Simulacra levels aren’t a particularly good model for some interactions/topics, because they blend together in idiosyncratic ways. It’s unspecified in the model whether it’s intentional or not, or whether a speaker is hiding anything from themselves, vs cynically understanding the levels and using the one that they think is most effective at the time.
Simulacra levels aren’t a particularly good model for some interactions/topics, because they blend together in idiosyncratic ways. It’s unspecified in the model whether it’s intentional or not, or whether a speaker is hiding anything from themselves, vs cynically understanding the levels and using the one that they think is most effective at the time.