Ni Ìmòye, òdodo je state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English, Oxford University Press, 2005. (Full entry for reality: "reality • noun (pl. realities) 1 the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. 2 a thing that is actually experienced or seen. 3 the quality of being lifelike. 4 the state or quality of having existence or substance.") C.D. Broad on Reality Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Realism Video: Carl Sagan on the 4th Dimension Explanation Video: Animated version of the above with Dr Quantum - Flatland Phenomenology Online: Materials discussing and exemplifying phenomenological research Concept and Reality, a Meditatiion Perspective The Illusion of Reality by Jim AL-Khalili The Matrix as Metaphysics by David Chalmers The Universes of Max Tegmark