According the film Brain Burn:
Consciousness as a Virtual Simulator, our consciousness acts as a virtual
simulator that plays different scenarios so that we can use them to our
advantage. However, we currently live in a virtual world created by software
programmers and we never pause to reflect about any of this. In the film Surfing the User Interface: The Illusion of
Virtual Worlds, it says the following: “The user interface is, to invoke
Plato’s Allegory, our cave, and we don’t even know we are prisoners to the
systems which unwittingly constrain our movements in a pre-designed template.”
The reason why we live in a virtual world is because of the many social media
websites and programs that exist now a day. These programmed softwares are now
a necessity for many. Our consciousness, through imagination, acts as a virtual
simulator about the world. Just like in the Allegory of the Cave, we have to be
able to break through reality and realize that many of this programmed software
is a product of our imagination and do not represent the real world.
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Hi, my name is Maria. I am a student of a philosophy class in college. This is my first time taking a philosophy class, and I am very excited about what this class has to offer. I will be posting topics and writing assignments related to my class in here, so feel free to comment my posts and offer feedback about my blog's content.
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