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Originally posted by bdjuf
the people inside the "fake world" of The Matrix
were they not consious?
were they not consious of the objects they were seing and hearing and feeling?
human senses and perseption are programmed to decieve 
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Ok, that is a good start for an argument. How about this though: through their perception within the "matrix" they did exist. Their perception however was falsely created while the are idle in pods. They were not of sound mind. There still was an outside influence that was manipulating their natural function of perception.