I mean, what's the difference? If reality's just made up of perceptions, then what you perceive as real is basically just...real. 

[Michael flaps a hand vaguely without looking at her. It's not a question that matter much to him, honestly. Michael's questioned a lot of his ideals, by now, but he's never really questioned reality.]

And it shouldn't change how you relate to people. That's just solipsism, that's what human infants do or something. Chidi says it's bad. [Michael being what he is, the topic did arise]