»The ANOMALY and ANOMALIES (proof for multiple anomalies)«

Scietheist wrote:

Starbuck, Before I continue my debate, give ur theory on anomaly, Neo and the reason for considering Neo as the only anomaly. Also explain "anomaly" in Beyond and ur theory for not considering Zionites as anomaly.

The first two matrixes crashes because of no choice. Humans with no choice have no free will, which goes against the very nature of their being and over time they become aware of that and rebel or shut down completely. This is the nature of consciousness and it caused entire crops to be lost.

The Oracle came up with a system of control that allowed choice and the ability for humans exercise free will. It is the red pill. Once those humans become free they are allowed to live in order to build Zion and put in place another system utilizing a perceived war with machines to guide the one (anomaly) back to the source for reintegration into the matrix. This is Godels incompleteness theorem we have talked about. If the humans were not a necessary part of this system they would be exterminated upon emerging from the matrix therefore they are an integral part of the system and not an anomaly in the system. They are expected and even required to make that system work. With out them the system would break down and the one would run rampant throughout the matrix and destroy it. This can not be simulated within the matrix of by a secondary matrix because of the paradox of free will. Without giving the humans the ability to exercise true choice the system would also break down.

An anomaly is a failure in any system. The haunted house is an anomaly because it is a failure in the matrix that needs to be fixed by outside entities. In other words it is not self correcting. It is a failure in the code of the matrix. Neo is an anomaly in the matrix because he is the result of a flaw in the programming in the matrix that cannot be avoided for it to be stable. He is a failure in the system of control of the matrix and takes an outside entity to correct - zion. While the humans in zion are freed to stabilize the system they are not killed because they are used to correct another failure in the system – the anomaly that emerges as a result of the flaw that is written into the program to stabilize it.

The anomaly emerges because of the resulting growth of mankind. Humans are forced to live in an artificial world and that facilitates a forced evolution to a higher state of being. That higher state of being is the extended grasp on reality. The depth of this grasp is facilitated by love. The more intense the love the deeper the grasp.

All individuals have a certain level of attachment and commitment to cause. Based on that commitment/attachment each individual can achieve different levels of freedom in the matrix. Trinity is dedicated to Morpheus, Morpheus is dedicated to the Oracle and the Prophesy, Niobi is dedicated to protecting Zion. In M1 you saw Mouse pretty easily defeated. He relied on the weapons of the matrix more than his own faith, commitment and love. It led him to an early death. Neo is dedicated to Trinity to the point that Neo is willing to transcend death to be with her. That level of commitment has caused him to cross a threshold on his grasp on reality facilitated by his attachment to Trinity that in turn identifies him as “The One”. Trinity also has that level of attachment to Neo so why is she also not a “One/anomaly”? It’s because Neo not only has that commitment to Trinity but he also has a profound belief in himself and a grasp on reality that Trinity does not have. The Oracles sign above the kitchen door is very profound – Know Thy Self. Neo knows and believes. Its that level of love, commitment, belief in himself and grasp on reality that Identifies Neo as “The One”. The ability to sacrifice anything, the belief that that sacrifice will cause change and the knowledge that you will have the will for that sacrifice are the most dangerous aspects of Neo. It is a set of qualities that is rare but does emerge in each version of the matrix and it threatens the system itself. It is the human incarnation of the matrix’s destabilizing anomaly that is inherent in every conceivable matrix. These qualities have manifested themselves in every previous version of the matrix that contained a choice. I suspect that if the one were not guided back to the source but left alone to live and grow in the matrix others would begin to emerge as Neo. It would be a slow process just as evolution is a process so slow it is nearly imperceptible to the untrained observer. Neo would be a catalyst though leading others to the revelation just as enlightened others lead the “blind” to enlightenment.


Starbuck

Hi, I'm new to this forum -> I'm not familiar with all the theories written here. So please feel free to direct my to another thread if I write old news!

Starbuck, I agree with your understanding of the first two versions of the Matrix. However, I have a slightly different understanding of the 3rd version (please notice, English is not my first language,...so I most likely don't sound as elegant as you guys, but...what the heck...):

The machines (Oracle) understood that human beeings need to be given a choice. But the machines did not really understand the phenomenon human choice. Scientists might be familiar with this. We analyze a phenomenon, we can even understand when and how it happens, but often we still cannot create this phenomenon.
So, the machines created an environment for mankind that was supposed to give them the choice they needed. But, since they didn't really understand the phenomenon human choice, this choice was more theoretical, than practical (we can see this in the Animatrix -> Kids Story, World Record. In both stories, humans are about to free themselves from the Matrix, and they are either pursued by agents (Kid), or forced back into the Matrix (World Record)).

For 99% of the humans plugged into the Matrix, their theoretical choice, made on a subconscious level, was ok. But 1% made a human choice that was beyond the rules of the system. Human choice was Goedel's "G" in these versions of the Matrix (and the One was the human embodiment of "G"). Thus the system was inherently and increasingly flawed, as you can already see in the visual decay in M1.

There is one way to avoid a system crash caused by G, and that is to incorporate a given G into the system itself and make it a part of the system.
That is where the prophecy and Zion come into play. G, human choice, must be incorporated into the system. So the code, that the embodiment of G - the human beeing the One - carries, must be incorporated into the system.
I think the machines needed Zion not for the 1%,... to give them their choice,.... but solely for the One; if it were not for him, they could have just killed the 1%. But,...they needed people like Morpheus to find and train the One, and help him to act according to his purpose, and they needed an argument for the right door (the salvation of Zion, even if only the institution Zion, not it's living inhabitants).

In M1 and Reloaded, Neo's path was littered with choices -> with the prophecy, the system was trying to get human choice in form of code, written and carried by the One, to the source to be incorporated into the system ("allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program"). But the stage the machines had set for the One, never allowed for a true choice - "the mother of all choices" - to be made by him. So, with the first 5 reloads of the choice-Matrix, the machines had incorporated more the effect of G into their system, the power the One had gained during his path, but not the cause in all it's consequences, not true choice. So, in the next version, this anomaly popped up again.

Only when Neo made his free choice in the crater, did he write the code for free choice in his mind, thus enabling the system to incorporate this G.

Oracle: What about the others?
Architect: What others?
Oracle: The ones that want out.
Architect: Obviously, they will be freed.

Only now do the humans have the choice to be freed, if they reject the system; and I guess they will be freed right away, by the system itself.

What do you think?