# How many real people are there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-are-there/57602 "2001-03-12T02:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-are-there/57602/61 "2001-03-13T22:05:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\* the person you send the checks to is not themself > \*\* Go back to the “you’re not really me” part…no, the “I’m not really you”…could you start over, please? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Pinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dr.Pinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Pinky)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-are-there/57602/62 "2001-03-14T00:06:23Z")
As a child, I was certain that I was about 23 years old, in a coma, and hallucinating all this… * * * God, this is a long coma… ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-are-there/57602/63 "2001-03-14T04:03:41Z")
I remember reading somewhere in the back of Bart Simpson’s Guide to Life\*\* that the whole universe might be the daydream of a hyperdimensional superbug. Just a thought. Also, I’ve seen a lot of rough estimates of the number of “real” people in this world. Can we make it everyone’s homework assignment to count the number of real people in this world? I know I don’t get out much, so my number is going to be pretty small. Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-are-there/57602/64 "2001-03-14T04:09:54Z")
I wish the inventor of vB wasn’t real. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-are-there/57602/65 "2001-03-14T04:49:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > > \*\* the person you send the checks to is not themself > > \*\* > > Go back to the “you’re not really me” part…no, the “I’m not really you”…could you start over, please? > \*\* ::Now awaiting **carnivorousplant’s** head to explode:: ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-are-there/57602/66 "2001-03-14T04:54:42Z")
All right, who authorized the exploding heads? I thought we were still rolling heads! Why didn’t I get this memo? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-real-people-are-there/57602/67 "2001-03-14T14:21:20Z")
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