It would be a different answer but probably equally as wrong. I have no idea how expensive that boat is, either. I thought it a fun conversation in a fun setting.

@rainmanjr It is like a blind mole trying to imagine a rainbow. In either case.
But, I think the desperate are more competent to ponder the infinite than the fattened.

@BufftonBeotch Eloquently put.

I freely tell people often that, while this is ultimately an illusion (so “issues” don’t ultimately matter), it’s gonna hurt if you cut off a limb (unless a deeply accomplished yogi). Yes, it’s a strong one.

If the illusion is the only expereince you can have, then the illusion is reality for you. End of story, anything else is just dreamtime.

@Fernapple Exactly so. This is one of the Big Problems with Physics research,we may be approach the limits of what we can sense. Since all of our knowledge of reality comes to us by way of our senses, that is a brickwall in our ability to deduce and comprehend everything. Physicists who claim they they can achieve more by way of Math alone are like a blind and deaf person trying to throw rocks at a can. They can make the attempt, but have no way to confirm they score a "hit". In my job I use a saying a lot, "It always looks good on paper."

@Reignmond A very good anology. Especially as you could add, that. They sometimes hear a clang and know they hit something, but not if it was what they were aiming for.

@Fernapple There is some possibility that artificial intelligence and sensors MAY be able to extend our abilities some, but I expect there will always be something just out of reach.