(September 18, 2015 at 3:04 pm)Rational AKD Wrote: a virtual reality world would likewise have simulative objects that function like real objects, but are not real objects. 'is the matrix real or not?' Quote MorpheusAre you really asking me if the matrix was real?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-MkPd0
...Objectively is an and adverb... it is describing the verb of the sentence 'is.' this by virtue adds to the description of the noun 'it' which is being described also by the adjective 'real.' fail.
it really doesn't matter whether you consider it real or not. the point is it functions like a real world, thus you would interact in it with the same functional purposes as a real world.
You may have used it is an adverb to is. But what is the difference between reality is functionally real (adv) or there is a functional reality (adj), my intended use. Either way you fail to address the issue...then write the word "fail" claiming a victory for yourself. Which is indicative of the strength of your argument because you have nothing but an evasive word salad to offer back. Address the argument! Reality is real and objectively so and any counter claim is self refuting.
Dress it up how you want. No amount of dancing around the word "functional" helps. If you believe the world is not real (and by that I mean objectively so) you are claiming that you live in a fantasy world of make believe. Believe that if you want, but don't try and ignore that it is what you believe and it is secretly OK to beleive it by inserting the word "functional".
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.
