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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (8 children)

the machines did it – it’s an act of mercy for their creators.

If only Animatrix had left it at that it would have fixed everything. Instead Animatrix doubled down on bad science by saying humans were an endless renewable supply of energy.

[–] Tire@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

The movie already set that as the reason so Animatrix had to follow.

[–] Cosmicomical@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Morpheus was sjown to be wrong on many points, this may be another rationalisation he made. He may have assumed or accepted that it was the reason for being kept in the simulation, without really knowing the truth.

[–] Tire@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

That’s a good point.

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