A strange idea perhaps, but what if you discovered that the person that you were having amazing conversations with in virtual space, was not a flesh and blood person at all, but an avatar - just bits of sophisticated information, linked to a psychology and language program that read within your words, your needs and desires and generated responses, particular to you, that you fell in love with. Poets and writers have for a long time understood the power of language and its ability to transport us to another time and place, with this in mind, do you continue to have conversations with the avatar knowing that you are virtually 'talking to yourself', do you acknowledge that the discussion, although self propogating may be a vehicle for exploring your inner self and your creativity, or do you cut off all conversation with the avatar, which is, after all, not-human?
After writing this post this morning I found sound interesting articles that address reality and fantasy in virtual space:
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