To deny reality is to deny existence. To deny reality is to deny the validity of the senses. To deny reality is to deny the astounding advances that science has brought to the human race. Reality is the world around us. Reality is the world we all live in, a world which operates by hard and fast (real) scientific rules. Rules which I have yet to see a single human being violate. Rules which allow us to marshall the resources of the earth and build things like computers, airplanes, and pharmaceuticals. Some say we all create our own reality, what rubbish, show me a reality that someone has created that will let them.... live forever, fly on their own, predict the future, etc. Sure, some think they create their own reality, but the bottom line is the world is an extremely concrete place. Thinking it is what you make it is to fool only yourself. Within the constraints of this concrete reality, we have a certain latitude to make choices and exercise free will. That we are able to do anything beyond this is pure fantasy.