Muse: All this is in the work of "SIMULATION THEORY"

The theory of simulation

Muse's new disc is about the theory of simulation, which the philosopher Nick Bostrom invented in 2003. In short, if we, humans, are able one day to create beings whose consciousness is computerized, it is unthinkable for us, humans, to live in a computer simulation that created an earlier generation. ? Or is it conceivable that another generation of people had this opportunity in front of us, but she had no desire to use it?

Bostrom logically developed this state of mind based on three hypotheses that together create a trilemma: three options, all of which seem strange, but one of which must be true.

The reason

The Chinese characters on the right mean "trilemma", otherwise the complexity of this game of philosophical thought is no longer left on the cover of the album.

The illustration shows the three band members, Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Christopher Wolstenholme: While the drummer and bbadist look rather retro-cool, the band's leader throne overhead. wearing virtual reality glbades. The robot's hand and a kind of disco ball matrix on the face suggest suspicion: Matthew Bellamy is an android. The characters and props below are from designer Kyle Lambert, shot videos that have allowed Muse to appear in four songs from the album.

Kyle Lambert is in her early thirties and is a visual superstar of raretria. His illustrator career began in the British era with photorealistic paintings, which he had created with the iPad and the pencil Apple: his portraits of Morgan Freeman, Beyoncé or D & # 39; Obama is hard to distinguish from a photo. More recently, he has made such a picture of David Letterman: it's the cover of his new Netflix show.

Lambert considers himself a digital artist. It is mainly used by film companies and has designed motifs for them combining the charm of the old video library and digital technology. His motive for the Netflix retro series "Stranger Things" awakens the same nostalgic feelings by viewing him as the music of the soundtrack: everything looks to be at the beginning of the '80s. Here we see and hear: simulations.

The simulation

Paul Shipper, British illustrator and made famous by the posters of the new films of "Star Wars", has made an alternative cover, which still looks like a simulation of Lambert's original. Far from the universe of muses, this is called: a plagiarism. This will be part of the works of art of the luxury box.

The wave

The aesthetic science fiction video has been in demand for years, but Muse is behind schedule: the old introduction of "Neo Magazin Royale" by Jan Böhmermann was playing with similar elements, for example, this logo was also based on the combination of block and cursive writing. In addition, the cover of the first person shooter "Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon" is very similar to that of Muse, especially with regard to the choice of colors.

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