The Nature Of Reality (TNOR)

What is, The+Nature+Of+Reality? (TNOR) Is this world part of a cosmic MATRIX? 
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reality , http://fusionanomaly.net/realities.html
This can be a personal quest as well as a general human cultural quest.
http://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html
There are many questions and there are several answers about TNOR.
http://fusionanomaly.net/holographicuniverse.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/neuromancer.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(Doctor_Who) Since 1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deadly_Assassin#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_for_Sale 1985
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentence_(The_Outer_Limits)#Plot 1996

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#History_and_origins ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrorshades 1986
http://fusionanomaly.net/cyberpunk.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/memory.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Film_and_television ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Maddox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(1995_film) ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHFOxciYklI

No_Maps_for_These_Territories 2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Background_and_premise
There have been some interesting intersections between William Gibson and U2 over the years.
https://www.atu2.com/news/connections/gibson

The William Gibson MATRIX certainly added to the concept of Big Data and Data-streams...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influence_and_prescience
"a.k.a. the matrix

A term coined by author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer, it refers to a vast computer network or growing mass of interconnected networks." https://www.netlingo.com/word/matrix.php , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Influence_and_recognition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Background

Of course by the early 1990s, U2 would end up doing their own version of the Cyberpunk music and entertainment theme and stream.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour 1992-1993
ZOO Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQbrNVAMTLQ

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Bono_as_The_Fly_Cleveland_1992.jpg
Even Better Than The Real Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf5BWzQ2nHo
The U2 MATRIX on tour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby#Zoo_TV_Tour ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0x_R2cv1o8
So of course The MATRIX has to be filmed in Sydney.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Filming  

The_Matrix_Poster 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Plot
So in the early 1990s, Bono was flying around The ZOO+TV MATRIX before people saw Neo doing his Superman thing in The MATRIX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuM6ZwGunlE
{"Agent Smith: "Can you hear me, Morpheus? I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place, this ZOO, this prison, this reality, whatever you want to call it...."}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYL28a0LM_A

Digital_rain_animation_medium_letters_shine.gif ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_digital_rain#Background ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)#The_Ultimate_Matrix_Collection

The_Thirteenth_Floor_poster from 1999. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor#Plot
Obviously The_Matrix_(franchise) was intended to be on a much larger scale than The 13th Floor. However, The 13th Floor is just as fascinating in exploring TNOR.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Floor_Elevators 1965-1969
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_Gonna_Miss_Me In another context, this song could have been a warning about people opting out of their reality and going into Virtual Reality. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIVpHNEPzDM , 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Sounds_of_the_13th_Floor_Elevators
"Slip Inside This House" by 13th Floor Elevators, as performed on the "Easter Everywhere" album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSA0Tckwbk ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Floor_Elevators#The_first_two_albums
Question TNOR, indeed.

http://fusionanomaly.net/elevators.html
The Thirteenth_floor is a level that exists and yet doesn't exist in many buildings. It can be a mechanical floor or a service and storage floor or sometimes it's skipped or omitted. That just means it's not officially in the building floor count, but its still there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Literature ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Film ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Television

SF stories can help people to imagine and visualize various aspects of reality and alternate realities.
http://fusionanomaly.net/sciencefiction.html

http://fusionanomaly.net/arthurcclarke.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/quantummechanics.html

Themes of Reality, Divinity and Humanity in the Short Stories of Philip K. Dick (PKD)
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg/misc/pkd.html , http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Films , http://fusionanomaly.net/bladerunner.html

wikipedia/en/4/49/Blade_Runner_spinner_flyby.png

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Quotes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosmic_Puppets (1956/1957)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Satellite_science_fiction_195612.jpg ,
http://fusionanomaly.net/dimensions.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/metaphysics.html

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/NASA_child_bubble_exploration.jpg ,

http://fusionanomaly.net/imagination.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/100thmonkey.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_in_the_Sky_(1957_novel)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Collage_Auge_im_Himmel_byL%C3%B6ser.jpg ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS_trilogy , http://fusionanomaly.net/valis.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS#Philosophical_and_cultural_references

http://fusionanomaly.net/williamgibson.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/stanleykubrick.html

http://fusionanomaly.net/davidlynch.html

http://fusionanomaly.net/terencemckenna.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/robertantonwilson.html

http://fusionanomaly.net/culturejamming.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/holograms.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Conception
ZOO TV was all about big time entertainment and emerging digital technology on the horizon. However from another perspective, what if this world is part of someones zoo?

"The zoo hypothesis speculates as to the assumed behavior and existence of technically advanced extraterrestrial life and the reasons they refrain from contacting Earth and is one of many theoretical explanations for the Fermi paradox. The hypothesis is that alien life intentionally avoids communication with Earth, and one of its main interpretations is that it does so to allow for natural evolution and sociocultural development, avoiding interplanetary contamination, similarly to people observing animals at a zoo. The hypothesis seeks to explain the apparent absence of extraterrestrial life despite its generally accepted plausibility and hence the reasonable expectation of its existence.^[1]

Aliens might, for example, choose to allow contact once the human species has passed certain technological, political, or ethical standards. They might withhold contact until humans force contact upon them, possibly by sending a spacecraft to planets they inhabit. Alternatively, a reluctance to initiate contact could reflect a sensible desire to minimize risk. An alien society with advanced remote-sensing technologies may conclude that direct contact with neighbors confers added risks to oneself without an added benefit." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis 

In this movie the humans don't realize that they are on some ET laboratory ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)#Plot ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis#Appearance_in_fiction

http://fusionanomaly.net/alien.html ,
http://fusionanomaly.net/vortex.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/nodes.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Nature+Of+Reality 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+13th+Floor

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ZOO+TV

Are we all living in a Cosmic Matrix?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/04/a-glitch-in-the-matrix-documentary-rodney-acher

A lot of people just never bothered to deeply ponder, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)

TRON is just Sci-Fi entertainment, as is THE+MATRIX , etc.

https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-chances-are-about-50-50

Many people were already busy with life in general to really think of the big picture.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-matrix-do-we-live-in-a-simulation-2019-4

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=THE+MATRIX

By this point in history or the cosmic interactive recording and projection, people have science as well as legends and myths to explore and compare TNOR with the help of VR technology. https://www.fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-thinks-theres-a-50-chance-we-live-in-a-matrix-2016-9

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/07/tech-billionaires-think-we-live-in-the-matrix-and-have-asked-scientists-to-get-us-out.html , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nFdlvYxjpI

https://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-wonders-about-the-matrix-2016-9

People have had over 2 decades to gradually absorb the various concepts of reality.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3788735/There-50-chance-living-Matrix-world-simply-SIMULATION-says-Bank-America.html

What if the universe or multiverse is in something like an IMAX or a VR Planetarium?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9625703/Physics-Scientists-capture-highest-resolution-images-atoms.html

How would we even know? https://www.fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9625141/Largest-map-dark-matter-created-using-light-100-MILLION-galaxies.html

Various religions and philosophies have implied that this cosmic construct is the product of some kind of Superintelligence , a creator or programmer... 

Thus, from their perspective this world is part of a cosmic Simulation. 

https://hackernoon.com/religion-and-the-simulation-hypothesis-is-god-an-ai-part-i-e2ac0016ca1e

https://www.zenentrepreneur.com RV https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/more-info

https://hackernoon.com/tagged/the-matrix , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

RV and NB have such interesting perspectives that sometimes intersect or overlap.

https://www.nickbostrom.com

Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #83 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKiTGj-zeQ

Nick Bostrom & Ros Picard • God, AI & the future of humanity: Is technology the key to immortality? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHcrLpWICm8 , https://www.youtube.com/c/Unbelievableshow/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+MATRIX+intersection

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Simulation

https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetstemwedel/2015/08/23/the-philosophy-of-star-trek-the-kobayashi-maru-no-win-scenarios-and-ethical-leadership/?sh=3c00441d5f48

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/incredible-star-trek-the-next-generation-simulation-ordered-to-stand-down/

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Holodeck

https://theconversation.com/star-treks-holodeck-from-science-fiction-to-a-new-reality-74839

https://www.healthysimulation.com/14175/the-kobayashi-maru-lessons-on-simulation-from-star-trek

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Picard

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=simulation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TNOR 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=VR+technology

Have some RESEARCHERS been urged to stop investigating whether our universe is a simulation, or a cosmic creation?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1165219/simulation-theory-matrix-are-we-in-a-simulation-nick-bostrom-universe-news

The world has been a confusing and dangerous place for a long time. Apparently, some people still want the majority of the population to not be that interested in questioning their existence and this world. 

However, various people have been questioning, The Nature Of Reality (TNOR) since ancient times.
https://tocuz.com/czechrepublic/can-the-simulation-hypothesis-destroy-the-entire-universe 

Simply because they have a genuine curiosity to explore reality.

Legends and myths help people to think about larger aspects of existence and reality. Why do most cultures and civilizations since ancient times have a sense of this world as being part of some cosmic constructed reality? 

https://retellingthetales.com/myths-legends-fables-and-fairy-tales

The MATRIX movies, etc., are an extension of the Cyberpunk world, universe and multiverse.
https://www.neondystopia.com/what-is-cyberpunk

"2019 marks the 20th anniversary of what is arguably one of the best Science fiction movies ever made - The Matrix. It popularized an ancient idea that the world we live in may not be real. In other words, our world is just an illusion, a simulation -- a video game. So, Are we really living in a video game? Game industry veteran Rizwan (Riz) Virk believes this could be true."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHlfe2HE_gQ

The+Simulation+Hypothesis (TSH) or Simulation+Theory is quite a fascinating concept to ponder. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=simulation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=multiverse

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TNOR

The Digital Labyrinth (TDL)

TDL is an intersection between news and entertainment, mythology and technology...

Referencing books, music, movies and B$ in general.

Anything from urban_legends to science & fiction, to high-tech urban culture, is referenced.

http://fusionanomaly.net/Digital.html , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth , 

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Labyrinth_vs_Maze ,

https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/2mp2xc/labyrinth_vs_maze , 

https://fusionanomaly.net/maze.html , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze , 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maze

A lot things are just randomly referenced, but if this world is part of a cosmic simulation, how much of anything is random?

Occasionally, a placeholder post will be made so that eventually there will be some added pertinent links.

https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engine 1726 

https://computerhistory.org/blog/gullivers-engine , 

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=2334 

This blog is a portal into referencing popular_culture and various POVs on Architecture, A.I., Cyberpunk, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine, Music, Quantum+Computers, Urban Issues & other technologies expressed through science & fiction. There is some occasional referenced content with mature themes. Such as some sarcasm and toilet humor...

Of course exploring The+Simulation+Hypothesis is one of the main themes, as well as pondering The+Nature+Of+Reality, in general. There is also an occasional metaphysical angle at TDL.

In late 1966 there was Shore_Leave_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) and then there was WestWorld_(1973 film). Name your adventure scenario...

Unless otherwise indicated, this referencing blog is of a non commercial nature. 

Millions of people have written billions of words posted on various websites and blogs. Why try to rewrite or copy what they have already done? Thus, as a referencing blog, readers here are constantly provided with links to many sources from various perspectives. This blog has a lot of movie and TV spoilers. 

Some posts might remain in draft mode for several weeks or months until a certain amount of info is gathered. While other posts might start out with just one or few links with some more things to be added later on.

A partial index-of-subjects-and-topics , technology for war and peace...

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=music

Nine Inch Nails (Only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwvLlEtxX3o , https://www.youtube.com/c/nin/videos

The_Disposable_Heroes_of_Hiphoprisy: Television the drug of the nation 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOWTM5R2DA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Labyrinth:_THX_1138_4EB ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versions_of_Blade_Runner#The_Final_Cut ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPcZHjKJBnE ,
http://theshadowzone.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/thirty-years-later-blade-runner-1982 ,
http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/66485/blade-runner-the-final-cut-five-disc-ultimate-collectors-edition.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_(soundtrack)#Esper_Edition , 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner#Sequels , 

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/blade-runner , http://www.bladerunner2049movie.com , 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Blade+Runner

https://cyberpunkdatabase.net/Harrison_Ford ,
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-movies-by-decade

The hypertext is quite an interesting concept & invention & is used extensively here. This multi-branch reference blog provides many links to other websites, especially specific web pages so that readers can find pertinent links. The search_engine keeps evolving & searchenginewatch.com is a good site to get lots of info. The website, cnet.com is one of the best technology sites around.

Wikipedia.org is referenced here quite a lot for general purposes. Whether its the Star_Wars universe or the Star_Trek universe, all referenced links here are intended to direct readers to the various proprietors of websites for a more in depth perspective. Technovelgy.com is one of the best websites showing transitions from sci-fi concepts to technological reality. And cyberpunkreview.com is sublime for its observations & presentations. http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-movies-by-decade

Characters in books, movies & TV series like The Observer, can motivate some people to think about the concept of time travel or a parallel_universe. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons 

Origins: from the Clay_tablet to the tablet PC, etc.
The Digital Labyrinth can refer to just about anything throughout space and time.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc.#1975-1985:_Jobs_and_Wozniak

Microsoft started in 1975...

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{An idea is a form (such as a thought) formed by consciousness (including mind) through the process of ideation. Human capability to contemplate ideas is associated with the ability of reasoning, self-reflection, and of the ability to acquire and apply intellect, intuition, inspiration, etc.. Further, ideas give rise to actual concepts, or mind generalizations, which are the basis for any kind of knowledge whether science or philosophy or impulsiveness.}

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Idea: John_Locke
{In striking contrast to Plato’s use of idea [3] is that of John Locke in his masterpiece An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in the Introduction where he defines idea as "It being that term which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking ; and I could not avoid frequently using it." He said he regarded the book necessary to examine our own abilities and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with. In his philosophy other outstanding figures followed in his footsteps - Hume and Kant in the 18th century, Arthur Schopenhauer in the 19th century, and Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Karl Popper in the 20th century. Locke always believed in good sense - not pushing things to extremes and on taking fully into account the plain facts of the matter. He considered his common sense ideas "good-tempered, moderate, and down-to-earth."} http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/John_Locke, http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/timeline

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Technology can be used to reveal codes & clues about reality, but it can also suppress things.

Digital_Fortress http://www.danbrown.com/

So unless people really want to question reality & study various perspectives, many things remain hidden or lost. http://www.thelostsymbol.com/main.html

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http://www.k-web.org

“Learners may study either history or physics, or perhaps only Renaissance history and astrophysics. People tend to become experts in highly specialized fields, learning more and more about less and less.”James Burke

http://k-web.org/public_html/vision.htm

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"When the soldiers of the future want to communicate, they’ll read each other’s minds."

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/pentagon-preps-soldier-telepathy-push/comment-page-2/

No matter how advanced technology can get, I'm still amazed that the concept of the crystal ball can be traced back to ancient times. Its not like they got the idea from watching TV. Then again, how did primitive folks even think of a talking flat screen technologies, otherwise known as a magic mirror? Its like they were tapping into a psychic Internet. Of course, how can anyone ever prove that there could be a Cosmic Internet?

Given enough time, humanity could build a galactic size & eventually a Cosmic Internet.

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/07/are-we-witnessing-the-birth-of-a-cosmic-internet.html

Yet, the crystal ball, the talking mirror along with psychic perception, might very well be indicative that an ancient Cosmic Internet already exists. Indeed, the universe could be running like a vast cosmic program. Jim Elvidge has produced quite a fascinating book, www.theuniversesolved.com and website about the nature of reality.

So many people already believe that the universe is the result of a powerful Force or creator. Science is beginning to recognize the level of organized complexity that is binding various things together on several levels. Eventually quantum computers could run extremely detailed life simulation programs. However, thousands of years before the concept of the supercomputer was the cosmic Akashic_records, reincarnation & The_Wheel_of_Life.html, but according to some we aren't suppose to think of the universe as being like a vast hard drive of space & time. Well even as a Metaphor or Analogy a lot of clues are revealed.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/07/vr-disc-holographic-data-storage.html

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http://visu.uwlax.edu/Anatomy/DigitalCadaver.html,
http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2005_Groups/04/timeline.html,
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20120612/research/visible/vhp_conf/senger/senger.htm, 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8216605/Top-5-technology-predictions-for-2011.html?utm_source=tmg&utm_medium=TD_8216605&utm_campaign=tech0201

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http://fusionanomaly.net/FilmNode.html , 

www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/movie/quality/10-stars

http://allthingsd.com/category/news/?mod=atdnav

Remember, any good gaming computer can be used for much more than just playing games.
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/behemoth.asp
Life & reality are full of mysteries, its just a matter of how many questions one is willing to ask & truly seek answers to.
http://www.alienware.com , http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-18/pd.aspx
Of course, some of the answers remain indefinitely elusive.

points-in-time-and-space


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk & TNOR

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31882.The_Matrix_and_Philosophy , https://www.jstor.org/stable/20718640

Reality is an illusion 
https://www.youtube.com

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Nature+Of+Reality (TNOR)

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Joe Rogan on the simulation theory

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14497519/Joe-Rogan-wife-Jessica-Ditzel-children-simulation-theory.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14128399/living-simulation-BIRTH-characters-AI-world.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13894491/living-simulation-world-scientist-proof-BIBLE.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=simulation+theory

TNOR

Google Street View now lets you ‘time travel’ on your phone.

 https://thenextweb.com/news/how-to-use-google-street-view-time-travel-on-smartphone

Simulated time travel isn't that far behind, its been portrayed in the movies for decades. Then at a certain point of critical awareness, many people might start to realize that they could possibly be in some kind of an interactive cosmic recording & projection.

Lucy - Time Travel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf_ajrfTrp8

The Time Machine (2002) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-VP-FyI9KU

The Time Machine (1960) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiWG9lYFZdw

The perception of synchronicity might reveal more clues about space-time and The Nature of Reality. (TNOR)

Nobel Prize Just Given for Proving the Universe Isn't Real

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM4TXfpsWUg 

Not real, or is it a series of overlapping data and information? 

Quantum entanglement and the illusion of time | Jim Al-Khalili https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xp3Bs6nZ-Y  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TNOR

What The Matrix Really Symbolizes...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd1XdnhVsBA , https://www.youtube.com/c/thetake/videos

https://www.matrixresurrections.net , https://twitter.com/TheMatrixMovie

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Religious_Symbolism

'Matrix' Stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAH_8kOhAdY , https://www.youtube.com/c/entertainmentweekly/videos 

The Matrix Resurrections | The Matrix Legacy | Warner Bros. Entertainment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BZUMD85S7s , https://www.youtube.com/c/warnerbrosentertainment/videos

MATRIX 4 New ''Déjà Vu'' Trailer BREAKDOWN! | EXPLAINED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac5eV04QA-w The Cat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj3lXsri0no , https://www.youtube.com/c/MatrixExplained

MATRIX: Who Really Created the Architect? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ami3FCqpDos , https://www.youtube.com/c/MatrixExplained/videos

THE MATRIX Trilogy Recap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D5p9BmDKkU , https://www.youtube.com/c/OneTakeVids/videos

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/18/how-to-build-the-matrix

Ever since 1999, people have been pondering the various perspectives of The MATRIX series and the-nature-of-reality. The second and third movies in the series do offer some extra interesting aspects of the overall story. 

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Search?query=Symbolism

Its just that many people thought only the first MATRIX movie was necessary. Perhaps the 4th movie in the series might change their minds.

https://twitter.com/TheMatrixMovie/status/1466814448509673478/photo/1

None of the other movies that Keanu-Reeves has been in would need to be connected to The Matrix movies, but that doesn't stop people from thinking about the possibility. 

https://nerdist.com/article/venom-let-there-be-carnage-matrix-crossover-helicopters

Things like Déjà Vu and Synchronicity have motivated several people to deeply ponder, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Matrix+Resurrections

Exploring mind-bending questions about reality and virtual worlds via The Matrix

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/exploring-mind-bending-questions-about-reality-and-virtual-worlds-via-the-matrix

Reality+: A Conversation with David Chalmers on the Philosophy of Virtual Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3VrPAR9Yvs ACC https://www.youtube.com/c/ArthurCClarkeCenterforHumanImagination/videos

https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393635805#!

Of course The MATRIX series of movies are just part of the larger set of VR and AI themed productions. Such Sci-Fi entertainment can continue to motivate curious people to ponder and explore, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)

The Cosmic Simulation Theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjbwWivYabU

Even as a thought experiment or analogy, pondering The Cosmic Simulation Theory is mind bending.

The Architect & Neo: Matrix Reloaded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3OXs_5AD2A


Reality vs. VR

What is The Nature Of Reality?
(TNOR)

John McAfee and the number 23...

What really happened to John_McAfee on his last day? https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096 , https://twitter.com/officialmcafee

https://adware.guru/john-mcafee-found-dead Whether he did it, or someone helped him, its interesting that it happened on the 23rd. https://www.fusionanomaly.net/23.html

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/23/22547643/john-mcafee-dead-prison-spain-us-extradition

John_McAfee clearly stated on several occasions, that if it looked like he had killed himself, he didn't do it.

https://www.engadget.com/john-mcafee-dead-200832456.html

https://nypost.com/2021/06/23/john-mcafee-dies-by-suicide-inside-prison-in-barcelona

https://elpais.com/economia/2021-06-23/el-fundador-del-antivirus-mcafee-john-mcafee-se-suicida-en-una-prision-de-barcelona.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/23/john-mcafee-dead-spain-prison-extradition

https://abcnews.go.com/US/john-mcafee-accused-23-million-securities-fraud/story?id=76281265

The_Number_23 is an interesting movie about numbers and patterns and, The Nature Of  Reality. (TNOR)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_(film) , https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Room_23 (::) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_(number)#In_mathematics

https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Lost:_Missing_Pieces#Room_23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Lost#The_Numbers

https://www.livescience.com/42839-the-universe-is-math.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_(TV_series)#Representation_of_mathematics

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=John+McAfee

Ghost in the Shell: Cityscapes that Made the Film a Masterpiece

https://www.heavymetal.com/carousel-gallery/ghost-in-the-shell-background-cityscapes/
This has got to be one of the all time best Sci-Fi worlds around.
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=5464
Many artists & writers have a keen sense to produce visionary wonders.
https://www.engadget.com/2017-04-08-ghost-in-the-shell-cyberpunk.html
Although sometimes its not always a nice setting.
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=4758


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell#Films ,
https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15114902/ghost-in-the-shell-review-scarlett-johansson


https://ghostintheshell.fandom.com/wiki/Novels


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell#Overview ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell#Legacy

Some day the VR games will become indistinguishable from reality. That could become a problem because then, more people might start to think that this world is part of a larger construct. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TNOR

What is The Nature of Reality?

 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once#Plot

It seems that the more curious and perceptive one is, the more clues they will discover.

https://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html   

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters

Before The MATRIX in 1999, there was, 

U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTxrgXWToZA

So is this world part of some kind of a cosmic interactive recording and projection of data, time and space? A lot of people still aren't ready to ponder this concept. That this world might be someones stage, laboratory, farm, garden or ZOO.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TNOR

::

The Nature Of Quantum Reality with Paul Levy...

https://www.groundzeromedia.org/11-9-18-quantumplation-w-paul-levy ,
https://soundcloud.com/groundzeromedia/quantumplation-w-paul-levy-november-9-2018

https://www.awakeninthedream.com/articles/quantum-meta-physics


https://blog.theuniversesolved.com/2018/09/19/quantum-retrocausality-explained
Jim Elvidge has been pushing the envelope for several years on exploring the nature of quantum-reality. (TNOQR)

https://blog.theuniversesolved.com/2017/11/12/nick-bostrom-elon-musk-nick-bostrom-elon-musk

https://blog.theuniversesolved.com/category/programmed-reality

Without researching various theories & perspectives on reality, its easy to have a stagnant POV.


https://www.my-big-toe.com


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TNOR

https://desertshapes.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-nature-of-reality-paul-levy-quantum.html

Does Quantum Mechanics Rule Out Free Will?

"Superdeterminism, a radical quantum hypothesis, says our “choices” are illusory"

 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-quantum-mechanics-rule-out-free-will

Can Free Will be Saved in a Deterministic Universe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY7hjt5Gi-E , https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime/videos

Is The Future Predetermined By Quantum Mechanics? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCRDaa3ehk

Whether or not this universe is a simulation, if time & space (Spacetime) is part of a quantum memory of data, then there might be something like a cosmic database.

https://www.wired.com/story/living-in-a-simulation

The curiosity or perception of synchronicity can reveal astounding implications about the nature of reality. (TNOR)

If spacetime is part of an interactive projection & recording of data & information, then there might be something like a quantum cosmic library. Or is it a perpetual state of now?

What if the Curvature_of_time and Time_dilation are part of the shape of space?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime#Is_spacetime_really_curved?

Whatever the shape of the cosmos is, if spacetime information is stored, then its all like being part of a vast recording. Then what if a person can travel to various points in this cosmic recording or database? Not just in physical distance but through time. Of course that would be time travel. https://www.space.com/21675-time-travel.html

Is Time Travel Really Possible? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQC3ErD1YwE , https://www.youtube.com/c/SecondThought/videos

https://www.space.com/30816-best-time-machines-science-fiction.html

Is Time Travel Possible? | Episode 206 | Closer To Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BqJ8Fxco2E

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Time+Travel  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=space-time

The Story of Mankind, VR, ETc.

The_Story_of_Mankind is a cautionary movie from 1957.

It was shown on TCM this April.

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91525/the-story-of-mankind/#overview

A celestial court setting is the main focus of the movie. Key points in history are reviewed in something like a holographic theater format. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't reveal exactly how this interactive cosmic recording & projection of history is done. The story is clearly depicted from an anthropomorphic or humanoid perspective. There is no direct reference in the movie as to whether or not there are other inhabited worlds in this higher perspective.

A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death was released in 1946 and also deals with an otherworldly realm.

"On 2 May 1945, Squadron Leader Peter Carter, an RAF pilot, is flying a badly damaged and burning Lancaster bomber over the English Channel, after a mission over Germany. Carter is expecting to die, after ordering his crew to bail out, without revealing to them that his own parachute has been destroyed." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_(film)#Plot

Here_Comes_Mr._Jordan was released in 1941.

"On May 11, 1941, boxer and amateur pilot Joe Pendleton, affectionately known as "the Flying Pug", flies his small aircraft to his next fight in New York City, but crashes when a control cable severs. His soul is retrieved by 7013, an officious angel who assumed that Joe could not have survived. Joe's manager, Max "Pop" Corkle, has his body cremated. In the afterlife, the records show his death was a mistake; he was supposed to live for 50 more years. The angel's superior, Mr. Jordan, confirms this, but since there is no more body, Joe will have to take over a newly dead corpse. Jordan explains that a body is just something that is worn, like an overcoat; inside, Joe will still be himself." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Mr._Jordan#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(2001_film)#Plot

These fantasy stories imply that there is another reality on another dimensional plane of existence. 

https://retellingthetales.com/myths-legends-fables-and-fairy-tales

Full immersion VR can be used to bring various fables, myths & legends into 3D life. It might also reveal more clues about the nature of reality. (TNOR) People kill each other all the time in video games & movies. However, there could be serious problems if people try to kill each other in full+immersion VR environments.

"Parents in a futuristic society worry about their children's mental health when their new virtual reality nursery, which can produce any environment the children imagine, continually projects an African veldt, populated by lions feasting on carcasses. A child psychologist suggests that the automated house is not good for the children's development, nor the parents', and insists they disable the automation and take a vacation to become more self-sufficient.

Ray_Bradbury was already exploring the VR concept in the very early 1950s. https://raybradbury.com

"The children are not pleased with this decision but later coolly agree to it. The children trap their parents in the nursery, where they become prey to the lions. They later have lunch on the veldt with the child psychologist. They then see the lions feasting but do not recognize what has happened." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man#The_Veldt (1951)

VR Mind Control Tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMXfyZc_Gvg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodeck , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

If this world is part of something like a cosmic simulation, is it run by humans or some other kind of life or consciousness?

Alien Life: Will We Know It When We See It? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNtR5da5LIE

Of course given the perceived size of the universe, life might have evolved or have been started on various other worlds.

Why We May Be Surrounded by Older Alien Civilizations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrrNu_m_9K4

A Journey Beyond the Boundaries of the Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMA2wVYfdzc Kosmo

How Big Is The Universe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn3euL8Tbfw Cool Worlds

How Many Multiverses Are There? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jmNzlTd09E

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+multiverse

Astrophysical constraints on the simulation hypothesis for this Universe: why it is (nearly) impossible that we live in a simulation

 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2025.1561873/full

Roger Penrose - Why Did Our Universe Begin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypjZF6Pdrws

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt | TED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORUUqJd81M

The movie Brainstorm doesn't provide any proof of a larger cosmic reality. However, it does provide an interesting depiction of a VR sensory recording system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueYcVmH0edk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorm_(1983_film)#Effects

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/brainstorm-1983

"Michael vows to destroy his work and enlists the help of Karen and Hal. Michael and Karen head to the Pinehurst Resort, and realizing they are under surveillance, stage a fight that ends in Karen leaving for Hal's house. As the two feign reconciliation over the phone, Michael accesses the Brainstorm computer via another phone line while Karen hacks into the system, sabotaging the robots that manufacture the interface terminals. They run amok.

Karen shuts down the security system, locking the staff outside. Michael loads Lillian's tape. With the plant in chaos, Robert orders Michael's arrest.

Karen leaves to meet with Michael at a place important to them. Hal and his wife, Wendy, send the last of Karen's commands to the company computers, shutting down the plant.

Karen follows Michael to a phone booth at the Wright Brothers memorial. The tape plays. Michael bears witness to the afterlife, experiencing a vision of hell, then traveling from Earth and through the universe, even after the tape ends. He ultimately has visions of angels and departed souls flying into a great cosmic Light. Then he collapses. Karen, believing him dead or dying, screams at him, over and over, demanding that he stay with her. Awakening, weeping with joy, Michael points up and whispers, “Look at the stars!” Their embrace, enclosed in a memory bubble, floats into the night." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorm_(1983_film)#Plot

What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? | Nick Bostrom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnT1xgZgkpk

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=TNOR