Gregory Benford Quotes


The Matrix itself is not some external evil, but rather an outcome of our own error, our karmic payoff of past actions. Not merely illusion, it is an allusion to a founding myth of our culture.


Citations

Benford, Gregory. "The Matrix: Paradigm of Post-Modernism or Intellectual Poseur?" Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix, edited by Glenn Yeffeth, BenBella Books, 2003, p. 55.

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Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford
  • Born: January 30, 1941
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Physicist, Writer

Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.