{"id":26657,"date":"2016-10-10T12:57:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T04:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=26657"},"modified":"2016-10-10T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T05:08:07","slug":"are-we-living-in-the-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2016\/10\/10\/are-we-living-in-the-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we living in The Matrix?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Is our reality projected?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A privately funded research group based in <span class=\"xn-location\">Durango, Colorado<\/span> claims that a deep learning process used to analyze structures within the Giza Plateau may identify a three dimensional process which is holographic in nature.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26658\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26658\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26658\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix2.jpg\" alt=\"PHOTO TAKEN FROM 'THE MATRIX'\" width=\"622\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix2.jpg 622w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix2-300x235.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix2-64x50.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO TAKEN FROM &#8216;THE MATRIX&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The deep learning process which the group has coined Symbol and Process Primitive Scenario Generation compares unknown symbols and potential processes to existing known scientific and engineering documentation to identify similarities in diagrammatic symbol and process. \u00a0The process provided some surprising results when applied to diagrammatic representations of Giza Plateau structures including the Great Pyramid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are absolutely confident that the identified process is acousto-optic and that it may very well represent a means of holographic projection,&#8221; said Robert Cathcart, who is with a\u00a0privately funded research group that\u00a0applied a deep learning methodology to structures on the Giza Plateau and found evidence for a three dimensional process diagram.<\/p>\n<p>If this proves to be\u00a0the case then the implications could be stunning.\u00a0 At the least, it may represent\u00a0a demonstration of a previously unknown technology.\u00a0 It could also be much more.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"spanHghlt9ad8\">&#8220;<\/span>There is a great deal of speculation currently about simulated realities. \u00a0Could this as yet unknown process point in that direction? \u00a0Anything is possible,&#8221; said Cathcart.<\/p>\n<p>If it does then it essentially means that\u00a0what we consider as our own reality may not be<span id=\"spanHghlt533e\">\u00a0the<\/span> complete picture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine a technological process which could be used to project reality. \u00a0I know this sounds absurd to the average person but our results\u00a0hint at the possibility,&#8221; said Cathcart<\/p>\n<p>The group plans to release three process design iterations based on their work within a 90-day period beginning later this year.\u00a0 Each iteration will increase in complexity allowing the reader to <span id=\"spanHghlt0e27\">assess<\/span> for themselves the legitimacy and accuracy of the model.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hope is that scientists and engineers with greater expertise in acousto-optics and laser physics will take our findings and build upon them. \u00a0We are confident this will happen.\u00a0Our only question is who will be the first to do so?&#8221; Cathcart ended.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26659\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26659\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix.jpg\" alt=\"A diagrammatic segmentation of Khafre Temples based on process and symbol (Robert G. Cathcart)\" width=\"622\" height=\"1008\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix.jpg 622w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/matrix-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A diagrammatic segmentation of Khafre Temples based on process and symbol (Robert G. Cathcart)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is our reality projected? 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