etc. are known to cause hallucinations. but again, i ask, how can we know for sure. i believe that question is a rhetorical one, the obvious answer is that we dont know. it could be that these drugs are a doorway into, not out of, reality. These thoughts are not pleasant ones, at least as far as im concerned. to think that this all, what i know(or better yet, think i know) might be a grand illusion, scares the crap out of me. to wonder, ju ....