"Smith was the result of the Equation trying to balance itself out"
Balancing itself out because of Neo...Which the Oricle infleuenced by telling:
1. Morpheus that he would find the one, thereby dedicating his life to finding Neo.
2. Telling Neo that he would have to make the choice between himself dieing or Morpheus dieing. Therefore making him realize that he was the one because of the whole death thing...
Originally posted by Numo
Actually she said that Smith was the result of the Equation trying to balance itself out. So actually it is more likely that Smith was created by the Architect to balance the equation, that's his purpose.
"You bastard!" (This means someone without a father)
"You would know mom" (Implies he has a mother)
Is the Architect female? If so....ugly ***** or what!!!! ✅
Yes, the RSI is created by the person.
But what IS a Residual Self Image? A mental projection of a digital self. Now, I'm not saying that this is something no one has ever heard, but I don't think the RSI is what we're making it out to be.
This is merely self-image, NOT all the code behind it. Neo and the One and the Agents aren't the only ones with code assigned to them, are they? I mean, the system needs to keep track of everyone, right?
The way I see it, there is a huge number of accounts and every individual is matched with their account by certain neural characteristics or something, which are interpreted by the machines as some kind of code. This code tells the system that whether they are just another human being who is supposed to live out their life or whether they subconciously refused to check the little box that says "Yes, I have read the terms of use and agree to become a slave". That is where the issue of choice comes in.
Originally posted by sum1butno1
Yes, the RSI is created by the person.
But what IS a Residual Self Image? A mental projection of a digital self. Now, I'm not saying that this is something no one has ever heard, but I don't think the RSI is what we're making it out to be.
This is merely self-image, NOT all the code behind it. Neo and the One and the Agents aren't the only ones with code assigned to them, are they? I mean, the system needs to keep track of everyone, right?
The way I see it, there is a huge number of accounts and every individual is matched with their account by certain neural characteristics or something, which are interpreted by the machines as some kind of code. This code tells the system that whether they are just another human being who is supposed to live out their life or whether they subconciously refused to check the little box that says "Yes, I have read the terms of use and agree to become a slave". That is where the issue of choice comes in.
i totally disagree with this...if this were the case, then the agents should be able to tell when and where rebels 'sign on'...they would slaughter them as they stepped out the door...no, the RSI is contained in the mind, and it is uploaded everytime...its like a webpage...you don't just keep a cache of a webpage, you reload it... whether the page has changed or not.
Originally posted by JediHDM
i totally disagree with this...if this were the case, then the agents should be able to tell when and where rebels 'sign on'...they would slaughter them as they stepped out the door...no, the RSI is contained in the mind, and it is uploaded everytime...its like a webpage...you don't just keep a cache of a webpage, you reload it... whether the page has changed or not.
Yeah, I kinda do too... but still, isn't it fun to see how many messed up ways you can try to analyze and explain this stuff? I love it.
Anyways, the real question is, "Was Neo designed to be the One by the machines?". I don't think he was. I think he chose to reject the authority of the matrix because he realized it only had as much power over him as he gave it, and that it was this perception that actually made him the one. But if that's the case, what is the anomaly code? Is it just a certain behavioural pattern or sequence of neural activity?
Think of it this way:
There is a bathtub...In that bathtub there is an overflow drain. The overflow drain leads to a bucket. Water is doubt. When the water reaches a certain height, it overflows into the bucket. After so long, the bucket is full of water. This bucket of water is the anomaly. Once the anomoly is emptied, so is the bathtub. The water starts to run once again.
For this reason, yes, I think that the anomoly was created by the machines. It's a way to balance everything out...
I don't like the idea that the machines designed Neo to be The One from birth (or whatever you call growth in a pod). However, there is one "fact" that strongly supports this idea -- this is Neo's ability to communicate with machines in the REAL world, via wireless connection (seen in all sorts of places including his ability to stop the sentinels). I don't know how this would happen except by the machines intentionally putting some kind of wireless broadcaster in his brain.
Or, is there is similar broadcaster in EVERYONE's "pod-person's" brain??? Perhaps Neo is the only one who figured out (accidently) how to use it?
I'm sorry, but I'm still confused about this -- how does Neo communicate with the Source in the real world if not by some extra machinery put into his physical body? If we can agree that there IS extra hardware in his head (and I think that people have said there is), how did this machinery get there, except by the machines deciding that he was The One when he was a growing in the pod?
Alternatively, all pod people have the hardware, but only a select few (the Ones?) figure out how to use it???
Thank you to anyone who can clarify this!