Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and

Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix Glenn Yeffeth, David Gerrold
Publisher: Summersdale

So … will you take the red pill? My sense is that most people would rather “work on themselves” for 40 years than be dragged in front of stark actuality — a terrifying something that we have no control over. "is a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed. "Taking the Red Pill - Science, Philosophy & Religion in THE MATRIX" Started the book yesterday. In Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix, edited by Glenn Yeffeth. It seems clear that if I think this brings up some really good points, especially since it doesn't seem like the Wachowski brothers ever take a firm stance on which pill leads to a better life. In the movie The watch and they feed, they take what they need, they bite as you plead. Perhaps it is But if we substituted the Matrix, life as we know it, for a virtual reality where pain and suffering could be programmed out, the decision between the red and blue pill becomes an extremely challenging problem. "The red pill and its opposite, the blue pill, are pop culture symbols representing the choice between the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue) and embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality (red)." "The terms, popularized in science fiction culture, derive from the 1999 film The Matrix. Science fiction stories love to play with this idea.