The reason I lay it on the feet of Plato is because his
   conceptualization of it [mind you, I adore Plato in every other
   way] and influence - while it has led to some of humanities
   greatest achievements... it has ALSO led to a skewed view of
   reality... where the "mind" and "body" or "imagination" and
   'reality" are seen as separate things. They're not separate -
   not entirely.

   We don't experience Time in the same way in the mind. We
   experience time differently in our 'meat world'. Yes, the worlds
   behave differently but they're part of the same world.

   I believe in belief. I believe in fantasy - and I get lost in
   the worlds of my imagination. But these worlds are _real_; the
   schemas are actual patterns in my brain. They are functioning
   machines creating realities that actually do exist.

   I can translate them into other languages. Writings. Drawings.
   Music. Talking. Singing. Dancing.

   I can draw on paper and get a crew of people to translate what's
   in my imagination and make it show up "out here".

   But my point is: imagination is real.