Post by vanngo on Jul 27, 2015 5:31:56 GMT
Week 4
1. Explain the virtual simulation theory of consciousness.
Virtual simulation theory of consciousness is the process when our brains believe what we visually see is real, but the object or image is not real. According to “Cerebral Mirage”, “Nature has turned out to be trickster at it very core, revealing as much as it is concealing” (Diem-Lane, 26). Our minds are coming up with varies possibilities of what is happening in our reality. According to the film, “A Glorious Piece of Meat”, it explained that the eye believes in everything. Let’s say we are given a situation of buying a new car. We will first need to figure what type of car style and brand. We decided on a sports car that is cherry red. You can start to visual a Ferrari or some other luxury fast two-door sports car. The car you image is based on your our experiences, because not everyone might know what a Ferrari is. Our brains are allowing us to visualize this car beforehand through our imagination. The next step to picture yourself driving the car; some of you might imagine a summer day or an autumn day driving on an empty highway. By envisioning yourself in the car, you can choice that sports car you would want to be based on the visualization exercise.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival?
According to the reading, “Cerebral Mirage”, it states that the “most significant discoveries of modern science is that the world we perceive around us is not ad it appears” (Diem-Lane, 2). This direct quote in short said that what we see with our eyes and what our brain interprets are different and can vary. For example, optical illusions are a great example of how our brain is playing tricks on us. There is an optical illusion that first it may look like two faces, but then look at it longer you begin to see a vase. Another situation where our brains are playing tricks on us is as at night when our sight is limited; we start to imagine sounds and visuals that are not there. Our body is in stress mode, we start to sweat, heart beating faster, and we are ready to defend ourselves from the unknown harm that we had imagined. The brain is in fight or flight mode, and its main objective is to keep the body alive. This can help in our survival because we are ready to fight or run away from danger. Our brains will start to protect ourselves from getting hurt by coming up with different survival tactics. Along with the more fictional scenarios, the brain comes up with the more situation we have to figure out how to survive with the use of our prior knowledge from movies, books, personal experiences, etc.
1. Explain the virtual simulation theory of consciousness.
Virtual simulation theory of consciousness is the process when our brains believe what we visually see is real, but the object or image is not real. According to “Cerebral Mirage”, “Nature has turned out to be trickster at it very core, revealing as much as it is concealing” (Diem-Lane, 26). Our minds are coming up with varies possibilities of what is happening in our reality. According to the film, “A Glorious Piece of Meat”, it explained that the eye believes in everything. Let’s say we are given a situation of buying a new car. We will first need to figure what type of car style and brand. We decided on a sports car that is cherry red. You can start to visual a Ferrari or some other luxury fast two-door sports car. The car you image is based on your our experiences, because not everyone might know what a Ferrari is. Our brains are allowing us to visualize this car beforehand through our imagination. The next step to picture yourself driving the car; some of you might imagine a summer day or an autumn day driving on an empty highway. By envisioning yourself in the car, you can choice that sports car you would want to be based on the visualization exercise.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival?
According to the reading, “Cerebral Mirage”, it states that the “most significant discoveries of modern science is that the world we perceive around us is not ad it appears” (Diem-Lane, 2). This direct quote in short said that what we see with our eyes and what our brain interprets are different and can vary. For example, optical illusions are a great example of how our brain is playing tricks on us. There is an optical illusion that first it may look like two faces, but then look at it longer you begin to see a vase. Another situation where our brains are playing tricks on us is as at night when our sight is limited; we start to imagine sounds and visuals that are not there. Our body is in stress mode, we start to sweat, heart beating faster, and we are ready to defend ourselves from the unknown harm that we had imagined. The brain is in fight or flight mode, and its main objective is to keep the body alive. This can help in our survival because we are ready to fight or run away from danger. Our brains will start to protect ourselves from getting hurt by coming up with different survival tactics. Along with the more fictional scenarios, the brain comes up with the more situation we have to figure out how to survive with the use of our prior knowledge from movies, books, personal experiences, etc.