I believe that the properties that give a “thing” meaning to observers are by and large independent of the observers. They are properties of the thing more than

I believe that the properties that give a “thing” meaning to observers are by and large independent of the observers. They are properties of the thing more than they are properties of the observer. That’s why I believe they are real in their own right, and not (just) as a function of observers (which may or may not be present). With regard to “meaning”, I would agree that meaning only exists in our heads. But that is true concerning the fundamental description of reality just as with regard to emergent “things”. Reality doesn’t have any inherent meaning. Meaning is something that only exists in our psychology.