> there is an underlying reality apart from that which we can never know. I'm surprised this is so unsettling for many. I feel like this life beats intellectua

> there is an underlying reality apart from that which we can never know. I'm surprised this is so unsettling for many. I feel like this life beats intellectual humility into anyone smart enough to notice it pretty much nonstop from the age of reason. > I think when [...] Newton make statements they are making statements about reality and not just sense impressions. That's not what Newton thought. Hypothesis non fingo[1]. > Maybe time isn't real in the way we perceive it but I don't think the underlying nature of time is something undiscoverable. Time is an extension through something, but through what? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Hypotheses_non_fingo https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Hypotheses_non_fingo