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June 12, 2003
More Matrix Mindbenders
Nothing like a good Thai lunch with fellow geeks to ramp up the Matrix blather. So here are some new points by new folks in my loop.
If Neo did indeed cause the EMP then there exists the distinct possibility that Zion is indeed another level of the Matrix. Is it a real possibility that he can generate EMP by holding up his hand?
(new), therefore he was in the Matrix, and the Neb did not crash and burn, but just a replica of it. The thing that makes this all a possiblity is the theoretical impossibility of Smith jacking himself into an actual human being outside of the Matrix. Could Smith transubstantiate? If so then there is magic outside the Matrix. If not, then Zion is part of the Matrix, or at least the Zion that the Neb was returning to.
There are distinct historical problems with Zion being independent of the Matrix. If the Matrix is 6 generations old, then Zion has been destroyed and rebuilt that many times. Why then would the survivors of Zion not tell this to their descendents? Why wouldn't everyone in Zion, indeed the very creed of the place not be party like it's 1999? It seems like it is if the deep house rave moves to its logical conclusion, then there's a whole lot of banging going on.
This all contradicts Morpheus' address to Zion in which he states Zion has survived so very long. If Morpheus knows better, that Zion has been destroyed and reborn several times, then that's one explaination. If he understands that Zion will be destroyed because it has been destroyed, that would explain his fanaticism about the One. But as I said, I think Neo knows that he is not the One.
On the other hand, what if Zion is a myth created by Morpheus to keep his crew loyal. Yike. If everything the Neb does 'in Zion' is simalcra.
OK enough.
Posted by mbowen at June 12, 2003 11:25 AM
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