Yeah so basically i guess the questions is, are we programmed in a way that we can only see and feel what we have been programmed for ?
Let's take an example, the first Apple computer
He can only read floppy disks and this will be his reality, when you shut it down (sleep) he is not aware of himself, he is programmed in a way to have his own reality.
We may be highly sophisticated programmed beings to live in a limited perception of reality, welcome to the matrix