Well folks, I have decided to grab the bull by the horns and to quote my darling colleague Alan Bear, to "effect change". This little bumble bee is going to move country and change jobs - it's reality but not yet a fact! Which brings me to my next question: What is reality?
"According to the Copenhagen Interpretation, when a particle is not being observed all we have is a mathematical formula (the wavefunction) representing the knowledge we have of the probability of finding the particle after we take our observation. When we observe the particle, the wavefunction 'collapses' and we perceive a localized particle. But the crucial thing is that this interpretation says nothing about what the particle is doing when we are not observing it." (Andrew Thomas) So in other words reality is our very own interpretation of a moment, a color, love, an argument, someone's opinion, rendering our interpretation of reality unique and consequently unreal (in the eye of another...). So does that mean that there is no universal reality? I would argue that yes, there is no universal reality.
So why am I saying that that my plans are reality and not yet facts? Realism is momentary - Fact is history. Today my plans and their probability, as they currently stand are a reality to me, based on my current understanding of a bunch of 'particles' I've observed and interpreted through the analysis of past experience and acquired knowledge. Something might happen tomorrow which will alter today's reality. Comprendes o no?
I'll let you know when I've converted the above mentioned reality to fact. Until then, Adios!
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