Analysis Of From Realism To Virtual Reality

Throughout our lives, we search for the truth. We want to know what is, what was, and what will be. However, it is inevitable that the truth we want will not be what we discover. The truth hurts and when we want to believe something we manipulate it to be true. Society has grown to accept only what it wants to view as the truth. We’ve become blind to reality as our world has been depicted to be something it’s not. In both our personal and professional lives, it’s up to us to find ourselves and truly understand what’s around us. If we continue to ignore what’s really going to protect society’s “truth” then we will never understand reality. In “The Truth Wears Off” by Jonah Lehrer, scientists become skeptical of the scientific process. As studies show, the powers of certain drugs have been steadily decreasing since they were created. You would think that over time these drugs would become better and more powerful, due to the increasing knowledge and scientific technology society has gained. However, this is not the case, which leads us to question the

When something significant happens, every media outlet wants to be the first to let you hear about it. However, to do so they have to draw you in. This is where the deception comes in. In “From Realism to Virtual Reality” the author argues the difference between realism and actual war like images. He explains that the way war is portrayed by the media is not how it really happens. He finds that journalists publish certain images from a war setting just to evoke emotion, whether is portrays the war as it really is or not. For example, he found that many journalists published stand still photographs of mostly dead bodies during the war just to make the audience believe what was being published. Images like these are not accurate, real representations of the war in its entirety. The media is not looking to publish the truth; they’re looking to publish a good