/lit/ - Literature

If it is the author's job to know the world of their story before writing, then how was he able to write 500 stories? Do you think he put the work in?

It’s unlikely that the Holocaust actually happened. It’s unlikely that the moon landing really happened. It’s unlikely that you’re reading this blog right now (or any blog, for that matter). It’s also unlikely that much of what we consider “reality” today, including history, is entirely true. It’s estimated that 99% of all historical records are false. Even the original Bible is riddled with contradictions and more than a few forgeries. (And isn’t the Bible one of the foundations of human knowledge? What do you call the writings of a hypothetical, mythical figure based on the details of a handful of credible ancient texts?)

This doesn’t mean, however, that there isn’t a greater understanding that the unknown is truly unknowable and just as often unknowable than the known. In fact, most of what we know and feel as truth today is based on ideas we haven’t really bothered to question in a long time.

The truth, which we’ve long considered “real,” is largely a product of the human psyche — a complex psychological process that allows us to achieve a semblance of order in a world ruled by chaos. In many ways, it’s the second most powerful force in the universe, after gravity. It is the seat of our emotions and our dreams. It guides and shapes our thoughts and actions and reveals the world to us through our senses.

And, as with everything else, it is also subject to change.

In his excellent book, Asimov’s Guide to Reality, author Isaac Asimov tells us of his own personal journey as he began to realize that the known universe — including the physical universe as we know it — is actually a product of the minds of billions of different individuals, none of whom actually have the ability to predict or shape the universe at all. When he put these ideas to the test, Asimov discovered that he was wrong about everything.

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