Human perception is not a direct view of objective reality but a simplified interface that evolved to hide the truth and facilitate survival.

“Everything that you're seeing is a VR headset. and all the reasons that you might give for why it couldn't possibly be the case that I'm creating everything I see. Just take it into a VR set context and ask your question there and you'll realize that all the things that you think are drop dead proof”

Global connectivity and the constant flow of information have made it difficult for individuals to maintain a grounded sense of reality.

“what is reality is the stuff on the internet as real as your life I think it is but to you like as a human it's not that simple perceiving that I think makes it really complicated for people”