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It would be insane if matrix turns out to be real and we live in a computer simulation like the movie! Hope it is not! haha

I can offer another way to understand the movie.

The book that Neo opens in the beginning is a book called Simulacra and Simulacrum written by Jean Baudrillard. Neo pulls a computer chip from the book. This is a signal to the audience that we can understand and interpret the computer simulation through the lens of Simulacra and Simulation.

In short, like very short, Simulacra and Simulation explains how a "system of control" is created and sustained. Baudrillard was not referring to a computer simulation but rather, symbols and signs. Language is one example of this. The Matrix, then, can be understood as our culture, an interconnected set, or matrix, of symbols, signs, and ideologies that inform the behavior of those who identify with it. For The Wachowski Brothers, this matrix, our Western, capitalist culture, is a system of control meant to be dismantled. All of these symbols, signs, and whatever else, are designed to control our minds and render us passive consumers rather than creators of Reality.

Baudrillard understood culture - the world of media, technology, advertising, and marketing - and the language and other symbols meant to represent "things" as separate, but still indistinguishable from, true reality [which we can never know].

Because of that, we're already living in a simulation.

Wow great comment and points I'd never thought about "The Matrix" on that level before and was not familiar with Baudrillard.
I guess another movie aside from "The Matrix" that questions reality and our ability to perceive it is "Inception."
I think there are similar theories and groups of thought as to whether dreams might be different realities that we are experiencing and which is more valid, our dream experiences or waking life.
And of course "Waking Life" is an awesome movie on Existentialism.

Wow, didn't expect such amazing coment! You have a great point of view. Never thought on that before.

It is a really informative comment!! Thanks for leaving it!! I'm glad to hear you have so many thoughts on the idea of a simulation and the relation back to matrix is great!

I just watched those movies again!!! It's so deep when you think about it in this context!

Exactly corpsvalues!!! Inception is yet another great example of questioning our environment and being forced to be aware of our surroundings and how they change!

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