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Final essays must be double-spaced, with one-inch margins, a title, and page numbers, and should have a
works cited page. For the final essay you are required to pose a clearly articulated thesis, which, in the
body of the paper, you support with cogent arguments. (A thesis statement is like an opinion; i.e., it is a
claim the rightness of which you want to persuade your reader. An argument is the logical and systematic
presentation of reasons to support your thesis. Your essay is to be an argumentative paper, not a research
paper.) You may judiciously use block quotes in your final essay. The use of sources in the assignment is
to be documented according to MLA, APA, or Chicago style.
You can (and are encouraged to) use any of the assigned readings. Your grade will be based on your
demonstrated understanding of course readings, themes, and lectures, as well as on relevance, accuracy,
and the quality of writing. This is your opportunity to work with and develop your own ideas. But you
should do so in a way that shows your grasp of the texts we have examined throughout the semester.
?More Human than Human.? That is the title of the final chapter of Infinite Reality. Similarly,
Turkle tells us that some owners of ?robot pets? say that their robot is ?better than? a real, live pet (more
like a dog than an actual dog?). As we have seen, some maintain that simulations can be equally, if not
more ?real? than the objective, shared, physical thing or event. But Sherry Turkle, Wolfgang Sachs, and
sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick caution us about collapsing the distinction between the real and the virtual, or
between the actual and the simulated. What do you think? Is the distinction between real-virtual simply
an old-fashioned prejudice? Is there something to be said for authenticity, or originary experience? It has
long been believed that ?reality? is external and objective; it existed before me and will exist after me; it
?pushes back,? fixing limits to my will and action. But one of the promises of strong versions of virtual
reality is that we need not accept limitation: indeed, technological progress promises unlimited possibility.
Do you think this is right? Do you think it is a worthwhile goal to pursue?
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