--- Gary Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sometimes I have far too much time to think about things on the way to
> work.
>
> For example, in the Matrix universe, what functional reason would the
> machines have for plugging humans into a simulation (besides the obvious
> of being a plot device)? Wouldn't the power generation ability of humans
> be the same if they were in a vegetative state? It seems like the
> overhead of the simulation would not be worth the effort or even
> necessary for their purpose, not to mention the positive of not having
> to deal with the pesky and unruly humans in the simulation.
>
> Gary
In addition, how does this all work? where does the energy to power the
humans come from? We get out energy from food, which inevitably get's it's
energy from Sol. So in the story, where does the energy for the food come
from?
Do you think there will be an answer to these issues? What would that answer be?
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