this is not a question this is a statement. the matrix is a possibilty and i have not been "watching to many movies" i believe that the idea of the matrix is a reality, what do you think?
2007-01-31 15:42:46 · 9 answers · asked by foolthatpool 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
You know. I'm fascinated. Please email me and tell me what and why you think this. What evidence do you have?
And Neo, watch out for that Cipher...
Anyway, I suppose anything is possible, and it makes sense for truly scientific minds to consider any possiblity. Although what we could do about it if it were is pretty limited.
2007-01-31 16:43:27 · answer #1 · answered by Eleazar's Daughter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plato put it another way....
Imagine prisoners who have been chained since childhood deep inside a cave. Not only are their limbs immobilized by the chains; their heads are chained as well so that their gaze is fixed on a wall.
Behind the prisoners is an enormous fire, and between the fire and the prisoners is a raised walkway, along which shapes of various animals, plants, and other things are carried. The shapes cast shadows on the wall, and the prisoners watch these shadows. When one of the shape-carriers speaks, an echo against the wall causes the prisoners to believe that the words come from the shadows.
The prisoners engage in what appears to us to be a game - naming the shapes as they come by. This, however, is the only reality that they know, even though they are seeing merely shadows of images. They are thus conditioned to judge the quality of one another by their skill in quickly naming the shapes and dislike those who begin to play poorly.
Suppose a prisoner is released and compelled to stand up and turn around.
His eyes will be blinded by the firelight, and the shapes passing will appear less real than their shadows.
Similarly, if he is dragged up out of the cave into the sunlight, his eyes will be so blinded that he will not be able to see anything. At first, he will be able to see darker shapes such as shadows and, only later, brighter and brighter objects.
The last object he would be able to see is the sun, which, in time, he would learn to see as that object which provides the seasons and the courses of the year, presides over all things in the visible region, and is in some way the cause of all these things that he has seen.
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First one has to awaken from the dream we call life (breaking the bonds); then we become aware of the webs that influence and move us (shadows on the wall); and finally we see the truth for what it truly is (the sun and world outside the cave). Our instinct and natural desire is to free others and awaken them to the truth, but doing so is futile for they cannot see past the illusions and will only attack the truth bearer.
2007-01-31 16:12:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
The Matrix is essentially a movie version of the virtual reality created by thoughts.
2007-01-31 16:20:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I believe that that is largely the way it is. Our perception=our reality.There's a book that is widely studied in my "new age" church called,"The Course in Miracles" that goes into exaughstive and fasinating detail of how we are all co-creators of our world.Check it out !
2007-02-01 01:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by Clover 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
follow the white rabbit
2007-01-31 15:46:53 · answer #5 · answered by justr 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
you could never prove it any way, why think about it
2007-01-31 15:46:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think you been watching too many movies
2007-01-31 17:19:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
i think you are taking some serious drugs
2007-01-31 15:50:58 · answer #8 · answered by Wade 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It was intense but fantasy not reality.you believe in god too don't you .
2007-01-31 15:48:06 · answer #9 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋