Thoughts about the Matrix - Blog 2

When I have first seen the film The Matrix years ago, I thought I just saw a regular science-fiction action movie. Watching it again in class made me realize there is more to it then crazy fighting scenes. It made me realize that there is philosophy and religion behind it. Just like Jesus Christ. Neo dies and comes back to life. As Judas from the twelve disciples betrays Jesus, Cypher does the same to Neo. Trinity is compared to the Holy Spirit and Morpheus is compared to “god” of the matrix. The philosophy behind the film is were Neo is compared to Socrates and the film is compared to the Allegory of the Cave. Are we living in the Matrix is what really runs through my mind. No one will ever have knowledge of themselves being in the Matrix. As written in Peter Unger’s 1975 book Ignorance, he believes that an evil scientist is using a computer to create electrical impulses that are sent to our central nervous system. Then using these impulses to stimulate our brain. He then tells us that the scientist tricks us into thinking that there are objects like books and chairs when there is not. However, do we really know if there is an evil scientist? Do we really know if books or chairs are there or not? Like these ideas, we would never know if we are living in the Matrix or not. Just the idea of an evil scientist deceiving you of what you are thinking and doing is mind bottling.