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Virtual Reality Creates False Memories
moon_monkey writes "There's an interesting post on NewScientistTech's blog about virtual reality inducing false memories during a recent experiment (pdf). Ann Schlosser at the University of Washington tested students' ability to learn how to use a real digital camera by operating a virtual one. Although those students who used the virtual camera found it easier to remember how the camera worked, they also experienced more 'false memories'. As the post points out, could this be a serious problem for VR going forward?"
So I didn't really lose my virginity? it was just VR? Damn
In a world of acronyms, the words are the real victims.
I often confuse my sex life with Leisure Suit Larry's
Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration... that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.
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Or, wait, maybe it's not. I guess can't rightly recall now.
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Surely "Deja VR" ...
i'll get my coat
If you don't risk failure you don't risk success.
It is usually just a glitch in the matrix.
The classic example is of course the intro Psych course where an unknown assailant kills someone before the whole class, then runs from the room.
Wow.. higher education sounds a lot more practical based over in the USA! Do you tend to use vagrants as the 'someone', or just international scholarship students who get promised that the money will go to their families?which is totally what she said
In a similar vein, people have beliefs that are just as "false". And there you have the basis for most of humanities problems.
Homo Sapiens brains just don't work right, depending on my definition of right, and you cannot disabuse me of that notion.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Ever hear of "Publish or Perish"?
When Chuck Norris kills you in VR, you die in real life, & you remember being killed by him in your next life.
If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
That's all fine and good, but now my retarded gardener has developed some kind of strange telekinetic powers - he's going all Dark Phoenix on us!
---GEC
I'm but the humble pupil, seeking to snatch the scratchbuilt pebble from the master's fully articulated hand