Alastair and The Sims...

Alastair_Sim was a human actor that stared in the Scrooge_(1951_film), in which he encountered a few sim like ghosts in his earthly reality. The concept of sentient entities or ghosts from a different frequency of the universe that can temporarily intersect and interact on this dimensional plane of existence, has been around since ancient times.

https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Ghost

https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/ts4-ghosts

"A guide to all ghost powers and abilities in The Sims 4, including interactions with other sims and with objects." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgT8eaCsdg4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/PeteyPlaysIt/videos

So what if Alastair_Sim as the Scrooge character, was in a simulation story interacting with sim-ghosts? What if this world is part of some kind of a cosmic construct of reality? 

"The Sims series is part of the larger Sim series, started by SimCity in 1989."

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

The 3D characters & the ghosts are all sims in the computer game & program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_packs_for_The_Sims_3#Supernatural

The Sims & Ghosts 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2oI62NSurI

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-01-17-the-sims-4-ghosts--pla7007

https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Ghost Its all part of exploring the-simulation-hypothesis. 

Charles_Dickens was essentially writing about ghost-sims in the earth reality or simulation back in the 1840s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol#Plot 1843

A world where ghosts, vampires, monsters, tricksters and Jokers can pop in or out of this reality in an instance.

https://www.nashvillechatterclass.com/sims-patents-hint-at-ai-technology-being-used-in-the-game/53211

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_machine#Arthur_Koestler

From a cantankerous old man story to a kids story playing in a very high-tech sandbox or VR room. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veldt_(short_story) 1950 

The_Illustrated_Man was published in 1951, the same year as the Scrooge movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man#The_Veldt Sort of like a Digital Sandbox_game in a VR room or the Holodeck in STAR+TREK. 

https://wikimedia.org/Holodeck

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AXcBGGQyHY , https://www.youtube.com/c/TrekCulture/videos

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Holodeck2.jpg (What if your life is a lemon? Then you might try to see if you can improve things.)

U2 performing Lemon in the Holodeck MATRIX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcx9F_FW2U

https://turingchurch.net/book-review-the-simulated-multiverse-by-rizwan-virk-e3cadd505d6d

There is a line in the movie, The_Thirteenth_Floor. Someone asks, how many worlds are in the simulation? 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/04/the-nature-of-reality-tnor.html

Elon+Musk: Are We Living in a Simulation?

"Among popular public thinkers advocating for the simulation hypothesis is Elon Musk who stated: if you assume any rate of improvement at all, games will eventually be indistinguishable from reality“ before concluding “that its most likely we’re in a simulation. Elon Musk is known in the philosophical community to make "outrageous" claims, whether its about the advent of digital superintelligence, or in this case, according to some skeptics of the simulation hypothesis, Elon Musk exaggerates the probability that we might be living in a simulation. Another high-profile proponent to the hypothesis is famous astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson, who said in an NBC news interview that the hypothesis is correct giving “better than 50-50 odds” and adding: I wish I could summon a strong argument against it, but I can find none In a review of the literature on simulated realities, philosopher Nick Bostrom argues that although it is difficult to prove that we are living in a simulation, "It is nevertheless generally considered acceptable philosophy to question the reality of our own existence. A typical member of an advanced civilization would have a high probability of being among the simulated minds rather than among the original biological ones. Therefore, if we are typical, we should consider that we might be living in a simulation. Thus, the possibility that we are living in a simulation is greater than we might have supposed. Some hypotheses hold that if it is possible to simulate reality, then it is also possible to leave behind copies of everyone within these simulations. It has further been suggested that these simulated people may be conscious or sentient, although this idea belongs more in the realm of philosophy rather than scientific inquiry.  

Although the simulation hypothesis has sound philosophical arguments, before its taken seriously scientifically, proponents of the hypothesis have to produce experiments to support the idea with evidence." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3VPRow8xI4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/ScienceTime24/videos

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/are-we-living-in-the-matrix-

https://evolutionnews.org/2019/04/mits-rizwan-virk-on-simulation-theory-aka-intelligent-design

Donald Hoffman Proves That We Live in a Simulation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAfjsktMXu8

2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSZA3NPpBs , https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Did+Philip+K.+Dick+disclose+the+real+Matrix+in+1977

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

Digital Combat Simulator World https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoIiSS0lfL7aX4BtbC-YGQA

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Alastair+and+The+Sims

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Sims Humanoids from clay to digital dolls. 

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

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

The Aberfan Disaster: Premonitions and the Aftermath

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2rj0k6dkgo

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

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-10764455/After-Aberfan-disaster-foreseen-people-premonitions-two-men-investigate.html

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-premonitions-bureau

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220211-the-animals-that-predict-disasters

Officially, we are told that this world can't be part of an interactive cosmic recording of time and space. Too many people would start to ask too many questions. Thus, the perception of reality is heavily compartmentalized through various belief structures & sciences. Yet, more people are starting to question the various perspectives.

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/matrix/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20premise%20for%20The%20Matrix,simulacra%20world%20of%20The%20Matrix

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

The simulation hypothesis is a contemporary theory about the nature of reality. However, the concept goes much further back into history. 

400 years before the first MATRIX movie, William Shakespeare wrote this...

"All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts..." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56966/speech-all-the-worlds-a-stage

Benedict Cumberbatch - All The World's A Stage - The Seven Ages Of Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0178jo7Mka0

Like a stage within a cosmic-matrix theater, people sometimes have glympses or visions of future events.

https://jamesmdeem.com/stories.time.aberfan.html

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/life-examined/sam-knight-premonitions-bureau-aberfan-john-barker-esp-future

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4yxj6Y743Z6F32k5GC2txv8/six-eerie-predictions-from-the-premonitions-bureau

Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

The Simulation Hypothesis Explained by Nick Bostrom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvnIXeAz1mk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_World's_a_Stage_(album)

The band RUSH has had some peculiar insight with some of their songs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart#Lyricism One song in particular was as if NP was writing about Neo no longer being a digital man trapped in the Matrix.

Rush - Digital Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsRBIId14U

https://www.rush.com/songs/digital-man (1982)

His world is under observation
We monitor his station 
Under faces and the places
Where he traces points of view

He picks up scraps of conversation
Radio and radiation
From the dancers and romancers 
With the answers, but no clue

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

His world is under anesthetic
Subdivided and synthetic
His reliance on the GIANTS 
In the science of the day

He picks up scraps of information 
He's adept at adaptation
'Cause for strangers and arrangers
Constant change is here to stay

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

He's got a forcefield and a flexible plan 
He's got a date with fate in a black Sedan 
He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He'd love to spend the night in Zion
He's been a long while in Babylon
He'd like a lover's wings to fly on
To a tropic isle of Avalon

He's got a forcefield and a flexible plan 
He's got a date with fate in a black Sedan
He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward for as long as he can
But he won't need a bed 
He's a digital man

He plays fast-forward
For as long as he can 

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart

Digital Man lyrics © Ole Core Music Publishing, Anthem Core Music Publishing

https://genius.com/Rush-digital-man-lyrics

The Black Sedan. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-digital-matrix-car-has-modernized-1965-lincoln-continental-vibes-all-over-it-178350.html

A closer look at the+simulation theory of PKD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eThOlVS5MU8

There might be a quick and subtle reference to the likeness of PKD in the 4th Matrix movie. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220301-philip-k-dick-the-writer-who-witnessed-the-future 

"In Neuromancer, Gibson first used the term "matrix" to refer to the visualized Internet, two years after the nascent modern Internet was formed in the early 1980s from the computer networks of the 1970s." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influence_and_prescience

https://www.netlingo.com/word/matrix.php

Of course WG has his various observations and perspective of things. https://williamgibsonbooks.com

Why You're Probably Not a Simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA5YuwvJkpQ However, there is still something very peculiar going on, nevertheless.  

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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=On+the+Threshold+of+a+Dream

Time Travel Beyond The Ides of March

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March#Assassination_of_Caesar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar#Ides_of_March

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(1963_film)#Plot While this isn't supposed to be a Time Travel (TT) story, the ability to see into the future is depicted in a key scene of this movie.

Back then, they couldn't call it, the simulation hypothesis. However, the movie has a scene depicting future events in the Earth space-time continuum. 

"...Elizabeth Taylor (title character) gazes into the priestess’s fire and sees, presumably in advance, what actually transpires in the narrative, as Caesar (Rex Harrison) is murdered..." https://www.tcm.com/video/1222669/cleopatra-1963-movie-clip-caesar-caesar

How much of this Earth's reality is prerecorded or pre-set? https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-many-worlds-theory How can some people have visions of future events?

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds 

https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1519&context=jams

https://circledna.com/blog/what-are-prophetic-dreams/?

Officially, for many people, precognition or visions can't be real, because this world isn't suppose to be part of a cosmic simulation, or some kind of a created reality. Thus, for many, it's just something within the province of Sci-Fi entertainment.

https://minorityreport.fandom.com/wiki/Precogs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report#Precogs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_(2007_film)#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowing_(2009_film)#Plot

The of course there are the various Time Travel stories. Some of theses TT stories are more about seeing into the future, than actually physically going there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(1952_novelette)

"He has also realized that during his tenure at Rethrick Industries he worked on a machine that allowed people to view the future..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(novelette)#Plot_summary 

"While hiding, they find that the stamps on the envelopes contain microdot images taken from the device, showing newspaper headlines from the future that while Allcom became incredibly successful with the device, it led to international political strife and the United States launching a pre-emptive nuclear strike. They agree that the machine must be destroyed." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_(film)#Plot

Tenet provides a different and fascinating take on the concept of Time Travel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_(film)#Plot

New Evidence For The Simulation Hypothesis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhAgpq26Noc

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44141381-the-simulation-hypothesis

Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis New Evidence For The Simulation Hypothesis?

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

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

The Elon Musk-Jordan-Peterson interview

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/07/22/elon-musk-jordan-peterson-interview/74506785007

Most parents don't expect any of their kids to ever become a transgender person.

 https://nypost.com/2024/07/23/us-news/elon-musk-says-trans-child-was-figuratively-killed-by-the-woke-mind-virus-vows-to-destroy-it-my-son-is-dead

However, throughout the ages, kids don't always live up to their parents expectations or limitations. That's because they have their own lives to experience. 

https://qz.com/elon-musk-transgender-child-woke-mind-virus-peterson-1851602197

Of course some parents will disown them, or sometimes they will disown their parents. 

https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/23/elon-musk-transgender-daughter-killed-woke-mind-virus/

Some people might wait until they are past their teens to transition.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13661573/Elon-Musk-makes-bombshell-claim-transgender-child-Tesla-CEO-tricked-evil.html

While others don't want to wait until their 20s or 30s...  

https://www.today.com/parents/dads/elon-musk-daughter-school-biography-rcna103042

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61880709

Some people might never want to change their gender and just live as they are, or as a fluid person. No one should ever be pressured to change and no one should have to be stuck in a gender that they aren't comfortable with, either. Who should control the lives_and_careers of people, the system or the person? It's all about Freedom-of-Choice.

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Switch , https://screenrant.com/matrix-movie-switch-white-costume-meaning-explained

https://www.webmd.com/sex/what-is-fluid

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-gender-fluid-5075600

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/gender-fluidity-what-it-means-and-why-support-matters-2020120321544

The concept of Reincarnation is very controversial in the Western World, as it might be indicative of the-Simulation Hypothesis. 

https://wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Reincarnation_AS.jpg A fascinating depiction of a string or thread of consciousness linking into various life experience bodies and genders.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705678/#:~:text=Reincarnation If true, then there are more astounding aspects about the nature of reality.

https://medium.com/the-phoenix-project/the-evidence-for-human-reincarnation-is-here-2a8df4351412

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis#Advocates

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk+on+the+Simulation+Hypothesis

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#Conceptual_definitions

https://wikipedia/640px-Buddhist_Wheel_of_Life.jpg Another interesting depiction of consciousness experiencing various life forms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#Religions_and_philosophies

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation#Claims_of_past_lives There is always the big question about the nature of consciousness and reality. Is consciousness merely the product of a physical life form, or is consciousness from another dimensional plane of existence?

"The Wachowski siblings were working on The Matrix since 1992, when a friend asked them to develop an original comic book concept. Rising to the challenge, they went deep down the rabbit hole..." https://cinephiliabeyond.org/matrix

https://nofilmschool.com/how-did-wachowskis-write-the-matrix

https://www.vulture.com/article/the-matrix-timeline.html

https://www.slashfilm.com/598564/the-story-of-how-the-wachowskis-landed-the-matrix-is-more-complex-than-the-legend

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/could-our-universe-be-a-simulation-how-would-we-even-tell

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

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

Neo and The MATRIX Nightclub Rabbit-hole of Synchronicity

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjoad6gcRzs

So when Neo sees the woman with a White_Rabbit tattoo, he decides to go to the nightclub. 

Trinity:...

I was looking for an answer. It’s the question that drives us. It’s the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did.

Neo: What is the Matrix? http://quotegeek.com/quotes-from-movies/the-matrix/1272

Carrie-Anne Moss was a cast member of the short-lived television show Matrix (1993).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/trivia?item=tr0791439

Gillian Anderson turned down the role of Trinity. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/trivia?item=tr1852400

David Duchovny turned down the role of Neo in order to star in The X Files (1998). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/trivia?item=tr2169955

"The club was open for nearly four decades as a late-night 4 a.m. bar where goths, punkers, and more gathered to escape the sports bar crowd. The Wachowskis siblings, the filmmakers behind The Matrix, supposedly named Keanu Reeves’ character from that movie after the venue."  https://chicago.eater.com/2017/7/31/16070272/neo-nightclub-documentary-trailer-chicago-2530-last-call

"Neo was the oldest^[2] or one of the oldest^[3] running nightclubs in Chicago and was a hangout and venue for a variety of musicians and artists, including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, David Byrne, the Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and U2."  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(nightclub)

At the start of the 1990s, U2 went to record a new BIG tech themed album in Berlin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby#Berlin_sessions A Matrix club opened in Berlin but it was a few years after the recordings at Hansa_Tonstudio. 

"Matrix is a club in Berlin which opened in 1996."  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(club)

Of course there was another Matrix club and that one opened a few decades before the first Matrix movie. 

"Filming began in March 1998 and wrapped in August 1998..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Filming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(club)#Emergence_of_Jefferson_Airplane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_(song) This fantastic song was written not that long after the opening of The_Matrix_(club) in the mid 1960s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_(song)#Lyrics_and_composition , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0

Jefferson Airplane’s debut show was on August 13, 1965 at the Matrix nightclub in San Francisco, then went on with several successful tours including performances at the Berkeley Folk Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, and Altamont.

They recorded hit singles such as “White Rabbit,” “Volunteers,” “Embryonic Journey” and “Somebody to Love” and smash albums such as “Volunteers,” “Surrealistic Pillow,” “Bark” and “Takes Off.” https://jeffersonairplane.com , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aeWicwy7fA , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrLz0w4phXk

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland

https://www.wired.com/story/matrix-red-pill-vs-blue-pill , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUY2kJE0AZE , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill

"When The Matrix closed, a nearby bar, Pierce Street Annex, leased the space and moved in, remodeling once again, and turned it into a nightclub with only a DJ and no live music. After the Pierce Street Annex closed, then-Mayor Gavin Newsom's company, PlumpJack Group, took over in 2000 and renamed the space The MatrixFillmore. Live music was incorporated into the venue during the first few years; however, this layout was not a viable venue for live music and the program was dropped. The MatrixFillmore was one of the first ultra lounges in San Francisco.^[9] In 2017, the club name was changed back to The Matrix, described as a casual neighborhood bar with DJs and dancing on weekends.[1] In 2019, The Matrix was remodeled and renamed the White Rabbit." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(club)#End_of_The_Matrix , 

https://sf.eater.com/2018/8/8/17662346/white-rabbit-matrix-3138-fillmore-opening-cocktail-bar 

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

"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: Exploring The Real with Riz Virk https://www.zenentrepreneur.com Episode 61 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Author/Entrepreneur Riz Virk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pH1jg-BohM

(So) Are You In A Simulation?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d9i_0Ty7Cg 

Is Reality Real? https://www.fusionanomaly.net/simulationtheory.html The Simulation Argument  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlTKTTt47WE

https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/what-the-matrix-predicted-about-life-in-2019.html

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

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=music

A Chinese astronaut heard a sound he was never supposed to hear

 https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/alone-in-space-a-chinese-astronaut-heard-a-sound-he-was-never-supposed-to-hear_22944 In space, no one can perceive your hallucination, but what if you are in someones simulation or creation?. 

If this world is like someone's laboratory, farm, zoo, soundstage or holodeck, there would be huge implications.

https://www.leravi.org/alone-in-space-an-astronaut-reported-a-strange-sound-in-space-and-no-one-can-explain-it-14350/

Of course various religions imply that this world is part of a cosmic creation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/5fzb1i/chinese_astronaut_puzzled_by_knocking_sound_in/ 

At a certain point of perception, whether the Earth is part of a cosmic simulation or a creation, the implication is that it's all part of a constructed, created or fabricated reality. 

MIT’s Rizwan Virk: “We’re less than 50 years from proving simulation theory.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUzt8baRKQ8 "Reality might be rendered, not real. The Simulation Hypothesis author Rizwan Virk explains this wild idea and why even physicists take it seriously." https://www.youtube.com/@JordanHarbingerShow/videos

Simulation Theory Revealed | The Shocking New Physics of Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VovnnzsXVGc "Dr. Rizwan Virk (MIT professor, video game pioneer, and bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis) joins Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown to explore whether we’re living inside a computer simulation and why this idea may be the most important breakthrough of our time. From bridging ancient spiritual wisdom with modern quantum physics, to explaining life’s glitches, suffering, and precognitive dreams, Dr. Virk unpacks why simulation theory could radically change the way we see reality." https://www.youtube.com/@MayimBialik/videos

Are You an NPC? Quantum Glitches, Render Limits, & God Mode: Riz Virk Explains Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_2keT4MJzM " What if your life wasn’t real—not metaphorically, but literally? That’s the premise my guest today has been exploring for years. Rizwan Virk, MIT graduate, gaming entrepreneur, and author of The Simulation Hypothesis, believes that physics, computing, and even ancient wisdom traditions point to the same unsettling conclusion: we may be living inside a programmed reality." https://www.youtube.com/@DrBrianKeating/videos

Full Immersion (VR) Virtual Reality

Full Immersion_(virtual_reality) could still be decades away. Unless...?  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_(virtual_reality)#Types

https://medium.com/tech-topics/how-close-are-we-to-full-dive-vr-20e128fd1f19

https://elarasystems.com/full-immersion-vr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_(virtual_reality)#Immersive_virtual_reality

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

Of course Plato wrote about the allegory_of_the_cave a long time ago.

https://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/cave.htm

Then make the jump from an ancient cave to an IMAX#Theatre or a planetarium. 

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/12-astonishing-planetariums-you-have-to-see 

https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/story/news/local/2021/05/07/worlds-most-advanced-planetarium-system-comes-peoria-riverfront-museum/4992398001

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virtual-reality-planetarium-patrick-mcpike

https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/360-video , https://www.es.com/digistar

https://creativeplanet.pl/en/services

Then think of a hybrid of IMAX#Virtual_reality and a VR Planetarium. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave#Influence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_(virtual_reality)#Immersive_digital_environments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Benayoun#In_virtual_reality_and_augmented_reality

At a certain point some people might start to ponder that the Cosmos is in the equivalent of someones Planetarium. 

The Flammarion_engraving from 1888 is a fascinating depiction of a person that has been able to see beyond the realm of the cave, theater or planetarium. Nature and technology on a higher plane of reality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Flammarion#Quotations

Then it becomes a case of how vast is this cosmic projection of space and time? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/03/15/this-is-why-the-multiverse-must-exist/?sh=a21ae736d086 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVvcOQk6G0Q

https://www.space.com/18811-multiple-universes-5-theories.html

The Multiverse Hypothesis Explained by Neil deGrasse Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6OoaNPSZeM

A Thin Sheet of Reality: The Universe as a Hologram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnETCBOlzJs Dec 29, 2014

Leonard Susskind - How Many Universes Exist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuWDzQ-tiZ8 Dec 23, 2015

Whether there are many or its just the Universe, this world seems to be part of an interactive recording and projection of data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe#Physical_properties

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-improbable-existence-is-no-evidence-for-a-multiverse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_the_universe , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime#Introduction_to_curved_spacetime

Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc Mar 17, 2020

Are You In A Simulation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d9i_0Ty7Cg Sep 21, 2017

The Simulation Hypothesis | Rizwan Virk | Talks at Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHlfe2HE_gQ Aug 7, 2019

The-Nature-Of-Reality :: 

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

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

The Simulation Hypothesis (TSH)

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

The big problem for some people is that it's too unsettling to think that this world might be part of a cosmic construct of data and energy. Of course various religions imply that there is a creator of this cosmic operating system. Even the notion that the universe eventually developed its own form of cosmic consciousness, is too uncomfortable of a concept to seriously ponder. Yet, humans have existed and progressed up to a technological point where some have designed advanced VR simulations. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis#In_popular_culture 

Trinity:... I was looking for an answer. It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did.

Neo: What is the Matrix?

Trinity: The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to." https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/matrix/quotes/#:~:text=I%20was%20looking%20for%20an,question%2C%20just%20as%20I%20did. A lot of people go to a nightclub to have fun and forget about the real world for a while. Neo went to a club in search of The+Matrix... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXeF1rMkpQw

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-simulated-universe-with-riz-virk-lE8VvuxGQ1J ,

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/new-year-s-revolution-1.5402345/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation-this-computer-scientist-says-world-religions-might-have-the-answer-1.5402911 ,

https://onezero.medium.com/we-need-to-find-out-if-we-are-living-in-a-simulation-1ae70919505b

E61 - We Are Living in the Simulation Hypothesis with Riz Virk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pH1jg-BohM

That's the thing about being in an advanced VR construct. You wouldn't even know, unless someone from a higher perspective told you. 

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

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

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