Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1159 times:
Well, do you think there might be a chance we do?
And if you say no, how would you know?
Would you rather live in "the real world"?
If you really were a "human battery", but never knew, because you believe you're living your normal and happy life... would you care?
Would it make any difference?
All the things you probably hate about travelling are warm reminders that I'm home
Bezoar From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 805 posts, RR: 9 Reply 1, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1147 times:
Are you the One?
"There are none so blind as those who will not see."
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1140 times:
Methinks someone's been eating too many red pills!
Klaus From Germany, joined Jul 2001, 20846 posts, RR: 55 Reply 4, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1134 times:
The whole battery business is completely laughable. Humans would be about the worst source of energy imaginable.
Stylish movie, though.
If this is a simulation, we´d only know if there were recognizable inconsistencies or "trap doors" (á la 13th Floor, or, if you will, Time Bandits). A flawless simulation would be undetectable - as well as one that was patched together after the fact if necessary. I can´t remember any evidence for a simulation - but who knows if my memory has in fact remained unaltered...?
Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 5, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1130 times:
Quoting TedTAce (Reply 2): (Tongue in cheek 'cause I know I was a little hard on you earlier)
Maybe you can try that magnet thing I suggested to disrupt your 'signal'
Don't worry! I was a little bit harsh too on my reply I didn't really mean it that way
All the things you probably hate about travelling are warm reminders that I'm home
Euclid From South Africa, joined Apr 2005, 372 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1069 times:
Quoting Birdwatching (Thread starter): If you really were a "human battery", but never knew, because you believe you're living your normal and happy life... would you care?
No, I would just be pissed off to the fact that the program didn't see it fit to make me an airline pilot.
SkySurfer From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 1134 posts, RR: 14 Reply 8, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1055 times:
Well, if we're living in the matrix, does that mean that our lives are preprogrammed (ie predetermined)?? If so then i want to reboot and start over tyvm!!
Cheers
In the dark you can't see ugly, but you can feel fat
Artsyman From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 4741 posts, RR: 43 Reply 10, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1044 times:
BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1044 times:
Quoting AsstChiefMark (Reply 7): What if this is Hell and we just don't remember what LIFE was really like?
FriendlySkies From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 4003 posts, RR: 6 Reply 12, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1010 times:
There is one reason why the whole Matrix thing will never work. What exactly does a machine have to live for? Then again, I suppose one could argue that the human body is in fact a machine, then you get into the whole "what's the purpose of life?" deal...wow, deep thoughts...
My personal opinion is that it won't happen....great movies though! There is one question I had...how exactly do you turn the sky black indefinately?
Aloges From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 8355 posts, RR: 47 Reply 13, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1007 times:
I'm absolutely positive that the things we refer to as "eye floaters" are in fact flaws in the matrix; we're not seeing floaters but the code of the programme running right in front of us, like in the movie.
Oh well, now that I've typed this, it's time to get back in the phone.
Walk together, talk together all ye peoples of the earth. Then, and only then, shall ye have peace.
Espion007 From Denmark, joined Dec 2003, 1691 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (7 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 991 times:
Quoting TedTAce (Reply 2): Not enough Dejavu. Considering how unstable windows and hardware is... tough to imagine keeping 'this good' of a facade going.
That would probably explain why it´s got an uptime of several billion years already, that its rules are elegantly simple when you get down to the fundamentals - but it would also explain the cryptic and unforgiving user interface...
(Not to forget the lack of any decent documentation! )
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