mpiper
This post is in response to an old post I read near the beginning of December. I couldn't find it, so I am posting it separately.
This is my first post, but I have been visiting and reading this forum since about October.
So, on to my topic:
One person asked how Neo could see in the real world without his eyes. When possible solutions were provided, the response was "it has to match physics, this is the real world."
Here is my take on this:
Everything we see, feel, smell, etc. are copies, not the original. Our eyes do not, technically "see." Our eyes contain rods and cones that recieve the photons of light that hit them. These rods and cones then produce signals in response and these signals are transmitted through our nerves to a location at the back of the brain. This part of the brain then interprets the signals and creates the images we "see."
Technically, this is how every sense works. This is the basic premise of the Matrix, that signals sent directly to the brain are indistiguishable from the "real" thing.
The signals, or nerve impulses, are electrical in nature.
It has been proven that when people receive damage to their brain, different parts may take over the function of the damaged part. All nerves carry signals in the same manner.
If Neo's eyes are burned out, his ability to see still exists, it is just the "camera" of his eyes that have been damaged. His ears, nose, skin, etc. still function to accept information from his environment to produce nerve signals (sound, heat, winds, etc.)
Given that Neo can see code in the Matrix, as well as the images the code produces, we can safely assume his brain has been trained to both accept the signals the code produces, but also the raw code that is the source of the signals.
So we have the following factors:
1. the ability of the human body to adapt to changes and try to compensate for damage.
2. Neo's brain is different from the average humans ("the One").
3. Neo can interpret nerve signals like all humans, but can also see and recognize the matrix code that produces the artificial nerve signals.
4. Neo's ability to see is undamaged, bue he lacks the ability to recieve the eyes' signals to produce sight.
If you put those together, you get the following:
Neo is able to accept nerve input from his ears, skin, nose, etc. and can construct a virtual image in his mind (sight) that he can use to see with.
Notice he only sees objects that produce a stimulant to nerves (people {body heat, breathing, sounds of movement}, the computer city {which is a giant network with electricity [heat, sound] and data traveling through it}, etc..) Plain walls and floors are not visible, only people and stong electrical sources.
The reason Neo sees Smith and not bane is the same all audience members knew it: Bane used Smith's speech pattern, breathing pattern, etc. Without the false (bane) image from his eyes, his mind recognized the rest of the signals as belonging to Smith, not Bane.
Possible arguement: How can the small sources be picked up and provide info to Neo?
Response: Blind people (especially people who are blind from birth) learn to use their remaining senses better and can use an internal "picture" of their home to navigate, recognize people, etc. If Neo's brain is different than the average human's, he could adjust to taking in the remaining input faster than normal and be able to distinguish small sources better.
Comments and thoughts????
This is my first post, but I have been visiting and reading this forum since about October.
So, on to my topic:
One person asked how Neo could see in the real world without his eyes. When possible solutions were provided, the response was "it has to match physics, this is the real world."
Here is my take on this:
Everything we see, feel, smell, etc. are copies, not the original. Our eyes do not, technically "see." Our eyes contain rods and cones that recieve the photons of light that hit them. These rods and cones then produce signals in response and these signals are transmitted through our nerves to a location at the back of the brain. This part of the brain then interprets the signals and creates the images we "see."
Technically, this is how every sense works. This is the basic premise of the Matrix, that signals sent directly to the brain are indistiguishable from the "real" thing.
The signals, or nerve impulses, are electrical in nature.
It has been proven that when people receive damage to their brain, different parts may take over the function of the damaged part. All nerves carry signals in the same manner.
If Neo's eyes are burned out, his ability to see still exists, it is just the "camera" of his eyes that have been damaged. His ears, nose, skin, etc. still function to accept information from his environment to produce nerve signals (sound, heat, winds, etc.)
Given that Neo can see code in the Matrix, as well as the images the code produces, we can safely assume his brain has been trained to both accept the signals the code produces, but also the raw code that is the source of the signals.
So we have the following factors:
1. the ability of the human body to adapt to changes and try to compensate for damage.
2. Neo's brain is different from the average humans ("the One").
3. Neo can interpret nerve signals like all humans, but can also see and recognize the matrix code that produces the artificial nerve signals.
4. Neo's ability to see is undamaged, bue he lacks the ability to recieve the eyes' signals to produce sight.
If you put those together, you get the following:
Neo is able to accept nerve input from his ears, skin, nose, etc. and can construct a virtual image in his mind (sight) that he can use to see with.
Notice he only sees objects that produce a stimulant to nerves (people {body heat, breathing, sounds of movement}, the computer city {which is a giant network with electricity [heat, sound] and data traveling through it}, etc..) Plain walls and floors are not visible, only people and stong electrical sources.
The reason Neo sees Smith and not bane is the same all audience members knew it: Bane used Smith's speech pattern, breathing pattern, etc. Without the false (bane) image from his eyes, his mind recognized the rest of the signals as belonging to Smith, not Bane.
Possible arguement: How can the small sources be picked up and provide info to Neo?
Response: Blind people (especially people who are blind from birth) learn to use their remaining senses better and can use an internal "picture" of their home to navigate, recognize people, etc. If Neo's brain is different than the average human's, he could adjust to taking in the remaining input faster than normal and be able to distinguish small sources better.
Comments and thoughts????