Ok... so that was a little full on to say the least.... Covering 2000yrs of information in 40min was hard for my brain. Starting with Plato and his philosophical ideas, through to electrodes in the brains of monkeys. Yes it was all covered.... What I took away from the lecture was to question reality. What makes something real? Does virtual reality make what is being displayed real because we can see it?
While I was extremely engrossed with what was being said I think more time is need to full explain the theories and allow it to sink in. Hopefully some of the topics will be built on in the weeks to come.
To get a bit more of an idea of what was covered in the lecture I did a search online on the topic of reality and virtual reality. Some... most of what I found was useless but one page stuck with me.... While I'm not 100% on the credibility of the author "Ken Ward", he does talk about some stuff I remember from when I was doing a science degree in Canberra. This particular page talks about the fact that the way we see and how we interpret that information is dependent on chemical and electrical reactions in the brain. The easiest way to think about it is most people see grass as green, but a person with colour blindness sees it as brown... so what we perceive to be reality may not be what others would call reality.
Well that's a little full on so I'll leave it there.
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