Base reality
Well said. Base reality is not all there is.
When people talk about the “unreality” of the world (implying we live in a simulation, the Matrix, or Bostrom’s trilemma), it’s more accurate to speak of “super-reality.”
Our game setting isn’t negated by a more fundamental layer of reality. Like it here? Keep playing. Nobody forces the blue pill on you. But there’s a level above, and there’s probably a way to play on that level too. It’s good news, expanding our field of experience. The “unreality” of the world only makes it bigger.
What’s my point? Well, at the very least — precision in word choice…