Alcuin and Flutterby – The device you are reading this on looks real, doesn’t it? Tap it with your finger. It feels real too. Kiss the screen lightly with your lips. Yes, it’s really there. Lips never lie, do they?

If you think like this, you probably also think that you are living in a base reality. Look around you. You seem to live in a real place which actually exists in physical reality and occupies a demonstrable physical location which can be visited by others, looked at through binoculars and trodden underfoot, sometimes with a crunchy noise. Continue reading →