How can you know if something is real?

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Can't everything be proven to be fake? I believe in science. That is my 99% belief. This is for example,
I have a dry cup and put it on a dry surface. I intended to put pop in the cup. Before doing so, I noticed a butterfly fluttering around in a weird way. I decided to record it. In my recording, you can see that the dry cup moved slightly to the right, leaning over the edge of the dry table and sliding back to where I had it.

I post it for the world to see, and the only thing I get back are comments on how this could be fake and many videos with tutorials on how this is fake.

They could even say its CGI because "why would he record a butterfly and you see the cup moving" or "why is the cup in the bottom right corner of the screen. So you can only see the the cup and not the hand that pulls and pushes it"

Aliens could be real. I'm not a alien nut job. I'm being honest. Look at the dinosaurs and such. The infinite galaxies. The habitable planets that we would be able to live on. If I saw an alien UFO while driving and recorded it, how would people know its real? I know there is no real answer, I just hate that everything could be a hoax or cgi. Too many hating commenters planting the seed of doubt.

? · Accepted Answer

Good to see a bright mind realising that no knowledge is 100% and we can't be sure if anythings real. 
Stick in there. 
Most people in life will never be able to comprehend this and will aggressively and ignorantly fight it.
You have a philosophical mind. 
The real question is how to deal with all these people. You can't. Don't argue with them. There are too many of them and they will never get it. Learn to love them anyway, and keep your understanding to yourself and like minded people. I suggest intelligent discussion chat groups for your escape. That's what I do. Or find philosophical people at doofs of universities and befriend them.

mary-Beth · Answer

Wow that's deep. Lol. You never really do know if something's real. It's kind of your decision to choose to believe something. You can never be 100% positive in something. Same goes for other people. Some people will believe you, others won't. And it doesn't really matter because everyone has their own freedom to choose what to believe. You'd have to be able to control someone's mind to make them 100% positive that everything you say is true, it's like that for everyone. 
Idk that was my first answer.

? · Answer

You have to do your own research these days. I don't believe a single thing I read in the newspaper until I've looked it up elsewhere.

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