MUDs

This article was very philosophical.  It took terms that we have learned in this class such as Real Life (RL), reality, and virtual reality, and really opened them up for a closer look.  I must admit that there were points where I thought that the author was being a little too philosophical, but then again, my tolerance for exsitentialism does have it’s boundaries.

The author started out talking about the difference between a cyber-realm and a non-cyber-realm.  He states that is apparent (but not definite) that the cyper-realm cannot exist without the non-cyber-realm; that the cyber realm requires a computer of some fashion or another to exist.

THe author then goes on to describe what reality means in relation to these two realms. He states that the general concensus is that cyber realms are virtual realities, and that the non-cyber realm is reality.

His argument is that what we perceive as “reality” is nothing more than a very vivid MUD; that Real Life is what we would refer to as heaven.  Certainly this is not a new argument.  However, I still remain skeptical about it.  It’s very difficult in the first place to accept a notion that is so radically different from what one has spent 23 years taking stock in.

I know that I am a male, human from the state of Connecticut.  But according to this author, my name, age, origin is irrelevant to reality, because I am simply a projection into this terrestrial MUD.  If that similarity is to be made, then who is directing me?  Is there a me on the astral plane who’s actions correspond to mine? 

Needless to say that these types of argument present a plethora of unanswerable questions. 

~ by nebuchadnezzar85 on April 9, 2008.