andy says that maybe relativity is reality, since reality is not a single objective experience shared by all. while i agree (how can i not?) that reality is not objective, i do not think relativity is reality. Rather, i think relativity makes reality palatable. We all exist in one 'reality' (i hope...); and therefore we all exist in the same reality even though we all experience it differently. I say that relativity makes reality palatable because it helps us explain that ways in which our different experiences of are related that one, same reality that we all inhabit.
PS - In Don Quixote, our protagonist carries on in a very warped reality of his own making, totally at odds with others' experiences of reality. Was Cervantes thinking about relativity without knowing it was relativity? maybe...maybe not.
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