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<blockquote data-quote="seebs" data-source="post: 7218893" data-attributes="member: 61529">I think your assumption that no one would ever investigate a real thing is wrong. Even in our world, where mirages are fairly rare and specialized, people absolutely investigate things they think they see but which seem weird to them in some way, or which aren't expected, or which look like they could be mirages.More importantly, &quot;believes is real&quot; is sort of begging the question. What makes you assume that they believe it's real just because they can't tell it's an illusion? And in a world where illusions are a thing, &quot;I check that out&quot; is a plausible course of action.So... No, I don't think you're right. You can investigate a thing for any reason. You can do it because you have a list of procedures and one of the steps is &quot;investigate every such object to ascertain whether or not it is an illusion&quot;. You can do it because it's a solid object that you aren't expecting. You can do it because you think there's an illusionist. You can do it because you just plain feel like it. That's all fine! People can, and do, check things out for no particularly solid reason except a vague hunch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="seebs, post: 7218893, member: 61529"] I think your assumption that no one would ever investigate a real thing is wrong. Even in our world, where mirages are fairly rare and specialized, people absolutely investigate things they think they see but which seem weird to them in some way, or which aren't expected, or which look like they could be mirages. More importantly, "believes is real" is sort of begging the question. What makes you assume that they believe it's real just because they can't tell it's an illusion? And in a world where illusions are a thing, "I check that out" is a plausible course of action. So... No, I don't think you're right. You can investigate a thing for any reason. You can do it because you have a list of procedures and one of the steps is "investigate every such object to ascertain whether or not it is an illusion". You can do it because it's a solid object that you aren't expecting. You can do it because you think there's an illusionist. You can do it because you just plain feel like it. That's all fine! People can, and do, check things out for no particularly solid reason except a vague hunch. [/QUOTE]

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