# Does A Lighter Really Exist?

I think it does, but let me make a joke about reductionism, nomina
lism, materialism, &c.

> I don't think a lighter actually exists. A lighter is the sum of
> its parts. "Lighter" is just a name for the sum and it doesn't
> actually exist. So what really exist are those atoms... wait no!
> Atoms are the sum of its parts too. Therefore maybe what really
> exist are the particles in the standard model, or strings in
> string theory. Wait... can we say those theoretical beings actually
> exist? Their existence depends on the theory... Then what things
> actually exist and what is reality anyway? I don't know at all...