Thursday, 17 January 2013

Hypperreality

hy-per-re-al
n. pl.

  • Exaggerated in comparison to reality
  • Used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technological advanced postmodern cultures.
  • Means to characterise the way consciousness define what is actually "real"
  • Reality by proxy

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