"..[I]dealism means that you think nothing exists except experiences in people's minds -- or ideas, " Lila explained. "There are no solid objects that are there when we're not experiencing them; instead the world is just a construction out of these experiences. To say a tree exists simply means 'a tree is seen'."

"Oh."

Polly sighed. "It must be exhausting being an idealist. Whenever you stand up, you take the chair with you."

"I never went that far," Max said.

"The scandal of philosophy," said Polly, "is not that there is no decent answer to this question, but that people still think it's worth asking."

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