Originally Posted by
Xaqaria
Everything imaginable is real to some degree. I won't say objectively, because I have no way of knowing if objective reality exists at all.
Is it really that hard to believe that what you imagine is real? Ideas have very real effects on the world. Look at the idea of God, for instance. (don't get bored sandform, I know we've already been around this one before) Even taken from a materialist perspective, you cannot deny that the idea of God has been the single most profound influence on the development of human kind. Billions of lives have been dedicated to this idea; countless advances is science, philosophy, literature, art, architecture, etc. etc. have all had the idea of god as their primary motivation.
Captain Howdy is real, but to what extent is he real? The answer to that is not very much. He is real for your friend, for sure. He is in some way real for you, because you have built a concept of what Captain Howdy is in your mind based on what your friend has told you. Unfortunately, Captain Howdy doesn't have much of an effect on the world because no one else knows about him (except for us in this thread, now) let alone believes in his reality.
You think you're god? Great. Convince the rest of us, and you will be.