The research studies Jean Baudrillard's conception about the
merging of simulation and virtuality and its consequence on the
notion and perception of man. It focuses on the
duplicate-simulacrum of man that Baudrillard depicts in his works.
In this context the paper also examines a lot of scientific
discoveries in the field of nanotechnologies, medicine, plastic
surgery and genetic engineering.
Keywords: simulation, simulacrum, cloning,
hyper reality.