# Progress after the Royal Society conference?

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/progress-after-the-royal-society-conference/17569>\
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**Created:** [December 22, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/progress-after-the-royal-society-conference/17569 "2025-12-22T17:32:46Z")\
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> [@lee\_merrill](#):
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> And matching reality what just what Darwin was concerned about, how can we conclude that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all?

We do not have to. Reality imposes itself on us.

You cannot be entirely rid of assumptions. Here is one. _You are a brain in a stimulus pod._ Prove me wrong.

I assume that both our perceptions and thoughts are connected to reality, and further, that you, I, and Darwin for that matter, reason based on nothing more.

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