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In The Matrix, how are babies made? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Being stuck in a pod by yourself makes it kinda difficult to get intimate with someone in the real world.

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[–] [email protected] 194 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (26 children)

The answer is in the movie. When explaining the Matrix to Neo, Morpheus says: "There are fields, endless fields, where human beings are no longer born, we are grown."

https://youtu.be/IojqOMWTgv8

Doesn't specify the exact how, but it's strongly implied that it is through either cloning or artificial gestation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why even grow them with arms and legs if they are just going to be batteries? Wouldn't it be easier to just grow cows instead?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Because shut up. /s

But really though, the entire concept of using humans as batteries is absurd. Don't think too hard about it, just enjoy the movie.

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