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The Matrix also makes references to historical myths and philosophy, including gnosticism, existentialism, and nihilism.[9][10] The central concept of the film has been compared to Plato's Allegory of the Cave,[11][12] Zhuangzi's "Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly", René Descartes's skepticism[13][14] and evil demon, Kant's reflections on the Phenomenon versus the Ding an sich, Robert Nozick's "experience machine",[15] the concept of a simulated reality and the brain in a vat thought experimen
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Frank Sinatra Lyrics
"Witchcraft"
Those fingers in my hair
That sly come-hither stare
That strips my conscience bare
It's witchcraft
And I've got no defense for it
The heat is too intense for it
What good would common sense for it do?
'cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft
And although I know it's strictly taboo
When you arouse the need in me
My heart says "Yes, indeed" in me
"Proceed with what you're leadin' me to"
It's such an ancient pitch
But one I wouldn't switch
'cause there's no ni
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― A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and Its Implications
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