Experience may be described in probabilistic terms when it is unconscious OR A theory that explains reality in terms of a virtual reality

An experience may be described in terms of an accumulation of memory exemplars when it is unconscious. The conscious experience is the memory of one of these exemplars. Alternatively, an experience may be described in probabilistic terms when it is unconscious. According to this theory, memory simultaneously encompasses multiple memories—or none at all—and is represented in probabilistic terms. A conscious experience, however, corresponds to a single memory and is no longer described in probabilistic terms. The basis of this approach is a theory that explains reality in terms of a virtual reality model. Just as in virtual reality the parameters (of a perceived object) are determined only at the moment of observation or measurement, so too in actual reality, parameters are determined only at the moment of observation or measurement. Until that moment, the parameters can be described probabilistically. Similarly, just as in virtual reality there are minimal values for each parameter, in actual reality it is impossible to measure values smaller than a minimal threshold. And just as in virtual reality a change in one parameter may affect another parameter (belonging to a perceived object located elsewhere), so too in reality, a change in one parameter can influence another parameter perceived as spatially distant.