About the Book
the fundamental ultimate question what is?
The Fundamental Ultimate Question: What Is? By Corey Shepherd is not just any other ordinary book. Within this book lies a simple yet profound inquiry: What is? It seems like a small question, but Shepherd shows how it opens into a big mystery of all, existence itself.
Shepherd weaves together science, philosophy, and human experience in a way that feels both thought-provoking and deeply relatable. This book had many layers, from dimensions and geometry to the illusion of time and consciousness itself.
With each page, you get to question your assumptions, stretch your imagination, and glimpse at the possibility that reality is far bigger, stranger, and more beautiful than you ever believed.
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Book Chapters
Ranges of Perception:
What we see, hear, and feel isn’t the whole story; it’s just a tiny slice of reality. In this chapter, you will read how our senses create a bubble of awareness, giving us comfort while hiding entire worlds beyond our reach. This chapter is a reminder that humility and curiosity are the first steps to fundamental understanding.
Scalability:
Reality stretches across an unfathomable scale, from the smallest particle to galaxies beyond our imagination. Here, you will discover how we sit somewhere in the middle of it all, and why that perspective matters. The chapter raises a humbling thought: the universe is too vast for any one viewpoint to capture.
Categorization:
We can all understand that our minds crave order, which is why we sort the world into neat boxes for our comfort in understanding. Friend or stranger, safe or dangerous, good or bad. But these categories are not ultimate truths; they are just tools. Here, this chapter asks: what happens when we realize our labels don’t define reality.
Complexity:
This chapter peels back that simplicity, leaving you with a sense of awe at just how much lies beneath the surface. The world is far more intricate than it appears at first glance. The truth is hidden in layers. What looks simple, a tree, a conversation, even your own thoughts, hides a layer of interwoven systems and invisible detail.