Reality can be viewed from different angles. For example, your reality is nothing but a simulation of the human brain which in turn is merely an advanced biological computer programmed by DNA to seek out what it needs to survive and reproduce (which means you are simply evolved organisms with some very complex programs running). The real you doesn't exist as individuals but rather as a collective species that exists in the virtual world-like universe created by your brains.
There is also another angle. Your brain could be considered a sophisticated state of matter made up of billions of cells, interacting with and connected to each other in various ways (you are actually one giant multi-cellular organism). You gain consciousness when your biological neural network reaches a certain level complexity.
Even if you consider the universe to be a simulation created by a higher alien race, that still doesn't make it not real. It would just mean it's not what you thought it was (you are still an organism living in a virtual world-like universe).
Also, you may want to rethink the idea that it's impossible for a computer simulation to create simulated beings with consciousness. The human brain is itself just one large neural network of billions of neurons connected in complex ways. A simple program doesn't need to replicate every single neuron (although it can) but can instead lump them into groups and allow behavior based on how those groups interact with each other.
For example, a program could model neurons as simple 1's and 0's. Each neuron has an activation threshold which is turned to on or off by other neurons. When this happens it creates a 'thought', which the sims will interpret as an idea or experience.
The neurons could be connected to each other in various ways, similar to how real neurons are. For example, a neuron can have multiple inputs and one output (a simple processing unit). Neurons can also be connected directly or indirectly with other neurons through a network of interconnected neural pathways. The connections between them are weighted; this means that some input signals will affect the activation state more than others.
Humans interpret reality in many different ways. In the ancient times, people believed that the Earth was flat and the Sun circled around it (geocentric). This seems to be a very strange belief if you look at it today from our perspective.
When we look at a star, we see it as if it were really far away. If you could travel to that star in your spaceship, it would take years or even centuries before you arrived there.
But if we look at the sky, we see all those stars as if they were right next to each other. For example, when you are looking at a star and then turn your head slightly to the left or right, you will notice that another star has seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
We can deduce from this that the stars are in fact not very far away. They may be within our own galaxy, or even just next to us.
Many people find the geocentric model very difficult to accept. They can't understand how the Earth can be flat and motionless, while all those other stars are circling around us.
But perhaps this belief is not as strange as we think. After all, most of the people who believed in a flat Earth were very intelligent, and many of them were scientists.
In my opinion, reality is a never-ending mess of paradoxes and contradictions.
For example, life is always in flux yet at the same time it is also static. It can be easy to analyze something when you ignore its context. But if you take into account all of reality and how everything interacts with each other, just one thing being different would mean that nothing will ever work again.
Many things in life are the same way. It is only when you examine a certain situation or subject that closely, do all of its complexities become apparent.
And the same goes for people. People are full of contradictions, and you can't really understand a person until you know them from all angles.
Now, I'm not trying to say that every person is a paradox and contradiction, but rather that some people are more complex than others. Life isn't black and white; it's grey.
When you look at something, how do you know it is what you are seeing? How can you tell that the thing is real and not an illusion?
If you are dreaming, how do you know that the dream is not reality? Are there differences between a waking world and a sleeping one?
Are you absolutely sure that the world around you is real? Are there other ways of perceiving existence?
For example, if you are a philosopher sitting at a cafe, how can you be sure that what you see is real? Perhaps the entire scene is just an illusion created by your brain. That would explain why everyone else's experience of 'reality' can be so different.
For many, interpreting reality from an alternate angle is not a choice. For them, it is the only way to see the world in which they live. They often do not realize there are other ways of viewing their situation.
When you are forced to see the world from a certain perspective, it becomes your only way of seeing. For example, if someone is born into extreme poverty and lacks access to education or other resources which help them improve their lot in life, they may be conditioned by their environment.
They may be conditioned to accept the world as it is. They will have limited access to opportunities and resources, which are necessary for their survival. These people can become so accustomed to their way of life that they do not even consider other possibilities.
They will not see how they are being manipulated by those who control the resources. They may be convinced that the only way to succeed is through crime, violence and other illicit activities.
Not all poor people fall into this trap. Many of them are able to find other ways out of their situation, but that is usually not the case.
As a result, when you ask them to see the world through an alternate angle, they may reject your suggestion. They do not want to change their perspective because it is all that they have.
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