There are different kinds of reality.
Sensation. (Measurement.)
Memory. (Record.)
Meaning. (Interpretation.)
Expectation. (Prediction.)
Trend. (Law.)
Externality. (Objectivity.)
Universe.
I imagine these as roughly concentric circles, innermost to outermost. We can know the inner ones most exactly, but we can access only the smallest dot of reality directly from the center. As we move out through the circles, we pass through layers to larger stretches of what's real. The picture gets bigger each time. Every step is fallible. Outside all the circles, we have what actually exists regardless of us, yet it also intimately includes us. The universe contains not only all matter and energy, but also all information, which includes all interpretation and experience.
This is kind of a spur of the moment thing, so maybe the circles could be adjusted.
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