Hyperreality, in semiotics and postmodernism, is an inability of consciousness to distinguish
reality 26 a simulation of reality, especially in technologically advanced postmodern societies.
Hyperreality is seen as a condition 27 what is real and what is fiction are seamlessly blended
together so that there is no clear distinction between where one ends and where the other begins. It
allows the co-mingling of physical reality with 28 reality and human intelligence with artificial
intelligence. The concept of “hyperreality” was contentiously coined by French sociologist Jean
Baudrillard who defined it as “the generation by models of a real without origin or
reality.” Hyperreality is a representation, a sign, without an original referent. He believes hyperreality
goes 29 confusing or blending the “real” with the symbol which represents it; it involves creating
a symbol or set of 30 which represent something that does not actually exist; Santa Claus is a case
in point.
【題組】26.
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