>But it's just not the same. Even if it looks, feels, tastes, smells and acts the same. It's not.
Isn't it? Roller coasters give us the illusion of danger. Haunted houses the illusion of fear. Pornography the illusion of sex.
All of these are "fake" but continue to be popular because they create an experience in our minds. Maybe because all of these things appeal to baser, more automatic reponses they can defy rationality, but manipulating reality is already common practice.
Isn't it? Roller coasters give us the illusion of danger. Haunted houses the illusion of fear. Pornography the illusion of sex.
All of these are "fake" but continue to be popular because they create an experience in our minds. Maybe because all of these things appeal to baser, more automatic reponses they can defy rationality, but manipulating reality is already common practice.