Maybe, but it doesn't change the principle of cause and effect. If you stub your toe, it will hurt. Whether the table leg was real or just a mental projection- it will still hurt. If we could out- think pain, we wouldn't be suicidal I would think.
Same principle goes for food and hunger, water and thirst. And, the money you probably need to buy the things you need to survive. I wish I could just conjure that up rather than having to work for it.
Regardless of the nature of our reality, we're still stuck in it and bound by its rules- which kind of suck.
I understand the point you're raising, and it's a valid observation. But going back to our initial reflection on the nature of reality, even though the principle of cause and effect seems undeniable, there's still the question of how we perceive those causes and effects. The pain we feel, for example, could be seen as a sensory experience filtered through our nervous system, and thus a sort of construction of the mind, even though it feels extremely tangible and "real" to us. So yes, if we stub our toe, the pain is something we cannot deny, but it is still a perception mediated by our mind.
In other words, even though we are bound by the laws of physical reality, our experience of these laws might not be the "reality" itself but a simulation of the mind, as we hypothesized. The rules that seem to govern our existence, such as the need for food, water, and money, might also be interpreted as mental constructs, which, although having tangible effects in our daily lives, could be the result of subjective perception.
So the question is not just whether we are "stuck" in reality, but whether what we call "real" is truly objective, or if our mind, with its projections, plays a fundamental role in determining our experience. The physical reality is there, but our perception of it might not be the only way to experience it.
