Philosophy is wont to describe all perception as a copy of the real thing. For example, you look at a flower, the light travels from that flower to your eyes, gets processed in your brain and you 'see' it. You're seeing a copy, so the argument goes: a copy of a scene that's made in your head. But even this is inadequate because if you try to define 'copy' in the context of what I just said you realise that the term itself will inevitably fail to deliver a descriptive accuracy of the whole event, and that's without even taking into consideration that the theory of light is just that: a theory with all of its associated failings. Of course, it is entirely possible that the world you perceive to be out there isn't actually out there at all. Take a look at yourself in the mirror. Is it really you, or are you the reflection that will never be able to see back to what the real you is? Sometimes I think that we are the mirror and everything else is a reflection of us.
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