Kate Kowalchuk
Professor Ruddy
October 14, 2015
The Greater Power is Within Yourself
Life is the hardest obstacle anyone will ever face, it is inevitable yet completely unpredictable. Even though we cannot predict the future we can gather information from how we live our lives to form an idea of what the future may hold. Over thirty years ago I never would have imagined technology controlling our lives to the extent it does today in 2055. Virtual reality has become a huge factor in everyone’s lives today simply by a chip placed inside of us. Thankful to Plato’s theory of the cave we are able to set limitations to virtual reality. Humans are the only ones with the ability to deny the greater power because their brains are under control of the greater power. The Placebo theory and the imagination within you is how you determine the difference from virtual reality to …show more content…
To fully experience a feeling someone has to have all five senses. If someone lacks a sense they cannot experience a feeling to the same degree as a person who has all of their senses. Without your senses you cannot develop feelings towards something or someone. In real life you can feel everything both mentally and physically, yet in virtual reality you can only experience things mentally. Virtual reality is all in ones head, you create your own virtual reality and what you want you get. Even though you get what you want in virtual reality you cannot experience it to the extent that you would in real life because you’re missing your senses of touch, smell and taste. In real life if you’re in a physical fight with someone it will hurt mentally yes, but you will not be able to feel it physically. You will know it is happening because you can see it but when they hit you it does not affect you in the same way as if you could feel it. With that being said you cannot enjoy all of your senses unless you have
Professor Ruddy
October 14, 2015
The Greater Power is Within Yourself
Life is the hardest obstacle anyone will ever face, it is inevitable yet completely unpredictable. Even though we cannot predict the future we can gather information from how we live our lives to form an idea of what the future may hold. Over thirty years ago I never would have imagined technology controlling our lives to the extent it does today in 2055. Virtual reality has become a huge factor in everyone’s lives today simply by a chip placed inside of us. Thankful to Plato’s theory of the cave we are able to set limitations to virtual reality. Humans are the only ones with the ability to deny the greater power because their brains are under control of the greater power. The Placebo theory and the imagination within you is how you determine the difference from virtual reality to …show more content…
To fully experience a feeling someone has to have all five senses. If someone lacks a sense they cannot experience a feeling to the same degree as a person who has all of their senses. Without your senses you cannot develop feelings towards something or someone. In real life you can feel everything both mentally and physically, yet in virtual reality you can only experience things mentally. Virtual reality is all in ones head, you create your own virtual reality and what you want you get. Even though you get what you want in virtual reality you cannot experience it to the extent that you would in real life because you’re missing your senses of touch, smell and taste. In real life if you’re in a physical fight with someone it will hurt mentally yes, but you will not be able to feel it physically. You will know it is happening because you can see it but when they hit you it does not affect you in the same way as if you could feel it. With that being said you cannot enjoy all of your senses unless you have