1. Compare and contrast the Matrix with the readings from Plato and Descartes. What are some similarities and differences? I recall watching the Matrix for the first time and just sitting there mouth wide open at the end. It was one of those films that you should re-watch several times as you will find out something new every time. Could this be true? Am I attached to a computer in a stasis pod being forced to believe in something that is false? Would I stay and fight for free will or would I choose to go back and forget everything real and live in make-believe?
We have almost the same scenario in our reading from Plato in his example of his cave allegory. For these people all they have ever known is what they have been able to see directly in front of them. Nothing else has ever existed so why would anyone believe anything ever would change? It would not occur to them to think that anything else would exist outside of their world. They are going on with their meager existence and not being aware of missing out of anything. Until one …show more content…
However, where is the excitement in that? Live would become dull and predictable. Nothing would change, one cannot grow unless there is change going on around us. The desire to improve ourselves would disappear. It would be like everyone was a carbon copy. This is not the life I want to lead or have my children live. I want them to live and grow as a person, family, society and planet. If we never grew intellectually we would still be in caves without heat or medicine. We have advanced tremendously since the beginning of time. We also, have to remember that God has given us free will to make our own choices and decisions. I don’t believe he gave us this option for us to live every day the sane without learning from our mistakes or trying to make things
We have almost the same scenario in our reading from Plato in his example of his cave allegory. For these people all they have ever known is what they have been able to see directly in front of them. Nothing else has ever existed so why would anyone believe anything ever would change? It would not occur to them to think that anything else would exist outside of their world. They are going on with their meager existence and not being aware of missing out of anything. Until one …show more content…
However, where is the excitement in that? Live would become dull and predictable. Nothing would change, one cannot grow unless there is change going on around us. The desire to improve ourselves would disappear. It would be like everyone was a carbon copy. This is not the life I want to lead or have my children live. I want them to live and grow as a person, family, society and planet. If we never grew intellectually we would still be in caves without heat or medicine. We have advanced tremendously since the beginning of time. We also, have to remember that God has given us free will to make our own choices and decisions. I don’t believe he gave us this option for us to live every day the sane without learning from our mistakes or trying to make things