@loveitfilm: Astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson says The Matrix is his favourite sci-fi film, but that does not mean the science holds up. Speaking on Diary of a CEO, Tyson explains why the film’s central idea makes no physical sense. The machines harvest humans for energy, yet still have to feed them, which immediately breaks basic thermodynamics. Every energy transfer loses efficiency, so using humans as a middle step would be pointless. If the machines were truly intelligent, they would skip humans entirely. He admits the idea works for storytelling and gives the film a pass, because without that flaw, there is no movie. #thematrix #sciencefiction #physics #neildegrassetyson #film
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Curtis Dover :
This dude doesn’t enjoy anything lol
2026-01-28 00:08:12
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aleks :
I also thought the battery thing was strange, I was like wait a minute how does that make any sense at all
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But then I pivoted to thinking it's a special kind of energy, or maybe dream energy from the worlds and that's why they are important
2026-01-28 08:29:43
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Houdini :
Genius scientist who’s smarter than everyone else doesn’t understand suspension of disbelief
2026-01-28 14:18:11
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MarekMoowi :
There is simple explanation, Zion and "the real world" is still in the Matrix. That's why Neo has powers to electricute mantis army and can see whitout eyes. Matrix in the matrix movie has multiple layers.
2026-01-28 08:02:49
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Ice Age Ape :
The humans were not ment to be batteries in the original script. They were microprocessors. But the producers thought people wouldn’t understand this, so they became batteries instead😄🤦♂️
2026-01-27 22:30:05
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Soji :
Lol this dude just made an argument for veganism. We feed our food too instead of just purely eating plants directly. Machines might not be able to or like to process the nutrient gloop they feed to the humans, and prefer bioelectricity instead. It's that simple 🤣
2026-01-28 03:58:19
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Ryan :
The “food” they feed the humans is made of dead humans. Morpheus said it in the first movie: “I watched them liquify the dead so they could be fed intravenously to the living.”
2026-01-28 05:35:52
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m4hfuz :
Have a day off man
2026-01-27 22:18:15
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indor83 :
the plan was they are processing power not power generators...
2026-01-28 07:49:29
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Cicko :
The original idea was that humans are harvested for their processing power (because our brains can do a lot of work with very little energy) but the producers with their focus groups figured that that was too complicated for the average viewer to comprehend and went with this nonsense instead.
2026-01-27 22:32:16
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Crunchy Soup :
It’s A.I. slop that managed to enslave nearly all humans for an inefficient power source. It’s accurate considering the A.I. garbage we constantly have shoved into our algorithms.
2026-01-28 01:05:48
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Benjamin Kedwards995 :
Because in the original script, they were networking every human brain for the processing power of the matrix. Studio thought that was too ridiculous, so they compromised with that BS
2026-01-28 05:07:51
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jturtle79 :
You can’t turn organic material into bacon without processing it through a pig.
2026-01-28 14:54:48
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Ian R L :
This explanation is wrong. A human body produces more energy than the sustenance it intakes over a long period of time.
2026-01-28 14:05:53
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David :
I mean you use what's available. seems to make sense that after depleting the planet that using people as a renewable source is more efficient than using the bare minimum of what keeps them alive. in the real world we could live off of brinks of *wtf is this?" and water
2026-01-28 10:58:58
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RobbieG205 :
The first Matrix film is fantastic and for me is a simile to living in our society. Being used for our ability to work and told what they want us to hear
2026-01-28 08:43:04
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user9985516944961 :
by this theory.... I should just put coal in my TV?? For a clever man... this is a stupid take
2026-01-28 08:32:55
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cnut :
there's a theory that the machines are programmed to keep humans alive. this is their way of doing that "subconsciously"
2026-01-28 07:52:58
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Ivebeenalotofthingsbut :
also they don’t feed “food” , they liquify the dead organic and feed that to them. maybe machines can’t use the organic feed as efficiently as humans or maybe many mavhines enjoy having a purpose in the matrix which needs an interconnected human brain.
2026-01-28 07:36:13
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Nobody :
The computer knows it’s killing “god” so it goes thru a process to kill him but as said in the movies they have tried numerous times. Only to encounter the “one” whom they can’t conquer.
2026-01-28 06:29:11
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ToryRoxx 📚 :
bruh , just watch it and enjoy 😑😑😑
2026-01-28 04:55:25
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Simon Dunn460 :
I mean it does say something about a type of cold fusion.....which is also bad science 🤔🤔🤔
2026-01-28 01:09:10
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