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Re:Evolution of tree roots may have driven mass extinctions by throwbadubadu on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @09:24AM (#35069277)
> and this was the first idea the writers had, they just decided against it because it would be too complicated for mainstream audiences

Doesn't make immediate sense to me, if using brains as computers you wouldn't want to occupy them with the Matrix simulation and the whole story falls apart, so how was the complicated plot ought to be? Use the brains with the Matrix how we are used already for solving captchas?

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Re:Evolution of tree roots may have driven mass extinctions by BitwiseFool on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @10:21AM (#35070068)
From what I recall, it was studio meddling that forced the "humans as batteries" idea.
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