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    Virtual Reality In today’s world‚ making a mistake‚ for example during a surgery can be very fatal‚ but what if you make that same mistake but in a virtual reality? Well‚ if you make that mistake in the real world‚ you would learn from it but the patient would most likely have died but in a virtual world‚ you can program another virtual patient to retry the surgery knowing its not a real human. Virtual reality will have a substantial effect on our future way of life. Virtual reality already has

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    “Postmodern media blur the boundary between reality and representation.” Discuss this idea with reference to the area of the media you have studied. Reality will never be the same for two different people. Jean Baudrillard believed that there is a problem with contemporary reality‚ he believed that the distinction between what is real and what is imagined is continually blurred and eroded. His theories are overly concerned with the idea that simulations of reality end up becoming “more real than the real”

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    Individuals use their knowledge of truth and reality to shape their beliefs and actions in daily life. Take for example‚ a man faced with the decision between two paths‚ one very dark whilst the other covered with light‚ and so he picks the bright one‚ believing the light will grant them safety. But in some cases‚ one’s perception of reality and truth deceives them‚ and the man’s trust in the light leads to his demise‚ at the hand of hungry lions attracted to the glow. Such is the case in William

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    difference between a reality and an illusion? Sometimes people believe a distinctive difference between the two exists i.e. tangible or nontangible. However‚ the same people might agree that a difference does not exist when considering borderlines for example. The lines aren’t actually lines drawn into the ground; moreover‚ hypothetical lines drawn on a map. Not only can illusions become realities‚ but our perceived appearances and illusions have the ability to produce realities. Esteemed authors

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    Senses‚ Perception and a False Reality Reality is defined as “the world or the state of things as they actually exist‚ as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them” according to Webster’s dictionary. We know that this world exists because we can perceive it using any given sense‚ but how can we certainly know that the world we experience is not an illusion being forced upon us? Can we really trust our senses to confirm we are not currently dreaming and that in fact there is a real world

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    Perceptions of Reality in The Matrix Student: Jyl Alampay Student Number: 250431312 Section: 002 Due Date: December 02/09 The question of ‘reality’ has always intrigued people throughout the world. It has been perceived as tangible and exact but at the same time intensely vulnerable. The frailties of ‘reality’ have been exposed by the many differing ways in which it can be perceived. These differences of perception can be attributed to factors such as age‚ sex‚ nationality‚ religion‚ and

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    ordered universe with one objective reality. This novel asserts that reality is instead subjective‚ and as human beings while we all experience the same one world ‚but we each perceive this experience differently‚ and therefore we all live in different worlds. In this paper using quotes from Cosmopolis‚ I will explain how Don DeLillo uses dialogue and the actions of characters to construct his argument for subjective reality‚ and how his theory of subjective reality relates to the real world. Before

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    What is prime reality‚ or in other words‚ what is truly real? Many people ask this question on a daily basis‚ without having a true sense of the question they are asking themselves. What is prime reality? There are two sides or more sides to every argument‚ and the question of prime reality is no different. Asking this question raises a couple other questions as well. Those are “What is external reality?” and “What is my purpose?” Naturalists and Christian Theists propose opposite claims to these

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    Do you know the difference between your illusion and reality? Our five golden senses give us the ability to identify reality‚ but the most degrading power of imagination guide us into understanding the greater mysteries of our illusion. The realm that we exist in is recognized through our understanding of what we see‚ hear‚ and identify by the five senses. In the moments in which our senses are latent‚ illusions are generated. Some Historians like Daniel Joseph Boostin believe that humans live their

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    Development of Illusion and Reality in Tithe Every person in this world has their own reality. Just the same‚ everyone’s reality may differ from one another. What may seem an illusion to one person‚ may be the reality of someone who has a mental illness. Either way‚ it is all about perception and what we believe to be an illusion versus what we believe to be reality. An illusion does not represent actuality rather; it is something that has been invented by the human mind. Reality is something that people

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