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First let me say the following.
Zion is a real place.
Neo is human.
The machines gave the humans a choice - enslavement or extinction.
Now on to the debate.
scientheist wrote: | | Humans have no way of surviving on earth, because they have destroyed the eco system. The architect claims that machines have "levels of survivals". Also, in SR-2, they show machines signing a truce with the humans. So I'd conclude that the matrix is a sanctuary built for humans (which is ofcourse subject to debate). |
A sanctuary? No – that was an unconditional surrender. The humans chose enslavement over extinction. The machines enslaved the humans for their own purposes the same way we do cattle or sheep etc. The humans serve a purpose for the machines. It is impractical for the machines to rise above the clouds because of the severe magnetic and electrical disturbances at that layer. This is evidenced in the final movie when the hover craft was disabled as it passed through the cloud layer. A machine could not pass it without being disabled or destroyed and I assume that any means to pipe power from above to below would also be severely hampered.
scientheist wrote: | Choice is a mechanism where u see what u want to see rather than what is being shown.
So the mother of the matrix hit upon a solution...its choice ! That is the users decide what they want to see.... the user has to make a choice abt the sights and sounds he wishes to see. To be more precise... when a user walks, he makes a choice to see things ahead of him. This could be compared to a video game, where u make a choice and decide which place u want to explore and it is more interactive (and not sick like a TV show).
99.9% accepted this solution, but there are 0.1% who dont make proper choices.... they constitute this problem of anomalies. To be more precise, if u believe that the buildings are concrete then they will be concrete; but if u believe that they could be bent then the machines will bend it for u... because ur the one who has to make the choice !
As explained in my choice theory, only 99% accepted the solution. The remaining 1% constituted the systemic anomalies. Quoting from the architect:
Architect wrote: | | While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probablility of disaster |
There are levels of anomalies.
Level 0 : Full acceptance
Level 1 : People who believe that there is something wrong with the world and who believe in ghosts, vampires, aliens etc.
Level 2 : People who can bend the rules
Level 3 : People who can break the rules, there is only one who can do it
So Level 2 and Level 3 are dangerous to the system. So they must be quarantined in a seperate place so that their "disease" will not spread to others.
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Where did you get this wild claim of levels of anomalies? You have totally missed the point of the Essay “Matrix of Dreams”. In that essay he explains that the matrix induces a dream state in the humans connected to the matrix. They have no choice over that dream state at all with the exception of a very rare few individuals who are capable of “lucid dreaming”. This is a type of dreaming in which the individual can take control of his or her dream and make it anything he wants. “The One” has this ability. This has nothing to do with the choice the Oracle or the Architect are talking about. That choice has to do with whether or not you believe the dream you are having. Each individual has the choice to believe the dream or not. If you do not believe the dream you are among that 1% that chooses not to believe at a near unconscious level. Just because you choose to not believe does not mean you have the choice to change that dream state. Only the “lucid dreamer” (the One) has that ability. Lucid Dreamer/The One equates to the systemic anomaly. Those that refused the program are the ones that choose to not believe the dream. The anomaly and the persons who reject the program are two different entities, and there is only one anomaly per version of the matrix.
The machines don’t create a new matrix every time the code is inserted into the machine. It is simply upgraded. Here’s my proof of theory:
There is a rule of systems (Godel’s theorem of incompleteness) that states that you can never prove a systems absolute stability using the rules of the system alone. There is no way to prove the rule itself. It’s like saying:
This statement is false.
If this statement is false then it is true.
And if it is true then it is false
You can incorporate a new rule into the system to accommodate for the anomaly but then there is no way to prove the newly incorporated rule. It goes on for infinity and this is the basis for the matrix. As the anomaly emerges in each version of the matrix it is incorporated into the Matrix as an "upgrade" if you will. The upgrade is incorporated into the system when the “one” returns to the source to reinsert the prime program. After the insertion life goes on as normal in the Matrix but with the upgrade that takes into account the current anomaly that emerged. This renders him useless against the system until the next anomaly comes along. This is part of the reason Neo has become so strong and the reason the Merovingian was surprised at his power. He is more powerful than the last "one". Because he has to overcome the last upgrade to the system The oracle has watched this evolve and knew it was only a matter of time before an anomaly came along that was powerful enough to break the system and choose the left door to truly end the war and free Zion
The events that take place in the current incarnation of the matrix are not necessarily the events that took place in former incarnations. For example former incarnations of the matrix had no Trinity, demonstrated by the fact that “the one” experiences love in a general way for mankind vs a specific way for an individual. Because of these things it means that in former incarnations of the Matrix the Merovingian may or may not have had the Key Maker captured and therefore his interactions with “the one” would have been completely different. This is evidenced also by the fact that the Merovingian was surprised at Neo’s power. This shows he has probably never had personal contact with a “one’ before or Neo is stronger than any previous “one’”.
scientheist wrote: | Zion:
Zero-one,the under ground machine city became Zion |
This makes sense.
scientheist wrote: | The machines gifted this city to humans because
* All the cities in the surface were deliberately destroyed by the machines so that humans dont form rebel factions
* People cannot survive in the surface as it is too cold
* 01 is near the core and is hot
* 01 was already built and was'nt used by the machines when they came to surface |
Where did you get that is was gifted to the humans. The machines enslaved the humans. There was no gifting of anything. It was the simply the only logical place for those humans that choose not to believe the matrix.
scientheist wrote: | | So zero-one became a natural candidate for the "quarantine" city. The initial formation of Zion is not clear, but I'd speculate that it was initially led by the UN leaders held up in Zion (another subject for debate). Zion was built with the aid of machines, in the sense that machines aided humans in making all the recycling and life-support systems necessary for sustainability of life("the engineering level"). They also built those grand network of pipelines. |
You just stated that Zion is the former zero one and now you say its unclear how it was formed? See above.
scientheist wrote: | The machines bred people for Zion. Zionites were made to believe in a lie and a false prophecy that...
* the war between the machines and humans is not over
* destruction of the matrix will mean victory to humans
* there will be a one who can control the matrix (level-3 anomaly)
* the one must be found
* the one must reach the source so that the matrix will be destroyed and the war will end
Ofcourse, we know this is a lie and a deception because matrix SAVES humans, not imprison them. |
That statement is exactly backwards. The machines built the matrix to enslave the humans and use them for energy. Where is your proof for this wild claim! If you accept that the animatrix is Canon its quite obvious that the machines brutally enslave the humans for their own purposes.
scientheist wrote: | So the Zionites will hunt for people in the matrix who show anomalous behaviour. They are unplugged with the hope that they might be the one. They are trained to BEND the rules of the matrix (level-2 anomalies). Obviously, the one is a transcendence from level-1 to level-2, and from level-2 to level-3. The one is found by those "prophecy believers" like Morpheus. Zion serves two purpose
1. To quarantine level-2 anomalies
2. To identify the level-3 anomaly (ie) the-one
Once Zion has served its purpose, it is destroyed and rebuilt so that a new cycle is started |
Again I must ask where the hell did you get this!
scientheist wrote: | The One :
Like I said earlier, the one is a BUG in the choice mechanism. He is a level-3 anomaly. He is the most destructive to the matrix and hence the problem must be addressed. There were 5 ones before and Neo is the sixth one.
In case of Neo, it took 100 years for the one to be identified. So I'd say that same pattern followed for his predecessors (which ofcourse is subject to debate). Once the one is identified by the machines (the other two agents flee, who identify the one), Zion is attacked with 250,000 sentinels digging into the earth. The one believes in "free-will", but in reality there is only "determinism" and "fatalism" and "inevitabililty" and NO free-will. Because all other doors are closed, the one is forced to walk his destined path.
The one tries to reach the source where "the path of the one ends". But before reaching the source, he meets the architect, who explains the purpose of anomaly. Nobody knows who the anomaly could be, but because of the fake prophecy, the one is led to the architect. The architect then offers two choice to the one. Either let the humans survive through the matrix or let the matrix get destroyed and as a consequence, let the human race get extinct. All other ones chose to repeat the cycle by letting Zion getting destroyed and rebuilt, but Neo chose to save Trinity. |
No bug. See above on “The One”. Each anomaly reaches the architect before the source and is given a final choice. Neo was no different with the exception of his personal love for Trinity and his power to overcome the cycle of the matrix.
scientheist wrote: | The program anomaly Smith :
Smith develops human attributes despite the fact that he is a misanthropist. Smith chose exile because he believes that he was destined to rule the matrix. Smith wants to take over the entire matrix. When Smith was destroyed by Neo, some of Neo's anomalous behaviour got into Smith and some of Smith's power (perceiving the machine world) got into Neo |
Smith is not so much the opposite of Neo as he is the dark side of Neo. When Neo destroyed Smith after he was "reborn" they joined together as one entity. Everything that has a beginning has an end. The true "one" that could actually fulfill the prophesy is the "one" of Smith and Neo combined. Perfect Dark and Perfect light together as one. This occurred when they joined the first time. Smith himself said something is different this time. His interactions with Neo evolved him in a similar fashion to Neos own evolution. He is Neos Dark side. Together, they are the true one. Once combined they formed the true one that brought an end to the war as the oracle predicted
It was Neos sacrifice of himself that destroyed Smith in the end. His pure act of selflessness was Smiths downfall. That represents Christ’s time on the cross. He gave of himself so others could be free. Christ sacrificed his life on the cross to take away Lucifer’s power and render him impotent just as Neo sacrificed himself to defeat Smith and free Zion. Smith wasn’t able to copy Neo in Revolutions just as he wasn’t able to do it in Reloaded. Neo allowed it to happen. It was the ultimate sacrifice for Zion. It represents Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for mankind to be free of sin. The act of the sacrifice is what ultimately destroys Smith.
scientheist wrote: | | There have been explicit references to "machine world". Since this term is more general, I'll use the term orange-matrix. Orange matrix is similar to the matrix (or green coded matrix), but the fundamental difference is that the orange-matrix represents something which exists in the real world. All the locations of the machines in the real world is mapped into the orange-matrix. My opinion is that the orange-matrix is a huge network used by the machines so that they can easily communicate with each other and with the source and hence become a single entity. One only power can control machines in the orange-matrix and that is source. In M3, it is implied that Deus-Ex-Machina has control over the sentinels (they stop attacking when Neo made the deal). Note that there is no choice mechanism in the orange-matrix. So Neo was able to see only what is shown to him (objects) and not the code which makes up the images (as in green-matrix) |
WHAT? Orange matrix. Where did you come up with that one? The real world is the real world. Neo is not only going through a time of “lucid dreaming” evolution but in parallel he is going through a period of actual mental evolution in the real world. Remember that we like machines are made up somewhat of electricity. Humans function on bioelectricity. Neo has learned to harness this in the real world to defeat sentinels. It the evolution of the mind.
The machines by definition have to function on some level through a network. Think of them as walking computers. Its natural for them to all be networked together through some type of wireless network. Thus the head machine (dues-ex-machina) simply commanded the sentinels to stop their attack through a network in THE REAL WORLD!
scientheist wrote: | Neo's powers in real-world :
At the end of M2, when Neo took the other door, the architect predicted that the matrix is going to crash which would lead to the end of the human race. But Neo got powers instead, powers which no other One ever had...the power of the source itself. Neo was able to give life to Trinity and bring her back. In a sense, Neo became God.
When Neo destroyed Smith, something of Smith got copied into Neo as well. The code for perceiving the machine-world is copied onto Neo which enabled him to see the machines without his physical eyes. Since Neo is able to have some of the powers of the source, (though not exactly as equal to that of source)... Neo is able to exert control over the sentinels like the source. Thats how he prematurely triggered those fleet of tow bombs |
See above. Did you miss something here. Of course Neo became godlike. After all he is “The One”.
scientheist wrote: | Significance of "Left door" :
Its still not clear how Neo was able to get some of the source's power, but I'll try to explain with this little fact (I'd be grateful if anyone would explain this to me with a better theory). In M1, when Neo was fleeing the agents, he took the right door instead of the left door. Then he took the "other left" door which led him to room 303. (a bit of numerology, 303 => 3+0+3 = 6, implying Neo as the sixth one). The left door was hopeless, because it led to his death. But instead of dying, Neo discovered the power within him and became the-one. Similarly in M2, the left door which leads back into the matrix was hopeless, but instead of letting Trinity die, he discovered a greater power within him...the power of source |
Not the power of source. Where do you get your conclusions from? He was going through an evolutionary process as I said above both as a Lucid dreamer and as an evolved human in the real world. His attempted passage through the right door in the first was symbolic of the cycle of the matrix. His eventual passage through the left was symbolic of his power over the matrix. If he had chosen the right he would have lived but he chose the left and went on to his destiny to destroy the matrix. Smith is an integral part of that destiny as I explained above.
What are your thoughts?
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