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I believe the brain in a VAT could very well be possible, but probably the weakest theory in the bunch. It is quite unlikely that there is a program just for one brain to experience life that they could always experience outside of the vat. Not to mention that the whole idea of electric currents surging through the brain seems a bit far stretched as previously mentioned. Why would a person even want to make someone experience life, and quite boring lives at that?

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When the mind and body are exposed to the new reality, they are both injured and need to adjust, which would be why others may not believe them but believe they have went insane, or became injured. People would not believe them, mostly because they aren't like before, but crazed.

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I believe this could be possible as it would explain how we don't know everything, and why we have nothing perfect in life (i.e. a perfect drawn circle free handed, perfect handwriting, a perfect language without exceptions, etc).

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In Plato's Cave, the mind and the body work together. When the man escapes the cave, both his brain and body have to adjust to the new reality he has been shown. He needs to understand that he has been released from his lower reality to a higher one and understand it. His body has to adjust (i.e. his eye sight, how he moves his physical body, etc). Both things extremely similar to the matrix, but the mind and body are more simultaneous and together than the matrix, as they are both in the same reality at the same time.

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If there was, per say, a computer program which constantly surged electrical currents into our brain, there would have to be a point where it cannot expand more of our reality. What happens if a black out occurred and why hasn't it occurred yet? This computer program would have to be a extremely long program, or the guy controlling us must be awake mostly all the time to also control our dreams. It seems somewhat far stretched to exist.

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Personally, I believe freewill exists over fate; the idea of having one future path seems wrong, I like the idea that we can control our path as it seems more logical as why would a god control our lives? If heaven does exist, then according to Plato, it would be a place full of perfection. Why would a god look down upon imperfections and make such a faulty world if they have all the greatness and perfection they need around them?

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I believe our existence is something that cannot be fully explained. It is a fragile concept. I can only validate that I can exist, but not others.

Anyways, based off of philosophy, we could exist in many different places, and different theories. All of these theories could be true and we would not know as our views on 'science' is based off of that reality. For all we know, our science could be incredibly wrong compared to what we know. Gravity might not even exist if we are in the wrong reality (matrix concept), our science could be an imperfect version of the real version of science (Plato's cave) or our science and facts could be what some mad man made up in a computer program (Brain in a VAT).

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This means the matrix could be real as we wouldn't know that we are in a separate world as our reality is this fake reality and has been our entire lives. For all I could know, we have been living this fake world and I will never awake from it.

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Brain in a VAT theory is the has scenarios controlled, not freed. Things happen based off of the computer's charged electronic signals, whether it is manual or in a program. Your reactions may also be controlled, making everything completely determined.

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For example: Think of a 2D game, the characters, if they could exist, would not be able to see cubes or cylinders, but squares and circles. We, however, can see cubes and cylinders. But what happens if someone in a greater form, like people in heaven, could see 4D objects, maybe even 5D objects and so on.

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Plato's cave presents the idea that our reality is just shadows of a greater reality. Like, our perception is tainted as we are unable to see it.

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This means that there is no higher entity watching over our imperfect lives, because, quite frankly, why would they if there is a heaven like Plato states? They have all the perfect things they need to keep them entertained, why look down and control meaningless lives which are just imitations of their perfect toys when you could be with the perfect ones all day. Not to mention it would take up a lot of time and effort, they would most likely get annoyed with the fact that they are so imperfect rather than their perfect ones.

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However, I believe the fact that 'a theory is more likely to be true by the more simple it is' to be quite far stretched. After all, English and math can be complex, and physics. Why can't the theory of reality also be complex?

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This is supported by dualism; the fact that the mind cannot exist without it's external vessel, the body. I believe this makes the theory more reliable as the vessel still exists, protecting the brain rather than a VAT. However, it does not prove that thus theory can be correct.

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Plato created the idea of heaven using this theory.

This theory was used as a metaphor of our lives. How we are living a mere shadow or imitation of a greater reality's beings. Almost like there is a perfect version of each being, shadow, and everything that is presented in a more perfect way.

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However, I personally believe that this does not mean the theory cannot exist.

For example: The body just holds us when we have a dream. We don't need it for the dream to occur. If we just take away the body and have the brain continue having the dream with the electrical currents and the nutrition it needs, we wouldn't need the body in the first place.

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This theory is based off of a story. It is a story of 3 men living in a cave. They always see shadows dancing and travelling on the walls; that was their perception of reality. Shadows. One man is able to escape and see the outside world. Once he does, he was temporarily blinded then saw a 'greater reality'. He rushes back to the cave to tell the other 2 men, but they don't believe him. They believe he is crazy and he just hurt himself (as once he came back into the cave, he was unable to see the shadows due to his eyes adjusting to the light).

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This theory is quite simple, thus, having the Ockham's Razor support this theory. However, it doesn't prove much that the Brain in a VAT theory exists or doesn't.

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The Brain in a VAT theory describes that reality is created by electrical currents that surges through the brain in order to create a perception of reality. It is simply a reality created by surges through the brain controlled by someone else, similar to the matrix.

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Dualism is the idea that two different beings (the mind and the body) need to exist in order for one to live with the other. This theory does not provide this.

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This theory provides reason that the body does not need to exist in order for reality to exist. It shows that the brain can have it's perception of reality without needing its physical/external vessel.

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This theory states that reality is/can formed by your brain being placed in nutritional fluids to allow it to survive. However, electrical currents are being put through the brain in order to form a 'reality'

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Ockham's razor declares that a simple theory is more preferred than a complex one. If the matrix is a theory, it is quite complex. Making the theory to be invalid to Ockham's razor.

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Idealism: That reality is a mental perception of constructed ideas that can be indistinguishable between two different people who see perceptions of reality.
Dualism: The idea that two entities exist for the purpose of one. However, they exist in different planes yet need each other to survive (the mind and the body).
Materialism: The way of explaining reality by condensing objects or other matters into the atomic value and explaining the purpose of reality and why it exists.
Scientific Realism: Having a theory or thought described and presented in scientific reasoning.
Metaphysical: The nature of reality.
Ockham’s Razor: That a simple theory is preferred than a more complex one.

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I believe the matrix could very well be possible. What could stop AI from taking over the world and holding us for energy. It also explains the phenomenon of deja vu (being a glitch in the system). However, breaking out of the matrix seems like a stretch. I believe if we are stuck in the matrix, AI wouldn't have created a fault in the system for humans to be able to escape, it doesn't seem logical as they are Artificial Intelligence.

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The oracle was a version of determinism, like fate. She represented the idea that the future is 'set in stone', like there is a fate for everyone. Kind of like soulmates. While it battles the idea of 'freewill', having the ability to make choices in order to shift their future.

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In the Matrix, there is only one 'true reality' while the other one is 'fake'. It is almost like Plato's cave; how one reality lives without knowing an outside one exists. Even if they tried to tell the people inside the fake reality, they probably wouldn't believe him.

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The Mind and Body of one's self is separate

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The Mind and Body of one's self is separate

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If one dies, the other goes with it. However, they are different in the sense of one lives on in an imaginary world while it's body is outside the Matrix.

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Minds: In the 'Matrix'
Bodies: Outside the 'Matrix'
Reality: The true reality is that outside the Matrix.
AI: Artificial Intelligence (robots) that take over the world and use humans as a energy source for themselves.
Freewill VS Determinism: The Oracle VS Free choice
Is the Matrix Possible?: I believe it could be possible.

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A branch off of philosophy which studies things beyond our world (e.g. our existence and reality).