A Thought on Simulacra

Baudrillard thought that simulacra were simulations of a real referent. For instance, a boy emulating the behaviours of his father (that which is simulated), creating a certain behavior (a simulacrum of behaviour). If you didn't want to operate on a representational mode of thinking, where everything is refering to something "real" in a sign system, then I have a following thought: Simulation is a…