I think that the popular opinion is that the noosphere (the collective body of ideas) is realer than the physical world. And that the idea about a thing is real

I think that the popular opinion is that the noosphere (the collective body of ideas) is realer than the physical world. And that the idea about a thing is realer than the thing itself. Opinion to the contrary is offered only by scientists, artists and similar weirdos and social outcastes.