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Video essay on Christopher Nolan’s Inception and how it explores the implications of ontological uncertainty.

Sources:
Erik Davis – Synthetic Meditations: Cogito in the Matrix

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Also featuring Hans Zimmer’s ‘Time’ – A cover by Whitesand; youtube.com/watch?v=pYDibtdm5XA

With thanks to Jason Silva for incepting me with some of his ideas.