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What's the real difference between things that are real and things that only look real but aren't? (piefed.world)
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Like movies. We react and get emotional and startled and stuff, but that's totally fake and we know it.

And AI. I know it's just a statistical illusion but I'll still have a conversation with it. Sometimes I'll even feel gratitude. So that's nuts.

And then you have stories handed down by important authorities. Science and religion. The guy said it so I treat it as real. Is that good or bad?

Fact is, we as humans do this thing where we treat fantasy as reality. And sometimes that's a good and useful and sometimes it's bad. And sometimes it's good for a while but then there's a AHA moment and then you realize you've been fooled and it was all fake. And sometimes that matters and sometimes it doesn't. I don't know. I'm getting confused here. You tell me.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 hour ago*

Once you're basing your conclusions upon assumptions or some kind of secondhand knowledge, instead of firsthand experience, then you're already in fantasyland. The only questions then are how useful is this fantasy and how does this fantasy align with the fantasies of my society?

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