objection is not the simulation. We just can't buy the explanation of why the computer system bothers to maintain not only the simulation but humanity. Supposedly, the computer system needs people as a power source.
As all Matrix cognoscenti know, the machines use humans to extract otherwise unavailable entropy, randomness which is fed into fusion generators, that would otherwise get stuck because of the well known "quantum boredom" effect. It's superficially similar to mass media principles, and there is at least one PhD thesis that claims that machines use humans for entertainment. Of course, one cannot expect comprenhension of the above by those still stuck into geodesic mud. ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com