Middle Earth as a Parallel Universe

[Lord of Angmar]

In this world, it is signals from our eyes, in ME it is slightly more complicated since our eyes cannot actually see what is happening. The key point though, is that we use the same parts of our brains to imagine middle earth. I see no difference since I doubt the reality of our world. (Mans)

Mans brings up a good point here. This topic I fear could be endlessly debated (from scientific, philosophical and religious angles): the topic of what constitutes and defines reality. For us it is simply seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and generally feeling, a combination of organic processes that take place within our bodies, as they react to stimuli around them. I choose to define reality as any thought, vision, feeling, idea or belief that is present in your mind, in which case if you truly believe that Middle Earth exists or existed, it does.

This is of course a giant digression from my original topic. My original intention was to arouse a debate about whether or not one's own ideas could be realized in a sense that we would consider 'physical' and 'real' within another universe or dimension, in which case Middle Earth as we (subjectively) view it in our minds could become a reality. In this instance I use reality in the recognizable physical sense. I think it could be the subject of much religious and philosophical debate (much less scientific since it cannot be proven by any modern means) about how our thoughts and minds affect the world around us, and how we are able to change and sculpt our own reality.

[ August 24, 2003: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ]