![]() The simulacrum is true Simulation displaces the real Loss of distinctions between "reality" and the simulacrum o we have lost all ability to make sense of the distinction between nature and artifice Simulation o The generation by models of a real without origin or reality o A hyperreal o It is the map that precedes the territory – precession of simulacra – that engenders the territory people no longer distinguish between reality and a constructed representation of reality or a simulacrum o analogy with, where a map is created, so precise in scale and detail that it is impossible to tell it apart from the empire it maps the map, a simulation, becomes confused for the real terrain until it rots away o this allegory is no longer relevant for us, because in today’s world the simulation is no longer a reflection of reality, nor a reference to it, but a creation of a new real by models that are not based on reality “hyperreal” the difference between the map and the territory disappears completely the power of images and symbols -> subvert reality distinction between pretence and simulation via the example of illness o If a man pretends to be ill, he may sit in bed, but does not possess any symptoms of illness o A simulator, however, will posses some of these symptoms, making it impossible to tell whether he is sick or not, provided he produces true symptoms the impossibility of making a distinction between reality and simulation undermines the real itself o This is in line with Lyotard’s concept of “incredulity towards metanarratives” (1984), which he ascribes to postmodernism: a skepticism towards traditional frameworks of what is true or right or wrong and how to establish it o The idea that anything can be simulated, from God’s divinity in icons to symptoms of insanity, not only questions the systems that traditionally determine what is real, like religion and science, but the relevance of reality altogether. ![]() ![]() Jean Baudrillard - Simulacra and Simulation: The Precession of Simulacra The simulacrum is never what hides the truth o It is the truth that hides the fact that there in none.
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