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I think the idea of what reality is takes more thought than originally i had believed.  We've spent a lot of time in this class talking about how subjective all of our experiences are and even the idea that maybe our experiences are simply constructions of the brain.  How can we know what "reality" really is?  Is reality universal and if so how can we tell what is "universal" as we cannot know objectively what others are experiencing.  We do know at some level the general architecture of the nervous system but there are so many tiny differences it seems too difficult to generalize that we all function the same (who can say what proteins each person has and how those proteins respond to input).  Also couldn't our experience of other simply be a construction of our own brain? 

 As to how the I-function ties into all of this reality business, I'm not sure that it is so important.  I don't think there is a way to know if the I-function plays a role in reality because we don't know if reality is universal or simply a subjective experience.  In the event that it is (to some extent) "universally experienced" I suppose I would agree that the I-function does not necessarily play a role in reality, however I am not entirely convinced that this is the case.  To me it seems totally plausible that reality is subjective and maybe even a construction or partially constructed by the I-function.