Surely every disinfonaut has wondered from time to time if we are living in a Matrix-like computer-generated world. We’re not sure if Elon Musk is a disinfonaut (although he probably is, right?), but…
The Matrix
Need an accessible documentary to teach your friends and family about simulation theory? Look no further! The Simulation Hypothesis by Fair Wind Films provides an easy-to-follow, pop culture infused, and scientifically rigorous overview of…
Eliott Edge Ethical Technology IEET: What if our universe is something like a computer simulation, or a virtual reality, or a video game? The proposition that the universe is actually a computer…
“It’s like The Matrix, isn’t it?” We’ve heard the phrase many times and probably said it ourselves. We live in a time when mind-bending perspectives on the nature of reality are both commonly…
Jay Dyer via Waking Times: The Matrix, as I’ve joked many times, is one of those perennial topics in philosophy 101 classes that tends to evoke the most inane and mindless “philosophizing”…
A thought-provoking little video from the team at THUNK, a video podcast series devoted to science and philosophy. I wasn’t that crazy about The Matrix, honestly, but I freely admit that I…
Zeeya Merali says that “tests could reveal whether we are part of a giant computer simulation — but the real question is if we want to know,” writing for Discover: In the…
In an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson, physicist James Gates describes a digitally-encoded error checking algorithm embedded within the fundamental equations of String Theory: Gates’s ideas are laid out in more depth…
[disinfo ed.’s note: this original essay was first published by disinformation on February 12, 2001. Some links may have changed.] Neo: Right now, we’re inside a computer program? Morpheus: Wild, isn’t it?…
Interesting post from Sara Reardon in Symmetry (A joint Fermilab/SLAC publication): In 2008, Fermilab particle astrophysicist Craig Hogan made waves with a mind-boggling proposition: The 3D universe in which we appear to…
Ever wonder what it would be like to explain The Matrix to The Dude? Morpheus gives it his best.
Another fascinating glimpse into the whirring gears that drove one of our most beloved literary figures.
Jeremy Hsu writes on Popular Science: If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don’t tell Intel researchers. Intel’s Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control…
A great find from the Wrap:
From the famous green digital falling numbers to Keanu Reeves’ bending over backwards to dodge bullets, “Trinity Help” is a frame-accurate stop-frame animation of the famous bullet-dodge scene from 1999’s “The Matrix” — entirely in Lego.
If you’re wondering how they did it, check out the website. If you’re wondering WHY they did it, you’re on your own.
Also at the website, you can explore the behind-the-scenes machinations that went on during 440 hours of creating the Lego scene, and watch it side by side with the original scene from the movie.
Enjoy the video:
In “Ghost in the Shell,” professor Athena Andreadis answers the question, “Why Our Brains Will Never Live in the Matrix,” contrasting “mind uploading” predictions with “the major stumbling block to personal immortality”…