I remember saying in class: " So then you're not our Professor. ?"
How does Baudrillard's theory of simulation and the hyperreal work for people?
Is he really suggesting that our Professor is not Actually our professor, and that he is a simulation of what a professor might be?
It is easy to see how people are not really what they are in The Matrix, but not so easy to tell with life outside the movies. For me anyway.
The only way I can explain that Prof. Pound would not really be a professor is by showing that he is a professor, and a dad and a son, a husband, friend, athlete, etc. So therefore which is the REAL him? And since the definition of all of those roles can be conditional and are constructions of our society, those roles could in fact be something other than what they are defined as, and since the terms could be something that they are not, then nobody IS what they really think they are . ? Haha that seems really confusing, but am I on the right track with this? I am not sure if that is exactly how the hyperreal works for humans, or if the hyperreal is not something that can describe humans but only a thing that humans get caught up in.?
Any comments or ideas?
2026 Goals Check-In #2
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Well, here we are in May already! This year seems to be flying by! I wanted
to do another check-in on how things have been going over the last few
months. ...
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...I think you're on the right track. But I have a really hard time with the whole idea too. I can't seem to get past the idea that if there is no reality then when watching a reality tv show shouldn't the tv be blank?
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