Brain in a Vat

I would never be able to grasp the idea of being a Brain in a vat.  I have never seen the Matrix, so I do not know exactly what the concept is but from discussions in class I know that i'm not a fan of the idea.  I like to think I am controlling my actions, my experiences, my feelings and emotions.  I believe I have a soul and a mind that make my decisions.  Our experiences shape our lives and our experiences happen for a reason.  They are the contributors to our future.  I do not believe the brain in a vat theory and I never will.  It is not something I want to put my faith behind.  Being a brain in a vat is the most outrageous theory I have ever heard.  I am in control of my brain...no one else and I will continue to believe that.  

Philosophy Blog 9/6/09

I found all of the presentations on Friday very interesting.  It was surprising to see that many of the groups overlapped with their examples of junk thought.  Junk thought is a term I had never heard of before this class.  And I am assuming not many other people had either.  Then after watching the podcast, and reading the articles we all got the same impression of the definition and came up with the same examples.  We all found the examples of gossip magazines, movies, tabloids, horoscopes and people will illegitimate thoughts.  I'm sure there are a lot of other examples out there but it was interesting to see how a lot of us came up with similar thoughts.