Post by nataleesaillant on Oct 5, 2016 18:49:57 GMT
1. Explain the virtual simulation theory of consciousness.
According to the film Brain Burn: Consciousness as a Virtual Simulation, the state of daydreaming is a result of coming out as disassociation so it can "play out with its internal machination." When a person daydreams, they can imagine themselves doing anything, anywhere, with anyone. The theory that consciousness is a virtual simulation stems from this, a virtual simulation uses 3D effects to make something appear to be real to viewers which is pretty equivalent to daydreaming. When you are in a situation, you are able to daydream and imagine every single outcome there is and ultimately figure out which decision is in your best interest.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival?
When we dream we create situations and imagine who are you included in these situations and even though it is a dream, it feels as though this what is really taking place. In the reading Is the Universe an App?, Lane goes on to say "such is the confusing nature of our own self-awareness that we can objectify our own personas in various garbs and believe them to be ontologically apart from our own neural projections." We believe our dreams are what is actual happening in real life when in reality it is just all in our imagination. The brain tricks us into thinking we have complete control over everything our bodies do. In the film A Glorious Piece of Meat: An Overture on Consciousness, Lane talks about how we think we wake up when we are ready to wake up when in actuality we wake up due to "chemical electrical signals triggered within our skulls." According to Lane in Is the Universe an App?, deception is an essential factor in survival "since survival of the fittest is predicated on one's ability to be stealth when necessary or to be able to invoke varying camouflages in times of need."
According to the film Brain Burn: Consciousness as a Virtual Simulation, the state of daydreaming is a result of coming out as disassociation so it can "play out with its internal machination." When a person daydreams, they can imagine themselves doing anything, anywhere, with anyone. The theory that consciousness is a virtual simulation stems from this, a virtual simulation uses 3D effects to make something appear to be real to viewers which is pretty equivalent to daydreaming. When you are in a situation, you are able to daydream and imagine every single outcome there is and ultimately figure out which decision is in your best interest.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival?
When we dream we create situations and imagine who are you included in these situations and even though it is a dream, it feels as though this what is really taking place. In the reading Is the Universe an App?, Lane goes on to say "such is the confusing nature of our own self-awareness that we can objectify our own personas in various garbs and believe them to be ontologically apart from our own neural projections." We believe our dreams are what is actual happening in real life when in reality it is just all in our imagination. The brain tricks us into thinking we have complete control over everything our bodies do. In the film A Glorious Piece of Meat: An Overture on Consciousness, Lane talks about how we think we wake up when we are ready to wake up when in actuality we wake up due to "chemical electrical signals triggered within our skulls." According to Lane in Is the Universe an App?, deception is an essential factor in survival "since survival of the fittest is predicated on one's ability to be stealth when necessary or to be able to invoke varying camouflages in times of need."