it was plato who came up with the cave idea about shadows on the wall being reality, the first simulation theory, in the late 70's baudrillard came up with a strange idea. in many way's it tied in with what the situationists thought but pushed it even further, the stages of simulation to the point we are living in hyper reality, a reality so far removed from the true nature of reality we cannot tell the difference. 

i think in someways this relates to my own personal theory about 'reality' although the choice we have is to choose what we believe is real. whereas baudrillard suggested that in the post modern age it's become very difficult.

it's only difficult because we invest in the media that projects reality. the news philosophically is all fake. so what's the truth, that elusive nucleus at the centre of the atom. 

again, we are compromised as our sensory organs only manage to interpret a fraction of what is out there masquerading as reality. that's why microscopes and telescopes and x ray scans were invented. to get closer. 

what we think is a tree is a collection of vibrating atoms, what we think of as atoms are actually protons, electron, tachyons, and quark and strangeness and charm and a number of other particles we have yet to discover. what we could chose to see is the wave, the flow of everything as it hits our perception, factor in a fourth dimension, let's make that the fourth dimension and perspective shifts again. 

so. simulation is what we all swim in but not live in. not if we apply critical thinking as a instrument of philosophy. then everything that is real or has reality in our normal life is a symbol, and this aligns with a kabbalistic concept of ennemations. qualities of the divine that radiate like ripples. mercy, understanding, wisdom, justice, beauty but is it all simulated and to what degree?

that all depends upon ones own relationship with the universe. it's why symbols have power and why everyone is really inhabiting some sort of tower of babal, because we perceive at different levels and cannot share the same language.  

the simulation becomes distorted and further represents the sorcery that baudrillard talks about.

i'm getting into his way of thinking. aligning magickal thought with his ideas. new systems. 

proof will be in when i use it, a few tweaks to my quantum concepts of magick. i have to explore sorcery in order to escape it completely. it's kinda mental realy and only a freak like me would journey to such a strange place but psychonauts need the courage to loose sight of the shore in order to discover new lands and quite frankly these shores are becoming familiar. i have resources now, i can play. mission control is having renovations, it's a huge job and taking forever as does the quest for a new car. i know nothing about cars and like the xv as it's very functional, no frills.  however i'm being persuaded to get a toyota  by those deep in the simulation. they say these cars are amazing as they have excellent 'packages' for the price. i have no idea about cars but i quite like the look of the funky c-hr and maybe it's time to go hybrid two tone. 

somehow i like the idea of driving around the simulation in a c- hr listening to diamond dogs and icelandic whaling folk songs.