[thechat] what's real vs. what's pretend.
Joe Crawford
jcrawford at avencom.com
Thu May 17 16:33:18 CDT 2001
Ben Dyer wrote:
> What is real? How do you define real? If you're talking about what you
> can feel, what you can smell and see, then real is simply electrical
> signals interpreted by your brain.
Yeah, one of the pitfalls here is the subject can get philosophical real
quick (how do we distringuish between dream and reality).
I think the focus - at least for me would be on concrete reality issues:
- is that image I'm looking at of forrest gump
talking to richard nixon 'real'?
- is the photo on the cover of the magazine 'real'
if it has been manipulated to make the model thinner,
more clear-complected?
it's more a media-literacy thing than a philosophical thing.
practicalities more than philosophy or religion. i don't see it as a
venue to debate something like visions of the Virgin Mary, etc.
i just want people to know that when they watch a commercial and a
person morphs into a werewolf,
"that's pretend"
- joe <http://artlung.com/>
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