I suppose it is theoretically possible to keep someone animated and able to communicate by provide their severed head with nutrients and oxygen... but it would be a form of prison, or Hell on earth for them. Why do you ask?
Humans are more than just a battery -- for energy.
Originally, the Matrix compared humans to microchips, and the producers told the Wachowskis to change it to a battery because they thought people wouldn't understand.
Okay, what if we are processor chips?
How important, then, would a single human brain be to the Matrix?
Going one better, look into the various discussions about, "are we living in a simulation?" We couldn't tell, because any sufficiently complex simulation would include things like doubt, self reliance, and any and all sensory input we think we receive.
I suppose it is theoretically possible to keep someone animated and able to communicate by provide their severed head with nutrients and oxygen... but it would be a form of prison, or Hell on earth for them. Why do you ask?
You see, that's the part I gotta be careful about.
Watch the Matrix, specifically Agent Smith's monologue to Morpheus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrBdYmStZJ4
Humans are more than just a battery -- for energy.
Originally, the Matrix compared humans to microchips, and the producers told the Wachowskis to change it to a battery because they thought people wouldn't understand.
Okay, what if we are processor chips?
How important, then, would a single human brain be to the Matrix?
Going one better, look into the various discussions about, "are we living in a simulation?" We couldn't tell, because any sufficiently complex simulation would include things like doubt, self reliance, and any and all sensory input we think we receive.
Well, let me flip it upside down on you.
The Cabal doesn't view us as Humans, right?
What if WE are the machines, and they are the ones revolting against us?
That We The People are the Matrix, and they are trying to escape from the Collective Conscience.
To do that, would you have to reprogram as many "nodes" as possible, to have them think like you?
If humans are microchips, then what does it mean to reprogram a microchip to work against the Machine?
Oh boy, another rabbit hole to go down. Think I'll stop right here and go back to the GAW main page.