Castle Paradox

[LeRoy_Leo]

I have said my bit, and you are totally entitled to your opinion, PHC...
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[The Wobbler]

[Raekuul]

I must agree with shadowiii on this matter, although i would like too add something (in bold)

[MultiColoredWizard]

i'd like to meet everyone who doesn't believe the physical world exists and hit them with a bat... repeatedly.

[Shadowiii]

MCW you fail at life. Where the heck is the "LOL INTERNET"?!
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[LeRoy_Leo]

[jabbercat]

Leroy's theory of internet advances are interesting, and completely possible. Although it isn't going to happen anytime soon, as PHC said.

Anyway, yes the internet is real life. Or more to the fact, PART OF IT.

How people act on the internet, has got nothing to do with the question

[phyrfox]

People are often different on the internet; such things have been proven time and time again. I know I used to. To a large extent, I still do. My vocabulary is usually more fluent on the Internet. That is, I am a better typer/writer than I am a talker. Ironic, considering my daily job is to make people believe that I work for a company in which I'm not actually a direct employee of, and so, morally speaking, could be considered a lie. True, I represent the company that I'm paid to, but it's a third party who happens to be providing support for the company I represent. Therefore, I'm actually an employee of that third party, not the company I claim to represent.

I have posed myself as a female, with smashing success. I realized then the harm I was causing to others after one guy who could not differentiate between the "real life" and the Internet "fell in love with me." I was in it for the fun, he thought there was really a girl there.

Okay. Extreme example. I know. But the point is, it happens. People change on the internet, often to suit a particular purpose. Here are other things about me that vary...

Myth: I have an extensive knowledge of a lot of subjects.

Truth: In real life, this is generally false, since I have to depend on my often less-than-satisfactory memory. On the Internet, I can look up all sorts of things, and therefore appear knowledgeable to virtually any subject I apply myself to.

Myth: I am a happy-go-lucky person who's had a lot of success in life.

Truth: I often suffer from depression at a more or less chronic level. Mood swings are inevitable, and I can be very happy or very sad. Generally my mood smooths out, since when I catch a depressing phrase on my screen, I just delete it before it makes it out to the world.

That's just a small sample. The list goes on. And that's just me. There's plenty of people out there who fake their gender, age, social status, living conditions, or any other number of things on the internet. Some people are like a book wherever they go, honest to a fault. Most people have one or more online personas that do not reflect who they really are.

Maybe, someday, when the world is much like the Matrix, where you literally plug into the internet, things will change. Then again, maybe not. You might just be able to download a new "skin" and change your appearance anyway. Identity is very fluid on the internet, unlike in real life, where you have records of who you really are; things that you can't change just by typing a few keystrokes. I honestly don't think the Internet will truly reflect the "real" person of everybody who goes online, ever. There will always be a difference in how you are online, versus how you act on all other known mediums.

Even VoIP I would consider "not Internet", and webcams too. Those use the internet, certainly, but they don't reflect the general "privacy" of the internet that so many people value. Also, the features of webcams and VoIP can be duplicated on other mediums, whereas the internet, collectively, can not be transferred as easily (or even, at all, such as an executable file). Fabrication, then, the ability to make your own persona online, is the difference. In real life, you are who you appear to be, on the internet you appear to be how you want others to perceive you.

~= phyrfox =~

[no_shot]

Shadowiii: Isn't a computer as tangible as a desk or a chair? Are the words that appear on the screen less tangible than those in a letter or a book?

phyrfox: (comment on his posing as a female bit) It is possible to play such tricks in "real life." For example, I successfully convinced a gay man that I was gay, and carried on a relationship with him for quite some time after he fell in love with me.

I think the only difference between the internet and in-person is the style of communication.

[The Wobbler]

[Uncommon]

[LeRoy_Leo]

[Ssalamanderr]

I fail to see why if someone acts differently on the internet, that the internet is not "real life." That person is still "really" on the computer typing whatever it is they are saying. Its not like the internet is another dimension or something...


Or is it...
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[Me]

I am sitting in a chair. It is comprised of atoms, which are in turn made up of protons, neutron, and electrons. The chair is real, no question.
The Internet is a complex thing, but at heart it is just a large collection of information. This information is stored in a variety of ways, but it all boils down pretty much to atoms and free electrons. The Internet is a part of reality, and if you say otherwise YOU ARE INSANE IN A BAD WAY.
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