If the matrix will give you all that you want and could ever want, without ever being aware that it is fabricated, would you chose the red pill? — TheMadMan
We may already be in that situation and we may never know. — Andrew4Handel
In the matrix scenario if you left the matrix what would the alternative be? It could be better it could be worse or a completely mindf*ck. — Andrew4Handel
The current real world — TheMadMan
What is the point? If I don't know there is a choice, how do I define "rational option"? — Vera Mont
If you like. It seems arbitrary. — Vera Mont
On what grounds are we deciding what is rational? Maybe only choosing the truth is rational. — Andrew4Handel
. To arrive at what you are alluding to: Is seeking truth rational or irrational, or maybe something beyond both? — TheMadMan
If someone says "I hate getting wet" but goes out in the rain without an umbrella that could be considered irrational. — Andrew4Handel
If the matrix will give you all that you want and could ever want, without ever being aware that it is fabricated, would you chose the red pill?
All you are striving for in life is achieved in the matrix in the appropriate way and you'll die thinking that it was all real.
Would you still chose to escape it? — TheMadMan
The plot of the first movie does not suggest that life in the matrix 'gives you everything you want and ever could want. — universeness
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