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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

there,” but as with almost every other model, quite unlike what is
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The concept of reality he emphasizes is exceedingly accurate.
When you touch an external surface, your relationship with it con-
sists solely of the electrons in your fingers repelling the electrons in
the object. In other words, you are actually unable to even touch it.
We have no direct contact with outside objects. Notwithstanding,
the sensations that arise give the impression we are perceiving its
true nature. We may perceive that a tree trunk is hard, and that cot-
ton is soft. We perceive the different natures of both, but the
process taking place at the molecular level consists of electrons re-
pelling one another. The sensation of hardness from the top of a
desk, the softness of a cat’s fur or the rough surface of a brick wall
reaches us solely as electrical signals. The physical experience tak-
ing place is completely different from the sensation arising within
us. Therefore, we can never touch the original of any substance that
exists externally. What reaches us is only a perception regarding
the outside world, and on the basis of these perceptions, we have
no means of knowing what the outside world is really like.

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