So you know enough of his history to know he is not just writing stuff he has read? You may find his language inaccurate or unreflective of what his intent is, but I, again a sensitive soul, find your use of the comic book zen trope to be a sign of attributing ill will.
Whatever, the question you ask is if your report of Bill's statement that I am not real offends me. My answer is to "'Chris' is not real." Of course that is not offensive! I have no real self, never have, couldn't possibly have one. Nor could Bill nor any of the waves typing into computers be cut off from one another. We are all in this together. Joe, Mike, dervish, Merle, you, the other ED, we are just transitory waves that can be sketched for a moment but are all temporary configurations of life, flowing thru, flowing onward, just flowing so interestingly. If you are asking some rarified question about are we 'real' as opposed to 'unreal', or some such proposition I can't quite put together, then I am afraid you are out of my depth. Conveniently labeled for your enjoyment, --Chris 301-270-6524
