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Though the movie "Matrix" is obviously fiction, these lines from Smith always hit home to me: > Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural eq

Though the movie "Matrix" is obviously fiction, these lines from Smith always hit home to me: > Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to another area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. No areas left.

Tepix 7y ago
Space
- TausAmmer 7y ago
  Space Cod! 3878, 18th October - space Cod is brought to extinction by over- Cod from they natural spaciness.
chr1 7y ago
The first matrix was a good movie but this quote is not a good one. All the mammals (and other animals) multiply as much as they can, only not having enough to eat, or another species eating them can stop that. In most cases populations fluctuate around some equilibrium, but that's caused by dying off in other cases, not by some instinctive virtue. Humans multiply because they can increase the amount of available resource with technology, not by moving to new area.
- pygy_ 7y ago
  Actually, humans and animals have built-in brakes (predefined adult size modulated epigenetically, à lower fertility rate when the food is scarce). Ecosystems tend to evolve up to a point where the sun’s energy is optimally tapped. Species that are too agressive tend to die out or evolve into a milder form. Agreed for the second part of the quote.
- jetrink 7y ago
  It's interesting that Agent Smith (mis)conceptualizes nature as a sort of machine like the Matrix. Nature maintains a stable equilibrium (like the Matrix is designed to) and animals plug themselves into this machine and help maintain stability using feedback loops.
yread 7y ago
Reindeer do it too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew_Island
umvi 7y ago
Elk did not develop natural equilibrium with Yellowstone after the wolves were gone... they utterly ravaged it
- rosser 7y ago
  Because the wolves were part of their equilibrium. We broke that, by removing them.

Tepix 7y ago

Space

TausAmmer 7y ago
Space Cod! 3878, 18th October - space Cod is brought to extinction by over- Cod from they natural spaciness.

chr1 7y ago

The first matrix was a good movie but this quote is not a good one. All the mammals (and other animals) multiply as much as they can, only not having enough to eat, or another species eating them can stop that. In most cases populations fluctuate around some equilibrium, but that's caused by dying off in other cases, not by some instinctive virtue. Humans multiply because they can increase the amount of available resource with technology, not by moving to new area.

pygy_ 7y ago
Actually, humans and animals have built-in brakes (predefined adult size modulated epigenetically, à lower fertility rate when the food is scarce). Ecosystems tend to evolve up to a point where the sun’s energy is optimally tapped. Species that are too agressive tend to die out or evolve into a milder form. Agreed for the second part of the quote.
jetrink 7y ago
It's interesting that Agent Smith (mis)conceptualizes nature as a sort of machine like the Matrix. Nature maintains a stable equilibrium (like the Matrix is designed to) and animals plug themselves into this machine and help maintain stability using feedback loops.

yread 7y ago

Reindeer do it too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew_Island

umvi 7y ago

Elk did not develop natural equilibrium with Yellowstone after the wolves were gone... they utterly ravaged it

rosser 7y ago
Because the wolves were part of their equilibrium. We broke that, by removing them.