Re: [-empyre-] real vs unreal

[saul ostrow <so5@nyu.edu>]

> It looks like we are still suffering from the Descartian problem, the idea
> that there is a difference or clear border between material and immaterial
> experience, between mind and body. I don't think it is possible to come to
> an agreement on the issue whether such a divide exists or not. Personally
> I think there is no divide, that mind and body are one. To me, so called
> VR experiences are real too.
> 


Just the opposite that the mind can tell the body that something that
isn't there is there -- based on code indicates that the incredible
influence of the mind on body -- VR -- which is at least for the time
being less virtual than "real"life because it exists as a set of
algorithms  -- takes advantage or exploits this link -- ultimately VR is
less real  and less virtual than tripping