neo v. architect

["tobias c. van Veen" <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

alright. here it is -- transcript time. don't read, it's a spoiler if you
haven't seen Reloaded. tV

Subject: Transcript, Neo & Architect ...

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Architect: Hello Neo

Neo: Who are you?

Architect: I am the Architect. I created the Matrix. I have been waiting
for you. You have many questions and although the process has altered your
consciousness you remain irrevocably human, ergo some of my answers you
will understand and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your
first question maybe the most pertinent you may or may not realize it is
also the most irrelevant.

NOTE 0: See NOTE 8 BELOW.

Neo: Why am I here?

Architect: Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation
inherent in the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an
anomaly which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate
from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it
remains a burden deciduously avoided it is not unexpected and thus not
beyond a measure of control. Which has led you inexcerably here.

Neo: You haven=92t answered my question.

Architect: Quite right. Interesting, that was quicker then the others.

Neo: Others? (What others? How many? Answer me)

Architect: The Matrix is older then you know. I prefer counting from the
emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next. In which
case this is the sixth version.

Neo: Then there are only two possible explanations, either no one told me,
or no one knows.

Architect: Precisely, as you are undoubtedly gathering the anomaly is
systemic. Creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.

NOTE 1: The Matrix is very old, perhaps as old as 600 years or more,
depending on how long it takes between one anomaly to rebuild Zion and die
and another anomaly to arise and be found and Zion to be destroyed.

Neo: Choice, the problem is choice.

Architect: The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect; it was
a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental
failure. The inevitability of its doom is apparent to me now as a
consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being. Thus, I
redesigned it, Based on your history to more accurately reflect the
varying grotesqueries of your nature. However I was again frustrated my
failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because
it required a lesser mind a mind less bound by the parameters of
perfection. Thus the answer was stumbled upon by another, and intuitive
program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human
psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be its
mother.

Neo: The Oracle

NOTE 2: Based upon the Architect=92s response (SEE BELOW), the Oracle may
not be the =93Mother=94 of the Matrix. Perhaps it is Persephone. Monica
Belucci states in an interview that her character is like an emotional
vampire. She=92s not human but she likes to consume human emotional
experiences. This is evidenced in the movie when she asks to kiss Neo. And
someone online stated that her character is supposed to have a larger role
in the next film. This might jive with the Architect=92s description of the
=93Mother=94 as =93initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human
psyche.=94 However, it seems from the Architect=92s tone that what he might
have objected to was not the suggestion that the Oracle is the =93Mother=94 he
is speaking of, but rather his objection is to Neo=92s human na=EFve and
mystical beholding of her as an =93Oracle.=94 In this case, the Architect was
just objecting to the title =93Oracle.=94 This scenario would also seem to
jive for 2 reasons. First, her function as the Oracle is one of
=93intuition=94 about humankind and their choices, and the Architect refers to
the =93Mother=94 as an intuitive program. Second, the Oracle used much of the
same language as the Architect including the idea that Neo=92s choices had
already been made.

Architect: Please, as I was saying she stumbled upon a solution whereby
nearly 99 percent of all test subjects accepted the program as long as
they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at an
unconscious level. While this answered function it was obviously
fundamentally flawed thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic
anomaly. That if left unchecked might threaten the system itself, ergo
those that refuse the program while the minority if unchecked would cause
an escalating probability of disaster.

NOTE 3: The anomaly in the system is created by giving those in the system
choice, even very minor choice. Those that refused the system even when
given a choice will cause disaster if they are not contained or =93kept in
check=94 by the machines. Notice also that the Architect says "those that
refuse the program." This is based upon his previous assertion that,
"nearly 99 percent of all test subjects accepted the program as long as
they were given a choice." This seems to indicate that according to the
Architect, the 1% who don't accept the program, reject the program EVEN
when they are given a choice. Are we to believe that this 1% don't accept
one program even when given a choice but then turn around and accept
another programmed reality with no problem? The problem with this group
seems to be that they reject programmed reality EVEN when it includes a
choice. This seems to indicate quite clearly that the Zion world cannot be
another Matrix, for if it were this 1% would not accept it. To suggest
that they reject one programmed reality while accepting a second seems to
contradict the dialog.

Neo: This is about Zion

Architect: You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every
living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.

Neo: Bull****

Architect: Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But,
rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it. And we
have become exceedingly efficient at it. The function of the One is now to
return to the source allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you
carry reinserting the prime program after which you will be required to
select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female 7 male, to rebuild Zion.
Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system
crash killing everyone connected to the matrix. Which, coupled with the
extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the
entire human race.

NOTE 4: The Architect speaks of Zion as if it is outside the Matrix.

NOTE 5: The function of the One is to take the code he has gathered from
his life experience and return it to the source in order to improve the
next version of the Matrix. It is possible that part of this code that is
unique to the life experiences of Neo as the sixth =93One=94 has been gathered
from his interaction with Agent Smith. Furthermore, in the same way that
this interaction has allowed Agent Smith to override humans in the Real
World, in his first interaction with Squidy Sentinels since BEFORE he had
this interaction at the end of Part 1, Neo is able to override the Squidy
Sentinels. =93Something=92s different. I can feel them this time=94 may refer to
the difference between this encounter with the Squidy Sentinels AFTER his
interaction with Agent Smith and his previous encounter with them BEFORE
his interaction with Agent Smith.

NOTE 6: The One will also then select 23 individuals who live inside the
Matrix to free and insert as the founders of Zion. This is why in Part 1
Morpheus told Neo that the =93man born inside who could change the Matrix=94
=93freed the first of them.=94 This repetition wherein the previous =93One=94 from
the previous matrix loop frees 23 people from the Matrix explains why
there is the prophecy that the =93One=94 will return.

NOTE 7: The Architect speaks clearly of the extermination of Zion=92s
residents as separate from the cataclysmic system crash of the Matrix that
will occur if Neo stays in the Matrix and refuses to select the 23 to
build the next Zion. Zion=92s destruction is, therefore, not related to the
system crash of the Matrix, implying both that Zion is outside the Matrix
and that the machines, not Neo, will destroy Zion.

Neo: You won=92t let it happen, you can=92t. You need human beings to survive.

Architect: There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However
the relevant issue is whether you are ready to accept the responsibility
for the death of every human being in this world. It is interesting
reading your reactions. Your 5 predecessors were by design based on a
similar predication a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a
profound attachment to the rest of your species facilitating the function
of the One. While the others experienced this in a very general way your
experience is far more specific, Vis a vie love.

NOTE 8: The phrase =93to the rest of your species=94 indicates clearly that
Neo is human since his upbringing was intended to instill in him a
=93profound attachment=94 that compelled him at the end to go through the door
that will preserve the species both in the Matrix and in the 23 recruits
who rebuild Zion. Neo=92s humanity is also established securely by the early
statement of the Architect in his second line to Neo where he states, =93you
remain irrevocably human.=94

Neo: Trinity

Architect: Apropo, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of
her own.

NOTE 9: By stating that Trinity =93entered the Matrix,=94 the Architect
clearly places =93where she was before=94 in the so-called real world on board
the Nebuchadnezzar as outside the Matrix.

Neo: No

Architect: Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the
fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed and the anomaly revealed as both
beginning and end. There are two doors, the door to your right leads to
the source and the salvation of Zion, the door to your left leads back to
the matrix to her and to the end of your species. As you adequately put,
the problem is choice. But we already know we you are going to do don=92t
we? Already I can see the chain reaction the chemical precursors that
signal the onset of an emotion designed specifically to overwhelm logic
and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple and
obvious truth, she is going to die and there is nothing you can do to stop
it. Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion simultaneously the
source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness.

NOTE 10: This reference to =93design=94 (as well as ABOVE) does not imply that
Neo is a program. The Architect is talking about the element of human
nature by which love overrides logic and reason. The =93design=94 spoken of
here is a function of natural processes that cause humans to fall in love
and desire to preserve their species.

NOTE 11: The phrase =93back to the matrix=94 indicates that the system crash
is caused by Neo=92s continued tampering with those who live in the Matrix,
causing more and more of them to reject the programming and so, =93whole
crops will be lost,=94 most likely as the machines are given no alternative
use for them and, therefore, kill them. This phrase =93back to the matrix=94
also indicates that Zion is not a part of the Matrix given that Zion is
mentioned distinctly as a part of the alternate choice whereby Neo does
not =93go back to the Matrix.=94 This demonstrates that going back to the
Matrix does not include going back to Zion and so Zion is not a part of
the Matrix. Zion is real.

Neo: If I were you, I would hope that we don=92t meet again.

Architect: We won=92t.

NOTE 12: There is a balance between Neo=92s hope and the certain compromise
offered by the Architect. If Neo exits through the door his predecessors
chose, then he guarantees humankind=92s survival, albeit under the Machine=92s
continued control. If Neo exits through the other door, then He might be
able to possibly save Zion, save Trinity, and free the rest of mankind
from the Matrix and the Machines (despite the Architects discouraging
words to the contrary.) This is Neo=92s =93hope=94 and his ultimate declaration
of freewill, that humans are not bound to endless cycles of prediction and
obligatory responses to programmed stimuli. The information exchange that
has taken place between Neo and Agent Smith and has been played up by
Smith=92s dialog and obsession with Neo in Reloaded may give Neo the
unanticipated upper hand, giving him the power to control machines in the
real world in much the same way that Agent Smith is able to override human
beings in the real world. This may also be why Neo is able to shut down
the Squidy Sentinels at the end of the film, as described above.

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