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Uploaded by on Jan 5, 2009

Philosophical aspects of the film The Matrix are discussed in a brief presentation that focuses upon the ideas of René Descartes, with just a bit of Buddhism toward the end.

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  • " The world Neo thought he'd lived in, our world, is just an illusion produced for us by computers that bypass our eyeballs and other senses and feed an illusion directly into our brains. The computers play the role of Descartes' demon." (ends at 4:38)

    --Sorry, I had a bad mike setup, and then I tried to process away the noise, leaving muddy sound. But it does sound a little computer-like itself...

    I make video, therefore I remain.

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  • I think the Buddhist story came from Taoism, from zhuangzi, instead of Buddhism, but great educational video anyway

  • at 4:38,  what is this word: The computers play the role of Descartes [blank].....

  • You thought, therefore, you woz.

  • excelent video

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