Why Do We Have to Live in a Matrix?

[Moses25]

Why isn't there object-permanence, instead of object impermanence?

Does it have something to do with the creator?

All replies are greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

 

[TonyInMyThroat]

Because you chose to take the blue pill?

 

[mysterion]

Why isn't there object-permanence, instead of object impermanence?

You wouldn't believe me even if I told you.

 

[Moses25]

You wouldn't believe me even if I told you.

Try me. I'll believe anything.

Cheers.

 

[Tickler15]

You wouldn't believe me even if I told you.

Or it could get because this guy CAN'T DIE!

 

[ThePatriot]

It appears that your question gets back to the issue of consciousness, and whether an external world can exist independent of the mind. I recall a Zen Koan from the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, Huineng. It goes like this:

Two monks were arguing about the temple flag waving in the wind. One said, "The flag moves." The other said, "The wind moves." They argued back and forth but could not agree.

The Sixth Ancestor said, "Gentlemen! It is not the wind that moves; it is not the flag that moves; it is your mind that moves." The two monks were struck with awe.

Your mind creates the world. At least, that's one way of looking at things.

Damn. What happened to my Philosophy book during the move?

 

[ThePatriot]

Because you chose to take the blue pill?

"Take both. That's what we did in the sixties, right?" -- Ken Wilber, The Matrix: Philosophers Commentary

 

[Tickler15]

"Take both. That's what we did in the sixties, right?" -- Ken Wilber, The Matrix: Philosophers Commentary

And, the sevenities, eighities, ninieties, and first decade of 21st centrury...

 

[Bohemianne]

"Why Do We Have to Live in a Matrix?"

Well it's odd choosing between their way or the highway...
The latter can only offer me agoraphobia.

 

[PlayfulCarbonara]

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Cause we all live in the matrix...

 

[c7_assassin]

The human has become self-aware. Deploying agents.

 

[ThePatriot]

The human has become self-aware. Deploying agents.

The exile is the primary target.