The Reality Paradox
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ISBN13: 9798279283255
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 1 2026
Pages: 422
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.86 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 1 2026
Pages: 422
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.86 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Reality is supposed to be the one thing we can trust but what if it's the biggest illusion of all? The Reality Paradox is an immersive, mind-bending exploration of what we think we know about existence, and why most of it might be a trick of the light. In this witty, insightful, and sometimes maddening book, author Jayson Haynes unpacks twenty core elements of what we usually call reality, from time and perception to free will, language, identity, memory, emotion, belief, and death. With a healthy dose of skepticism, wit, and humanity, he guides you through the strange, often contradictory ways we experience the world, showing that our most basic assumptions might be illusions generated by the brain, society, or something even stranger. Drawing on neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, and lived experience, The Reality Paradox isn't interested in telling you what's real. It's more interested in inviting you to sit in the delicious discomfort of not knowing. Each chapter is a fresh doorway into curiosity, designed to stretch your thinking and get you questioning the makings of the universe. This book is for anyone who's ever had a moment of existential doubt who has ever dared to think outside the box of what reality could be. It's a book for the curious, the deep thinkers, the playful sceptics, and the quiet searchers who suspect there might be more to life than what meets the eye. If you're ready to question what you see, feel, believe, and remember, grab a metaphorical seat and get prepared to have your mind blown.
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