We assume that certain aspects of reality are real because they are testable and repeatable. We say gravity exists because every time we drop something, it falls down towards Earth, and if we apply other assumptions while looking out in the sky, we see other objects falling towards each other. The assumption is logical and testable.
It is impossible to test whether we just materialized, therefore it's safe to assume it did not happen unless repeatable testing indicates otherwise.
I still wonder if there might be constructs or frameworks 'out there' more advanced than "asking questions". When looking at evolution, I wonder if bacteria, plants, or animals have that frame of reference of "truth" and "asking questions". To me, it looks like "truth" and "asking questions" are things humans have constructed.
I wonder if "asking questions" is just a part of species evolution and I'm curious by the thought that there might be more powerful frameworks 'out there'.
I wonder if "asking questions" is just a small progressive part of evolution? For instance, on a time scale of species evolution, I wonder if things might look like this:
...Sensing...Simple reasoning...Complex questioning...X...Y...Z...
How do we know anything in the past actually happened? We are 100% reliant on memory, but an equally plausible explanation is that we materialized 1 nanosecond ago, pre-loaded with memory and state. And in 1 nanosecond we will cease to exist, but at any point in time we will never know if that is true.
Science and repeatable experiments, models of the universe etc. refute my statement, except science is based on the assumption that my statement is false, so it is a circular argument.