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They'd need a lot of people to power that...

right this is too deep and i can barely keep up.....*brain overheats*

Thats how the machines get power, they confuse people.

um i see.....right....so what would haooen if none got confused and we are all living in the matrix?

maybe there is no machine world, and the matrix was just a moneymaking figment of the Wachowski Brothers' imagination

I heard an interesting argument that the first matrix movie is the story of thr resurrection. Neo has his followers/decipals and they are on a mission to tell people about the what is really out there, and at the end one of his followers betrays him. then he is ressurected. It was an interesting argument but I don't belive it. (excuse spellings)

The first Matrix movie has some very obvious, and some not-so-obvious parodies of Christianity. *Of course* Neo is a messiah figure. That's one of the obvious ones.

I don't know that I'd call them parodies... More like parallels.

how about analogies?

I think the important endpoint to all of this is that, using the perception we are capable of, there doesn't appear to be any way to truly tell what is 'real' and what isn't. As Morpheus attempted to explain, that's what makes what we see and feel in the Matrix 'real', the fact that we can't distinguish it from reality.

As to the practical aspect mentioned above, in the original script for The Matrix, the machines were using humans as processors, not power sources. This was changed because they believed the technical implications would be beyond the average viewer.

How could they use the humans brain power as processors if the human brain only functions at somewhere around 10% of its full potential - and, their brain recources were being consumed by interacting with the matrix. I think the second script is more practical.

Colonel, first let me tell you I love your posts and enjoy discussing things with you. Now, let me pick on you again (I mean no insult--people who can't spell rarely flame).

The idea that humans only use 10% of their brians is a complete myth. You use all of your brain. I do not know where this idea started, but it is often quoted as "common knowledge" without anyone knowing why they should believe it--yet most people accept it as a fact because it is repeted so often.

If you don't believe me, check out http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/tenper.html. It is part of "Neuroscience for Kids" http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html, which is one of my favorite sites. Take a look around--it has lots of great info on the brain.