&gt; we are unable to see how things really work because we are a part of that thing.<p>I remember when I was 14, talking quantum physics with my father, I said &quot;what if everything is governed by a set of equations that by their very nature say that it is impossible to know what they are or measure them.&quot; -- just some teenager ingenuity that may very well be true.<p>For fun I like to entertain the idea that after we die an extradimensional &quot;me&quot; removes a Rift-like device from them saying &quot;wow.. What a ride, that felt _real_&quot;.  Has any philosopher written about this?