NO MORE FLYING MONKEYS
or "why reality doesn't exist"

"Reality is a perception. Perceptions change. Reality is 
fluid. So if by 'reality' you mean reliably tangible objects
and immutable events, then there's no such thing."
	-Dean Koontz, Tick Tock


	Today, we're going to make another freak attempt
to prove our slightly strange ideas, which in the end will
probably be nowhere near the truth. However today's topic
may shatter your perception of the world as we know it.
And then again, it might just hurt your head.
	Today, we're going to prove that reality doesn't
exist. It's true. It isn't there. It never has and most
likely never will be.
	Let's start at the beginning. What is reality? 
Reality by definition, is a perception of what is real. 
However, this is a rather shaky definition because everyone
percieves things differently. Perceptions change and differ
from person to person. 
	Therefore, reality exists only in the mind, and for
some of us, not even there.
	However, this is only a technicality. A fault in the
definition of the word "reality". To find out what is really
there, one would have to dig deeper than just the definition
of what reality is.
	Theoretically, everyone is in their own little 
world, perceiving what it is that they find to be real. So
in theory, I might not exist, and this world might not exist,
and you might be a highly delusional lunatic, banging his or
her tiny cell, much to the amusement of the woman next door
who has taken time away from getting the imaginary spiders
off of her body in order to watch your predicament.
	However, let's not assume that, although it is a 
rather amusing prospect. Let's assume that society as a 
whole is contributing to this collective form of reality by
putting into it what they believe. The only interference in
this collective reality is madmen who deny some aspect of it,
which is why they're locked up. But that's a different story
altogether, and it's going to veer us off track.
	The point of this is, that although we may 
occasionally collectively perceive things, no two perceptions
are the same and therefore (eureka!) a single reality 
construct CANNOT EXIST!
	Wasn't that fun? 
	So, the question is, what can we do about this? Why
should we be forced to be tied down by a single reality 
construct that, when looked at, is not really as fun as it
could be if we had, for example, flying monkeys.
	The ANSWER to that particular question is a tough
one. And on this journey of madness that you have obviously
began considering if you've read this far down the page 
(if you have, congratulations, most people don't make it 
without a migraine) these are the answers we have to search
for. That and why there aren't any flying monkeys.
	Damn it that annoys me...