Nothing in my life has prepared me to answer that question, let alone to a 5-year-old.

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Some things are pretend, like unicorns. Reality is all the real things you can see, touch, smell, hear, and taste.

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What does air see, smell, touch, taste, hear like?

If I was in The Matrix, would that be real?

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Answers for little kids don’t need to get too detailed and complicated. They’ll develop nuance as they get older. Air feels and sounds like wind, though

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And if you don’t think air smells, fart

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Maybe I’d add “and that others could see/touch/smell/hear/taste” - clarifying around vivid imagination, synesthesia, and that reality should be shared. It’s the things all reasonable folks can agree about (given sufficient time and access).

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This is my favorite answer so far.

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