I suppose he might be working from the assumption of hard solipsism, but in that case why would you worry about the mirrors being real when you're already assuming every observation of reality is a hallucination?

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Consider the phrase "be real with me" colloquially means "be honest with me". Also "real talk", "your real self", etc.

How can mirrors be honest if our eyes aren't honest?

Kid wasn't wrong, in fact, was quite right. People are in denial about their outward appearances never mind other things) all the time. People with anorexia see themselves as overweight when they may actually be dangerously underweight. People think they're ugly when they're not. (Conversely, may think they're really hot about when they're not.)

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

This is a way of thinking that simply would never have occurred to me; thank you.