# Base Reality **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term ## Definition **Base Reality** is the environment treated as the originating causal domain relative to a model, twin, reconstruction, or simulated world. ## Relationships **Related concepts:** [[wiki/Simulated World|Simulated World]] · [[wiki/World Simulation|World Simulation]] · [[wiki/Experiential Reality vs Causal Provenance|Experiential Reality vs Causal Provenance]] · [[wiki/Digital Twin|Digital Twin]] **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] These links record conceptual dependencies and contrasts. Institutional control, technology transfer, and empirical continuity are tracked as separate relationship types. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "The most beautiful and elegant explanation should be as strong and overwhelming as a brick smashing your head; it should break your life in two. For instance, as a result of that explanation, you should realize that even if you are dreaming your brain is active doing what he does best: creating models of reality or, in fact, creating the reality where you live in." > **— Eduardo Salcedo-Albaran**, *2012, Edge Annual Question, “What Is Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, or Beautiful Explanation?”* [[reminders/Simulation/Dreams Reveal the Brain as a Reality-Making Machine by Eduardo Salcedo-Albaran|Dreams Reveal the Brain as a Reality-Making Machine by Eduardo Salcedo-Albaran]]