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Feb. 10, 2022
At play in the real and the virtual
We live in a time when greater and greater claims are being made for the world of simulated things. If I find my 17-year-old daughter surfing the internet, or “streaming” some nefarious content, her last gasp defense is simply that it is “not real.” Philosopher David Chalmers would reject this muting of texture and effect; he says that simulated experience has nearly all the features of actual, lived experience.
Richard Wirick
Partner
Risk Management and Insurance Litigation (RMIL) Practice Group at Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP (Haight).
We live in a time when greater and greater claims are being made for the world of simulated phenomena. If I find my 17-year-old daughter surfing the internet, or "streaming" some nefarious content, her last gasp defense is simply that it is "not real." Or "just something on the internet."
Philosopher David Chalmers would reject this muting of texture and effect; he says that simulated experience has nearly all the features of actual, lived experience. Chalmers would have it that t...
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