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"Where is the line between real and fake."
Or: how does one know what is real and what is fiction?
Here's one test: ask yourself if the thing you're wondering about continues on if all humans cease to be.
If you answer 'yes, that thing I'm wonderin' about will be around even if all humans are not' then what you have is 'real'.
If you answer 'no, that thing I'm wonderin' about will not be around if all humans are not' then what you have is 'fictional'.
Examples of real stuff: trees, water, dirt, air, etc.
Examples of fictional stuff: any religion, any politics, any philosophy, any morality, any ethic, etc.
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