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Re:Cells Use 'Bioelectricity' to Coordinate and Make Group D... by carolosf on Sunday February 01, 2026 @07:07AM (#46845623)
I think in the original story of the Matrix humans were not batteries but meant to be used as biological GPUs for the machines to run upon. The studio felt that this idea might be too confusing in 1999. So that’s why Morpheus holds up a battery.
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Re:Cells Use 'Bioelectricity' to Coordinate and Make Group D... by runlaszlorun on Sunday February 01, 2026 @08:38AM (#46846138)
Oh wow. That's far less ridiculous a notion.
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