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jfkraus (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:15 AM Original message |
The Matrix is real. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Your response is interesting |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. ..and now since it's been deleted to hide the truth, even more suspect |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. atwhay asway ethay esponseray? . . . hypothetically, of course, IF someone had replied to OP, what |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. My Living Will: |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. LOL! n/t |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. +1 |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. +1 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. ;>) |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. LOL good one :) |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. ROTFFLMAO! |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Spot on! |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's called The Manufacture of Consent, and largely works via mass denial of its efficacy |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. You LIE girlfriend! |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. Nice post, Cypher nt |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. you need to read Jean Baudrillard |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. .. forget foucault |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I love it when they get snippy at each other |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. trying to out french eachother. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. One might also study Qabala. Same exact point, except all of Material Reality is the "desert". |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
61. Welcome to the Desert of the Real. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Ive been telling people this for years.... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. Thank god you've cracked the code. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. Ah Yes.. good post. The Matrix is real .. it weaves its magic web from our TV screen |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
58. +1 |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's been called by many names. |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. It is real in the sense that |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Agree. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. 1+ a google! That's a really good connection. Thanks! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. You present an apt analogy. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. I've believed that for some time and I believe that's more or less what Chomsky |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
20. You didn't bump into a girl with a white rabbit tattoo recently, did you? |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. So shouldn't it be "Brave New World" is real? |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
22. Feed on our wealth, energy, vitality, creativity and our natural environment -- |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I see two psychological dynamics in play regarding that. |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. "The first being reality is too much of a shock so remaining in subconscious denial is easier." |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Materialists are so cute when they trot out this attempt at pulling the curtain aside. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. What is a "Materialist"? |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. It's a term the woo-woo use to describe the reality-based community |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I believe our definitions are flipped. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
59. I was only defining the term about which you inquired |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. So you are ignorant of the most basic philosophical terms AND try to insult another DU'er |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's the manufacturing of reality. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. You're happily ignorant? Great. I'm not. nt |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. all is illusion |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. I was sort of hoping for more of a Soylent Green future |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. sure is. that was the most interesting thing about that movie. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. For all which you cannot logically explain...... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. Welcome to the concept of a "metaphor". You'll find it comes in handy in countless situations! nt |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. +1 |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. One thing about metaphor is that there is an equivalence between two things, not just a similarity. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #47 |
62. That is an idiosyncratic definition. An analogy need not be "on all fours" to be illuminating |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. Pfft. It's not even The Vector. |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. Sounds familiar |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. Sigh. Sophomore Philosophy Week at DU continues. nt |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
52. And here's evidence: |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. That's no movie, it's a documentary;) n/t |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
55. Luckily, the "Matrix" can't tell you who you are. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
56. There was a glitch in 2000 |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
57. Military-industrial-media complex. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
60. Has someone been reading Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
63. The entire universe is a simulation. |
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