Virtual Reality systems have come a long way since The Matrix premiered in 1999. As technology advances, it makes it harder for humans to distinguish between real and fantasy. We now have cars that can drive themselves, trash cans that will follow your arm movements to catch anything you throw at them, chemically resistant clothes immune to stains, and night vision contact lenses. With the natural progression of technology, it’s amazing to see what we are capable of creating. Alongside this progression is the possibility that we as humans might be falling behind in terms of progression as our devices continue to evolve. There’s a common philosophical theory out in the world of philosophy centered around the idea of virtual reality systems:
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Plato speaks about how there’s a clear and definite difference between people who know the truth, and people who rely solely on sensory knowledge for the truth. In his allegory, there’s prisoners being shielding inside a cave and deprived from the sunlight. There’s shadows on the walls and the prisoners are tied up, and it’s important to remember that the prisoners have never been released before. Their heads are tied to only face in one direction. The cave walls block the sunlight, which can be looked at as acting as a force that is depriving the prisoners of the rays of knowledge. The prisoner's belief systems are made up strictly of things you can see and hear, because they do not know anything but that. The shadows on the stone cave walls can be seen as a shadow of knowledge - not the real thing, but a feeble attempt to educate the prisoners. Outside the cave is the sun, which is typically looked at as a representation of knowledge. In the allegory, one of the prisoners manages to escape his bondings and leave the cave. This is a traumatic and exciting experience at the same time - the person is leaving all they know, to go out and venture into the real world. It’s thrilling, but also terrifying because of the amount of unknown laying outside those cave
Plato speaks about how there’s a clear and definite difference between people who know the truth, and people who rely solely on sensory knowledge for the truth. In his allegory, there’s prisoners being shielding inside a cave and deprived from the sunlight. There’s shadows on the walls and the prisoners are tied up, and it’s important to remember that the prisoners have never been released before. Their heads are tied to only face in one direction. The cave walls block the sunlight, which can be looked at as acting as a force that is depriving the prisoners of the rays of knowledge. The prisoner's belief systems are made up strictly of things you can see and hear, because they do not know anything but that. The shadows on the stone cave walls can be seen as a shadow of knowledge - not the real thing, but a feeble attempt to educate the prisoners. Outside the cave is the sun, which is typically looked at as a representation of knowledge. In the allegory, one of the prisoners manages to escape his bondings and leave the cave. This is a traumatic and exciting experience at the same time - the person is leaving all they know, to go out and venture into the real world. It’s thrilling, but also terrifying because of the amount of unknown laying outside those cave