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.
Topics
Causes & Effects, Cause and Effect
Human Error
Illusion
Karma
Collective Consciousness
Matrix
Collective Error
Collective Responsibility
Cultural Mythology
Past Actions
Reality Distortion
Reality vs. Illusion
Spiritual Awakening
Spiritual Consequences
Universal Truth
Cultural Myth
Cultural Allusion
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 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.