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How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real

Technically no, they're mental abstractions that allow the human brain to comprehend complex logic and to calculate useful solutions to complicated problems. It's similar to words. The pixels making up the letters making up the words "There is a tree behind you" have nothing in common with the living thing made of wood and leaves, but the abstraction allows me to communicate a lot of information quickly.

>>232
>There is a tree behind you
don't scare me sushi roll

I was asked that question in a university interview to study philosophy.

I failed to get in so I'm probably not the one to tell you.

They can be said to exist, at least as abstractions or ideas like >>232 explained. We can then use these universal ideas for example when holding up five fingers to signify that we want to buy five apples for example. We can also attach symbols to these ideas to make them easier to use, so that the word five and the symbol 5, V, etc. can be used to refer to the idea.

Different philosophers have different views on the topic though: http://existentialcomics.com/comic/36.