4. Testimonies of Art
"in reality we can always go on looking and exploring, if necessary with artificial means such as binoculars or magnifying glass, while the image as image is strictly finite" - page 101, line 9 from the bottom
This implies the limitation to what an artificial creation can be, the finite. Does this mean that reality is infinite? or the idea of exploration in reality is infinite? With the development of technology, the limit that artificial explorations is being expanded. The image is no longer still, it can move or even create another dimension in which people can actually experience not as a still image, but as a space.
6. Expectation and Extrapolation
"we have become so much conditioned to the straight lines and geometrical shapes of our artificial environment that we are extrapolate or 'fill in' the triangle from past experience of similar forms." - page 107, line10 from the bottom
This reference to how humans 'fill in' details that are familiar to their lives may be another elements that add to the 'realness' of environment. Even in a constructed space, if some information is left out but still indicates/hints what is supposed to be there then the experience of that place may be closer to being genuine. This may be a possible approach to make people construct their own experience from hints of reality.
"we enter certain observations and assumptions, with which we operate unless and until they are disproved." - page 107, line 1 from the bottom
The assumption of continuity explains the nature of human mind where it is set on things that are stable and will not change unless it is supported by evidence. This may suggest that if the reality in which the mind is used to change, the meaning of the new environment will not be accepted immediately. But to what extent can we manipulate the mind into accepting a new ideas, if we slightly add the new element into the reality one by one until it reaches the point where the mind begins to question the stability of its world.
"in reality we can always go on looking and exploring, if necessary with artificial means such as binoculars or magnifying glass, while the image as image is strictly finite" - page 101, line 9 from the bottom
This implies the limitation to what an artificial creation can be, the finite. Does this mean that reality is infinite? or the idea of exploration in reality is infinite? With the development of technology, the limit that artificial explorations is being expanded. The image is no longer still, it can move or even create another dimension in which people can actually experience not as a still image, but as a space.
6. Expectation and Extrapolation
"we have become so much conditioned to the straight lines and geometrical shapes of our artificial environment that we are extrapolate or 'fill in' the triangle from past experience of similar forms." - page 107, line10 from the bottom
This reference to how humans 'fill in' details that are familiar to their lives may be another elements that add to the 'realness' of environment. Even in a constructed space, if some information is left out but still indicates/hints what is supposed to be there then the experience of that place may be closer to being genuine. This may be a possible approach to make people construct their own experience from hints of reality.
"we enter certain observations and assumptions, with which we operate unless and until they are disproved." - page 107, line 1 from the bottom
The assumption of continuity explains the nature of human mind where it is set on things that are stable and will not change unless it is supported by evidence. This may suggest that if the reality in which the mind is used to change, the meaning of the new environment will not be accepted immediately. But to what extent can we manipulate the mind into accepting a new ideas, if we slightly add the new element into the reality one by one until it reaches the point where the mind begins to question the stability of its world.
