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on 29/03/2015, 16:47:24 UTC
Quote from: Jestah on March 29, 2015, 03:59:06 PM
Quote from: Otoh on March 29, 2015, 03:04:23 AM

And while we are also looking beyond Plato's cave, trolls especially may enjoy this allegory Wink

That's interesting, I wonder if this is what the Matrix trilogy is based on.


Not sure if the Wachovsky brothers themselves said so, but the connection has been made by many people, e.g. here:

http://vectors.umwblogs.org/2012/02/16/the-matrix-a-complex-modern-adaptation-of-platos-allegory-of-the-cave/

Also note that it wasn't the first movie to come up with the "our reality is a simulation" idea either, to my knowledge, this one was:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070904/