The Digital Labyrinth :: TDL: Search results for reality

Blazing_Saddles was released half a year after the 1973 Westworld_film. While Blazing_Saddles and Westworld aren't connected, they are both Westerns set in a fabricated environment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(film)#Plot Of course in the 1970s, most people didn't have a frame of reference as to how amusement parks might evolve over several decades & generations. There wasn't a general frame of reference for Virtual-Reality (VR) , AR , MR_and_XR , yet.

https://bernardmarr.com/the-important-difference-between-augmented-reality-and-mixed-reality

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/beyond-ar-vs-vr-what-is-the-difference-between-ar-vs-mr-vs-vr-vs-xr?

https://www.argenie.ai/blogs/augmented-reality-artificial-intelligence-in-robotics-shaping-the-future-of-smart-factories

https://ilab.ucalgary.ca/ar-and-robotics , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949882125000416

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3491102.3517719

https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/mixed-reality-robots/overview/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/robotics-and-mixed-reality/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896319312613

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7354138

While Westworld consisted of a few interconnected amusement parks, Blazing Saddles broke the 4th wall to reveal a larger aspect of the backlot and production facilities within a modern urban setting.

https://collider.com/mel-brooks-fourth-wall-breaks

"The resulting brawl between townspeople, railroad workers, and Lamarr's thugs literally breaks the fourth wall and bursts onto a neighboring movie set where director Buddy Bizarre is filming a Busby Berkeley-style top-hat-and-tails musical number. The melee then extends into the studio commissary for a food fight and spills out of the Warner Bros. film lot onto the streets of Burbank.

Lamarr escapes the brawl and hails a taxi, instructing the cabbie, "Drive me off this picture!" He hides at Mann's Chinese Theatre, which is showing the premiere of Blazing Saddles. As he settles into his seat, he sees onscreen Bart arriving on horseback outside the theatre. Bart blocks Lamarr's escape and shoots him in the groin. Bart and Jim then enter the theater to watch the end of the film.

Back in the film, Bart announces to the townspeople that he is moving on because his work is done and he has grown bored with protecting them. Riding out of town, he finds Jim, still eating his popcorn, and invites him along to "nowhere special". The two friends briefly ride into the desert before dismounting and boarding a limousine which drives off into the sunset." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Saddles#Plot , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCkmfmFYobE

Blast the bowl.

https://www.facebook.com/blazingsaddlesmovie/videos/blazing-saddles-breaks-the-4th-wall-and-shatters-all-the-rules-own-now-on-4k/783870567206187

The HBO Westworld_TV_series didn't break the 4th wall, but it told an updated and expanded story from various points in its timeline. The ultimate reveal was telling the last part of the story from a VR or simulation program perspective. There were some hints or clues of this right from the first season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)#Summary

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld , https://www.reddit.com/r/SimulationTheory

World_on_a_Wire was released 2 months after Westworld (1973) and might as well be in another universe like Alphaville is set.

However, they are all various takes on a fabricated reality, as is The_Truman_Show.

https://theasc.com/articles/the-truman-show-cinematography

https://www.avclub.com/the-truman-show-was-a-delusion-that-came-true-1826535781

https://www.thestudiotour.com/archive/movie/the-truman-show-1998

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2sff5q/the_climactic_wall_used_in_the_truman_show/

Whether or not the Earth is part of someones simulation or creation, exploring the concept of synchronicity can reveal peculiar things about the nature of reality.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Blazing+Saddles

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

Friday, December 24, 2021

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

Saturday, April 25, 2009

The Nature Of Reality (TNOR)

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

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)

"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

Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Why Your God Is Too Small for This Universe, etc.

"From simulation theory and the multiverse to near-death experiences (NDEs) and the Atheist vs. Spiritual debate, Neil goes unfiltered on why our current understanding of reality might be fundamentally limited by our own biology. Are we smart enough to understand the universe?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-MkQzpfexU

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."

Michael Levin - Reality is an illusion: The brain is an interface to a hidden reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQq4n2QrNw

Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion - How Evolution Hid the Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #293 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQYZ9Rj4

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Augmented Reality (AR)

Augmented_Reality might eventually be almost everywhere.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm ,
http://mashable.com/category/augmented-reality

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/augmented-reality ,
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/how-augmented-reality-content-might-actually-work/273348
A supercomputer is a form of AR & of course, it can be used to run various VR simulations.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/virtual-reality.html

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

Thursday, May 27, 2021

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

Friday, December 24, 2021

The Challenges and Future Possibilities of AI and Virtual Reality

https://bernardmarr.com/what-are-the-challenges-and-future-possibilities-of-virtual-reality

AI & VR will eventually become very intertwined.

https://www.xrtoday.com/virtual-reality/why-do-ai-and-vr-go-together-so-well/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/01/06/tech-experts-predict-13-areas-ai-and-vr-are-set-to-revolutionize/?sh=9448c8a25b02

https://www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/xr-predictions-2022-virtual-and-augmented-reality-in-the-future-of-work/

https://www.xrtoday.com/virtual-reality/why-are-photographic-avatars-vital-for-work-in-the-metaverse/

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

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

Friday, August 18, 2023

WestWorld and The Nature Of Reality

https://www.inverse.com/culture/westworld-50-year-anniversary

On Location with Westworld - 1973 - Behind the Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuFzogv-nbs , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328213/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl

Westworld (1973). Me, Myself, and I, Robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clPPxk3ZV2w

Westworld scenes of Dr. Robert Ford (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV2Q41o-rwE

https://philosophynow.org/issues/61/What_Is_The_Nature_Of_Reality

Is reality simply the perception of someone's surroundings? Some people seem to perceive things beyond their local sense of time and space.

Is Consciousness Real? - NEW SCIENCE We're Living In A Simulation | Donald Hoffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQefdkl8PfY

The Nature of Reality: A Dialogue Between a Buddhist Scholar and a Theoretical Physicist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbSlC0Pucw

Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion - How Evolution Hid the Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #293 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQYZ9Rj4

How Physicists Proved The Universe Isn't Locally Real - Nobel Prize in Physics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlCvCSefYQ

REALITY IS AN ILLUSION: How To Design Your Dream Life & EXIT THE MATRIX | Donald Hoffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIRHq3d7Uuo

https://www.vulture.com/article/inception-ending-movie-explained.html

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

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

WW & TNOR

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Digital Labyrinth (TDL)

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

Its about referencing books, music, movies and occasionally 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 creation or a 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.

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

Microsoft started in 1975...

{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.}

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

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

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

"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

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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