Have you read the paper today? It really doesn't matter which one you read but if you look carefully you may be able to recognize the worldview that each paper promotes.
For instance today, June 2, the USA TODAY newspaper opened with a front page article entitled, "Apple could alter reality" and states, "The reality is augmented reality is slowly seeping into the everyday use of technology by millions of Americans. Now it just needs an iPhone power boost." This sentence took me by surprise and I had to read it a couple of times. Sadly, many people may actually believe this.
This worldview is quite amazing in my view for it makes some pretty big assumptions about reality. It brings into question the nature of what reality really is or could be. For starters I believe the author should have placed a comma between the words, "is augmented," for he is distinguishing two different types of reality.
For instance today, June 2, the USA TODAY newspaper opened with a front page article entitled, "Apple could alter reality" and states, "The reality is augmented reality is slowly seeping into the everyday use of technology by millions of Americans. Now it just needs an iPhone power boost." This sentence took me by surprise and I had to read it a couple of times. Sadly, many people may actually believe this.
This worldview is quite amazing in my view for it makes some pretty big assumptions about reality. It brings into question the nature of what reality really is or could be. For starters I believe the author should have placed a comma between the words, "is augmented," for he is distinguishing two different types of reality.
It's a play on words and causes us to stumble at first as we aren't sure which reality he is referring to. Perhaps it could have been written, "the reality is, augmented reality..." to emphasize he is talking about a different reality. He's first referring to the real reality we live in, and then the not-so-real reality that can be developed through computers and the Internet. Not only is augmented reality "slowly seeping into everyday life," but so is the belief that there are many "realities" seeping into our thinking. Just how many realities are there?
The development of technology is advancing quickly throughout our society, and AI - artificial intelligence, is on the cutting edge of this evolution, so to speak. But as we learn about "augmented reality" and virtual reality, AI, the Internet, and the Cloud, we need to step back and take a deep breath and ask, what is reality, anyway? What is their reality, and our reality, and ultimate reality? Is there an ultimate reality? The answer to that question usually comes down to which worldview, or perspective of reality you accept. But we should also ask, which reality is ultimately real despite our worldview?
I believe all the "realities" that can be imagined or developed come from the one true, ultimate, and objective reality of the universe, and that is the reality of God. That's more than a worldview, it's more than a philosophical and epistemological necessity, it's the universal reality we all live in. If there was no ultimate objectivity from a supreme being that doesn't change or evolve then we couldn't understand anything. But we are not going to get that perspective or worldview in the daily news, they just assume that reality behind the scenes. Instead, we are going to hear of an evolving idea of reality that opens the doors for anything real or imagined.
Contemporary culture and especially the daily news and media, loves novelty, change, and evolving reality. They love to try to change truth paradigms so that "reality" takes on new meanings. The truth is, we humans can discover and engineer the reality and science that exists in the universe, but we cannot create it. Technology cannot alter ultimate reality, and that reality is the one reality that defines all other realities. We should try to learn more about that ultimate reality that would then lead us to the Creator, which is exactly what all the truth of the universe is proclaiming.
We need to always compare the worldview of the daily news with the timeless truth of God because that's the ultimate reality that we need and the one which cannot be changed. An augmented reality augments something, it cannot stand alone nor can it redefine reality, as it is dependent upon the ultimate reality just like everything else. We can see however that the reality of the Bible is verifiable because its truth is consistent with our everyday lives and the ultimate reality of the God of the universe. The reality of an unchanging and ultimate God is a great worldview.
FAITH TODAY: Romans 1:20, "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse."
The development of technology is advancing quickly throughout our society, and AI - artificial intelligence, is on the cutting edge of this evolution, so to speak. But as we learn about "augmented reality" and virtual reality, AI, the Internet, and the Cloud, we need to step back and take a deep breath and ask, what is reality, anyway? What is their reality, and our reality, and ultimate reality? Is there an ultimate reality? The answer to that question usually comes down to which worldview, or perspective of reality you accept. But we should also ask, which reality is ultimately real despite our worldview?
I believe all the "realities" that can be imagined or developed come from the one true, ultimate, and objective reality of the universe, and that is the reality of God. That's more than a worldview, it's more than a philosophical and epistemological necessity, it's the universal reality we all live in. If there was no ultimate objectivity from a supreme being that doesn't change or evolve then we couldn't understand anything. But we are not going to get that perspective or worldview in the daily news, they just assume that reality behind the scenes. Instead, we are going to hear of an evolving idea of reality that opens the doors for anything real or imagined.
Contemporary culture and especially the daily news and media, loves novelty, change, and evolving reality. They love to try to change truth paradigms so that "reality" takes on new meanings. The truth is, we humans can discover and engineer the reality and science that exists in the universe, but we cannot create it. Technology cannot alter ultimate reality, and that reality is the one reality that defines all other realities. We should try to learn more about that ultimate reality that would then lead us to the Creator, which is exactly what all the truth of the universe is proclaiming.
We need to always compare the worldview of the daily news with the timeless truth of God because that's the ultimate reality that we need and the one which cannot be changed. An augmented reality augments something, it cannot stand alone nor can it redefine reality, as it is dependent upon the ultimate reality just like everything else. We can see however that the reality of the Bible is verifiable because its truth is consistent with our everyday lives and the ultimate reality of the God of the universe. The reality of an unchanging and ultimate God is a great worldview.
FAITH TODAY: Romans 1:20, "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse."
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