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I would have thought that 'The Matrix' was far more aligned with the ideas that underpin solipsistic thinking, not post-modernism.
In any case, it just doesn't make any sense. We have the main character (Neo) who comes to the realisation that the world he thought was so real actually isn't, and he ends up waking up in some sort of pod, but any rational person in his situation would then have the natural inclination to immediately suspect the world he woke up in wasn't real either, and yet he doesn't seem to do that. Why not? I mean, all else being equal, if the world we live in isn't actually real and is just a "simulation" (of what?), then from a statistical perspective neither is the world he wakes up in.
That conclusion then, in turn, leads one to wonder if ANY world is actually real, but of course at least one has to be, because this entire process logically would have had to begin somewhere, at some point in time. That being the case, isn't it therefore just more sensible to assume that the world we live in is actually real, and not a simulation of some sort?
In any case, it just doesn't make any sense. We have the main character (Neo) who comes to the realisation that the world he thought was so real actually isn't, and he ends up waking up in some sort of pod, but any rational person in his situation would then have the natural inclination to immediately suspect the world he woke up in wasn't real either, and yet he doesn't seem to do that. Why not? I mean, all else being equal, if the world we live in isn't actually real and is just a "simulation" (of what?), then from a statistical perspective neither is the world he wakes up in.
That conclusion then, in turn, leads one to wonder if ANY world is actually real, but of course at least one has to be, because this entire process logically would have had to begin somewhere, at some point in time. That being the case, isn't it therefore just more sensible to assume that the world we live in is actually real, and not a simulation of some sort?
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@Bel6EQUJ5 this book was the main source
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation
It’s just a film. And not a very good one.
calicuz · 56-60, M
I'm still trying to figure it out, and having fun while watching.
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
the chick that wrote it said it was the future from the terminator..
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
|'m very interested Can you provide a source?
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@Burnley123 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation