My opinion: "same narrow thought process" if pulled out of the Matrix might still be a win. Some possible disagreement about how to figure out if someone has actually mentally escaped the Matrix enough to be useful when they still exhibit Matrix-like thinking which is what I think you are describing.
I'm pretty sure you have no idea what I was saying. Carry on.
My opinion: "same narrow thought process" if pulled out of the Matrix might still be a win. Some possible disagreement about how to figure out if someone has actually mentally escaped the Matrix enough to be useful when they still exhibit Matrix-like thinking which is what I think you are describing.