Imagine that you are in front of polluted river full of garbage while Thales is convincing you that reality is water, would you believe in him? Why or why not?

N I would not believe him

Explanation:

Because he's trying to convince you that it's clean water but the truth is, it's not. He might trying to convince you to jump there so that you get dirty and he laugh because you fell on his trap/prank.

glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).

answer; protectionism fosters competition and keeps price regulated;