Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Telepresence bots on the way?

Life-size telepresence robots make their appearance

Of course, one could argue that our own bodies are meat-based versions of the robots cited above. There's nothing especially daunting about the idea except for one thing: for our reality to be telepresence-derived, we'd have to exist in a state of perpetual forgetfulness of our "real" ontological status. Maybe it's worth recalling the spiritual traditions that maintain that our reality is inherently fictitious or deceptive.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"...for our reality to be telepresence-derived, we'd have to exist in a state of perpetual forgetfulness of our "real" ontological status."
But then what would be the point?