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According to Reddit…so, grain of salt…that is an urban legend, related to a Neil Gaiman short story that appeared on the Matrix promo website. https://www.redd

by perardi 7mo ago

According to Reddit…so, grain of salt…that is an urban legend, related to a Neil Gaiman short story that appeared on the Matrix promo website. https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1amree7/theres_a_widespread_urban_myth_that_in_early/#:~:text=Before%20the%20Matrix%20released%20in,“Goliath”%20by%20Neil%20Gaiman. https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1amree7/theres_a_wi...

bee_rider 7mo ago
I think we the urban legend really sticks around because the compute explanation just makes much more sense and we all want this beloved movies not to have a sill (albeit inconsequential) plot hole.
- perardi 7mo ago
  Oh, totally, it’s my head canon as well.
  - bee_rider 7mo ago
    Mine is either that, or, the idea I mentioned in this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185076 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185076 Machines trying to be benevolent, but overly controlling.
    - jbaber 7mo ago
      That's very good.
dcx 7mo ago
It exists and is a great read – https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Goliath https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Goliath Check the archive.org link at the bottom!