Post by EuniceCarrillo on Oct 19, 2016 0:49:02 GMT
1. Explain the virtual simulation theory of consciousness.
To me virtual simulation is what we see and the way it is being portrayed to us. For example in “The Disneyland of Consciousness” it mentions how the old lady was watching Abraham Lincoln and when she tried to go up to him she found out he wasn’t real. Obviously she knew it wasn’t the real Abraham but she thought it was an actor and the fact that he acted and sounded like Abraham, she was misleaded into thinking something else. When she found out that it was a mannequin she couldn’t believe it. Disney does a good job at portraying what they want you to see that it causes our mind to play tricks with us.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival? Be sure to support your answers with references to the required readings and films.
The brain can trick us in many ways because we tend to over think situations and cause our imagination to go above and beyond. In “The Disneyland of Consciousness” they mention that when we dream our brain tricks us into thinking it is really happening. Sometimes when I go to sleep thinking of someone or something I tend to dream about that and it’s so crazy how it seems very real. At some points the dreams feel like it’s really happening and I want to wake up from them but I just can’t. Also if I am dreaming that I am going to fall I flinch and realize that it was all in my dream.
To me virtual simulation is what we see and the way it is being portrayed to us. For example in “The Disneyland of Consciousness” it mentions how the old lady was watching Abraham Lincoln and when she tried to go up to him she found out he wasn’t real. Obviously she knew it wasn’t the real Abraham but she thought it was an actor and the fact that he acted and sounded like Abraham, she was misleaded into thinking something else. When she found out that it was a mannequin she couldn’t believe it. Disney does a good job at portraying what they want you to see that it causes our mind to play tricks with us.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival? Be sure to support your answers with references to the required readings and films.
The brain can trick us in many ways because we tend to over think situations and cause our imagination to go above and beyond. In “The Disneyland of Consciousness” they mention that when we dream our brain tricks us into thinking it is really happening. Sometimes when I go to sleep thinking of someone or something I tend to dream about that and it’s so crazy how it seems very real. At some points the dreams feel like it’s really happening and I want to wake up from them but I just can’t. Also if I am dreaming that I am going to fall I flinch and realize that it was all in my dream.