Sociologist Charles Horton Cooley, who developed the concept of the looking-glass self, argued that "the solid facts of social life are the solid facts of the imagination." Based on your experience with the simulation, what do you think he meant

The looking-glass self means the process where individuals judge their sense of self on how they believe others view or think of them. Using social communications as a form of “mirror,” people take the judgments they get from others to view their own worth, values, and behavior.