... pain, taste, smell are all generated from the human's minds which are controlled by the matrix. The humans live in a lie while thinking everything is true. In the matrix, it is said that "reality is perceived through electrical impulses created by your senses". The premise of the matrix is that reality is actually just an illusion perpetuated by the artificial intelligence which rules the world and lives of human bio-electricity. In Plato's cave, the people inside have always known one way of life, and therefore not realizing they are just slaves see their life as the only reality, the only truth. Their view of reality is solely based upon this limited view of the cave. The prisoners do not realize that they are being controlled and that they are being held as captives since this existence is all they have ever known. Their reality is limited but they think ...

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