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Stepping Through Illusions

Posted February 9, 2010October 10, 2010 Jeffrey Noethe, Ph.D.Posted in Expectations, Perception and Reality

In a world of “virtual reality,” if I punch a brick wall, my hand does not shatter, because my hand is actually resting comfortably in a chair back in the “real world.” The brick wall is merely an illusion, an imaginary barrier presented to me by the computer program that creates the virtual world. If, for some reason, I am unaware that I am in […]

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