[extropy-chat] The world as a Sim ? Irrelevant, and the Matrix

[kevinfreels at hotmail.com]

Hollywood is horrible about getting anything right. Most people fear guns
because they think that any punk holding a gun sideways can kill any target
with 1 shot from 25 yards. Mission to Mars had a guy freeze-dry instantly
and crumble when he took off his helmet in space (not to mention that this
guy didn;t even have to die)
That's one of my hobbies, picking apart movies...OK maybe not a hobby, but I
enjoy doing it. Phil Plaits badastronomy.com is a terrific site for this
type of thing.



> Second topic: why I hated the first Matrix movie. I was horrified when
> they stated that one main reason for the existence and continuance of
> the matrix Borg-like prison setup was that the machines needed the
> electric energy produced by the bodies -- that they were like human
> batteries. The machines were feeding off the energy output from the
> bodies. Talk about zero understanding of chemistry and physics! No
> further explanation was given. They could have tried to justify this
> most inefficient power generation scheme. But they didn't. Millions of
> movie goers were taught that human bodies are energy producing machines,
> moreover, that human bodies are the most effective power plants that a
> super intelligent entity could enlist. I felt like puking. Any fifth
> grade Japanese student should know better, even the dumbest ones. It's
> just like so opposite from the truth man. Oh the horror! The horror!
>
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