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The original was posted on /r/highstrangeness by /u/whoamisri on 2025-04-25 14:24:19+00:00.

Original Title: The feeling we have that the world is real and independent of our minds is a feeling that evolved and can be lost. People who suffer from ‘de-realization’ lose the sense that the world is real and independent of them. Since the feeling is contingent, so is our science and metaphysics. Great article!