I think that both are true. Humans are definitely a social species that create stories to give meaning to our world. There are many cognitive heuristics (shortcuts) and biases that influence how humans interpret information (confirmation bias, availability bias...and so on, times 100+). These heuristics also generally make humans extremely good at finding patterns in completely random events, as is the case with people who believe that a certain number holds some sort of significance to them and tend to see it everywhere they go. But on the other hand, I definitly believe that there is more to reality than our physical bodies. Reality to us, is mostly just an interpretation based on how we humans specifically perceive the world. Because of the functions of our left hemisphere brain, we tend to perceive reality as linear, sequential, and through language. How reality is perceived is completely different under altered states of consciousness though. I often discuss the effects that psilocybin mushrooms has on our perceptions of reality. Interestingly though, individuals who experience a stroke in their left hemisphere brain perceive reality in a similar way as a mushroom experience (according to a neuroscientist who talks about her stroke experience via Ted Talks). I'm noticing that I am starting to ramble on but my point is that there is definitely more to reality than our basic understanding/common experience of it.

What you are discussing in regards to blockchain fitting in with this idea is a bit over my head to be honest so I cant comment on that specifically.

Lastly, if you haven't heard about this already, scientist recently were able to reverse time using a quantum computer. This was on a quantum level of course. That seems like something you might be interested in? There are a ton of articles on the subject that can be found by googling "scientists reverse time" so I wont bother posting a link. Anyway, thought you might be interested in that :)

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