why while we watch a film our perspective adapts to that represented in the story and we are not surprised by things that are unrealistic in reality but are normal in the footage?
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Because what you think of as “reality” is really just congruency. You don’t have access to reality, you only have access to your senses. As long as your senses are giving you *consistent* information, it will be real to you. You can see this in current politics where people literally live in different realities due to being exposed to different narratives that are internally consistent, but inconsistent with each other.
When enjoying a movie, you focus your senses to filter out everything but the movie. If the movie is doing it’s job well, it will provide consistent input to your senses and your brain will believe it to be true. Until you look away and the “real” world comes crashing back into your consciousness.
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