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How Real is Virtual Reality? with David Chalmers

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I Don't Think Virtual Reality Has to Be Bred in Circuses

I don't think virtual reality has to be bred in circuses. People already are using, you know, virtual worlds for much more serious purposes. It would be a crazy mistake to take the presence and even the attractions of virtral reality as a reason to ignore the problems of physical realit. I've always thought human, the human community, has the capacity to think about all these things at once. But yes, i think there are serious issues here that we need to match with this new technology.

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