Existentialism - 
  • ABSURDITY -
  • ANXIETY - 
  • ALIENATION - 
  • EXISTENCE VS ESSENCE - 
  • “OVERMAN  PRINCIPLE” - 
  • GOD IS DEAD -
  • SUBJECTIVITY TRUMPS OBJECTIVITY 
Truman and Existentialism Questions
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A fundamental question of The Matrix is - How can we know what we are experiencing is real?
  • Philosopher​ Rene Descartes argued that the only way that one could shield themselves from deception was to discard all the beliefs that one had and create a new belief system based on rational thought. 
  • "Evil Genius" hypothesis
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"There is no spoon"
Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation
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Baudrillard argues that consumer culture has evolved from a state in which we are surrounded by representations or imitations of things that really exist, toward a state in which our lives are filled with simulations, objects that look as if they represent something else but have really created the reality they seem to refer to. In such a situation, the world of simulations increasingly takes on a life of its own, and reality itself erodes to the point that it becomes a desert. Morpheus introduces Neo to the real world by welcoming him to “the desert of the real,” a phrase taken from the first page of Simulacra and Simulation. Thus, the entire concept of the Matrix films can be interpreted as a criticism of the unreal consumer culture we live in, a culture that may be distracting us from the reality that we are being exploited by someone or something, just as the machines exploit the humans in the Matrix for bioelectricity. (
Color Palate of The Matrix
“What is real? How do you define real? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.”  Morpheus, The Matrix
DUALISM
 Implies that mind and body not only differ in meaning but refer to different kinds of entities. 
              Does the soul exists after death?
                                             What is Consciousness?
                                  Science and Consciousness