Ok, some thought on the previous page.
About free will... it can never be entirely free. You need to choose between a certain number of choices. You can't do anything you want and therefore you don't have infinite possibilities to do something. If you are rich, fanatized or very aware of a subject you can have a lot more options but still not infinite. Also, even choosing the best of all options you have before you, you still are not exactly free. You still choose based on your needs and desires. You are a slave to your needs that dictate your course. So, no free will not even there.
By the way, a Hindu philosopher had a great catchphrase about this.
"There is not such thing as free will. It is made of two words that contradict one another".
...And in a way he is damn right. If you want something you are not really free.
As for reality... since we do not have linked minds, there is no way to know if each one perceives reality in a different manner. Also, our senses are generally very weak as we see very few colors and hear very few sounds of the spectrum. It has to do with the frequency and the wave length of light and sound waves.
For example, when we see the rainbow, we only see the visible colors to us. A cat would see a lot more colors and a lot bigger rainbow. A being with perfect eyesight would not see an ark. He would see a full circle.
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