Is the world real or are we just a figment of somethings imagination ?

Question: Is the world real or are we just a figment of somethings imagination ?
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  figment,
  imagine,
  real,
  world
Asked by 08sbhatt to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 24 Mar 2011 in Categories: General.
- David Pyle answered on 24 Mar 2011:
  
  There is a (vanishingly small) possibility that we are in a simulated world, and some philosophers can make a very good argument about this. I don’t believe that we are – but I don’t know how to test that belief!

Question: Is the world real or are we just a figment of somethings imagination ?