our current age of information, Brean does not appear to be concerned at all about
getting caught. Brean explains to Motss that the hyper-real transcends truth. Moreover,
this realm is also beyond moral considerations since simulations create their own
version of reality where nothing can be truly deemed true or false. In a symbolic
universe of artificial signs, everything ceases to be real. For this reason, Brean asserts,
“It doesn’t have to prove out, we just have to distract them.” As long as their imaginary
war looks real on the screen, no one will ever question the façade. The actual reality of
war is simply another casualty in a society epitomized by the death of all meaning.
In The Intelligence of Evil, Baudrillard elucidates that virtual warfare is an
indicator that we have arrived at the final stage of simulation where s Yۜ