Is Everyone Delusional?

The Truth about the universe and ourselves

Walt McLaughlin
The Philosophy Hub
Published in
5 min readJan 18, 2024

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What is reality and how do we know it?

For some the answer is simple: our senses tell us all there is to know about the world we inhabit, and we act accordingly. But sometimes our perceptions deceive us. Things are not always the way they appear. Mirages, for example, camouflage or magic tricks. Or internet scams. We can be…

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Walt McLaughlin
The Philosophy Hub

Philosopher of wildness, writing about the divine in nature, being human, and backcountry excursions.