What is real is something you can touch, see, or feel, just like your favorite toy.
Real things are things that exist outside your mind. They're not just ideas or dreams. If you have a teddy bear, it's real because you can hug it, see its eyes, and even feel the soft fur on its head. But if you imagine a giant elephant in your room, it’s only in your imagination, not real, unless it actually walks in and starts eating your cookies.
What makes something real?
- If you can see it, like a ball rolling across the floor.
- If you can touch it, like a cookie that's warm from the oven.
- If you can hear it, like your mom calling you for dinner.
Sometimes things seem real even if they're not. Like when you look at a cloud and think it’s a dragon, that’s fun, but it's still just a cloud, not a dragon. But if it starts chasing you across the sky? That might be a whole new story! What is real is something you can touch, see, or feel, just like your favorite toy.
Real things are things that exist outside your mind. They're not just ideas or dreams. If you have a teddy bear, it's real because you can hug it, see its eyes, and even feel the soft fur on its head. But if you imagine a giant elephant in your room, it’s only in your imagination, not real, unless it actually walks in and starts eating your cookies.
Examples
- A child wonders if the world still exists when they close their eyes.
- Someone thinks about whether a tree falling in a forest makes a sound if no one is there.
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See also
- What If Everyone Just Stopped Believing in Time?
- Why Do We Remember Things So Differently?
- Ask a Scientist: What Is an Optical Illusion?
- How Does 18 Artists Who Use Illusions To Trick Your Eye Work?
- Do Artists See Differently?