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The Matrix


I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.


This movie came out at the perfect time in my life to have my mind blown and develop a budding interest in philosophy. I loved that when the ultimate DVD collection came out it contained commentaries from academic philosophers who discussed what it might mean, instead of the movie creators giving definitive explanations.


Piqued my interest in the idea of reality as a simulation and that what you perceive is just that and reality is something else.


Having seen this at a young age, before I ever read (or even heard of) Descartes or the allegory of the cave, I have to second this one.


The Matrix

I wonder why they never made any sequels


It was a trilogy, and apparently one of the original creators will be creating another sequel.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.digitaltrends.com/movies/ma...


Naturally, it's a joke: https://xkcd.com/566/.




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