Well, this is no biggy to a person raised in the esoteric art of shamanism or Buddhism. When you learn these mind working exercises you KNOW that the world out there isn't real and solid. Further, the ability of the world to change to our thoughts and focus is the basis of magic.
This is also why hacks like Hawkings are soooooo destructive to actual science.
Everything Hawkings, Einstein and most of Newton needs to be thrown out.
Modern Materialistic Science is dead. It has been disproven.
However, it is still taught as THE TRUTH in universities everywhere.