[MD] Inorganic, organic, social, intellectual,.... virtual

[MarshaV]

At 07:53 AM 9/5/2008, you wrote:
>Marsha, you make me think you must be a real earth woman.
>
>-Peter

Peter,

Ohhhh.   You were matching my sarcasm with sarcasm.

I think it's dishonest and cowardly to hide behind an anonymous 
identity and to enact deeds of great courage in a world constructed 
on a computer.   Especially if, in real life, you do not call your 
Senators and Representative, and, worse yet, if you do not vote.  But 
I guess boys will be boys.

If you, Peter, are one who does actively participate in government, I 
apologize.

Marsha




>2008/9/5 MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>
>
> > At 02:34 AM 9/5/2008, you wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Arlo,
> >>
> >> you have obviously been around these virtual worlds for some time and you
> >> raise some interesting points about the notion of identity. I'm still very
> >> new to SL but I found that it's possible to change the avatars body, skin
> >> and clothing in a few clicks which can be confusing for people who you met
> >> previously with a different appearance so already I started to make an
> >> avatar that looks close to the RL me (minus some wrinkles) as I feel
> >> uneasy
> >> about pretending to be something I am not. Having said that I will
> >> probably
> >> end up with a few accounts where I can project different, more idealised,
> >> personna under a different SL name.
> >>
> >> Like in RL you will find people who want to deceive others for their own
> >> ends. SL is a moral world and you have to work in order to enjoy it.
> >>
> >> -Peter
> >>
> >
> > Greetings Peter,
> >
> > Today in real life men are getting face lifts.  Instead of pretending, you
> > too can be as pretty as Joan Rivers.
> >
> > Marsha
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  2008/9/4 Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>
> >>
> >> > [Krimel to Peter]
> >> > If you are looking for a real "second life" you might consider World of
> >> > Warcraft.
> >> >
> >> > [Arlo]
> >> > May I suggest Cenarion Circle server-world? There you will meet a
> >> helpful
> >> > and kind shaman named Aenea (named after the heroine in Dan Simmons
> >> Hyperion
> >> > quadrilogy), who has attained the highest level currently possible in
> >> her
> >> > world, and who is now eying the depths of Serpentshrine Cavern.
> >> >
> >> > There are many papers examining "identity" and the ideas of
> >> > representational avatars for various identity constructions. Even way
> >> back
> >> > before MMORPGs, researchers were looking at MUDs and MOOs as areas which
> >> > problematized the notion of "one body, one identity". Indeed, the notion
> >> of
> >> > "identity" itself is fairly problematic, since even "IRL" we assume
> >> > sometimes largely different identity roles. Which is "us"? One? All? Is
> >> > there "one core identity" that rules them all? Sherrie Turkle's (now
> >> > "ancient" by web standards) piece in Wired "Who am we?" (
> >> > http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.01/turkle.html) was one of the
> >> first
> >> > popular pieces to consider that "identity construction" is both a
> >> socially
> >> > negotiated process and a plurality of personae none of which could be
> >> said
> >> > to be "any more real" than any other.
> >> >
> >> > By the way, if you missed it here is a funny clip from The Office (US)
> >> > where Dwight talks about his foray into Second Life (
> >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3d_fqDcN1s).
> >> >
> >> >
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