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so why did Baudrilard argue that the wachowskis mis-interpreted him, that what they did in the matrix was a mis-interpretation of simulacra and simulation?

Luke Connors Ethan Russell hit the nail on the head. The Matrix trilogy is to Baudrillard as The Big Lebowski is to Taoism. It's just an entertaining story to desc…moreEthan Russell hit the nail on the head. The Matrix trilogy is to Baudrillard as The Big Lebowski is to Taoism. It's just an entertaining story to describe something very complex in laymen's terms. Baudrillard doesn't even assume a place where reality exists, since the hyperreal has supplanted it. But the hyperreal itself is just "nexus of symbols" that pretend to reference the reality they falsely claim to represent. In other words, the true "reality" in the Matrix doesn't even exist to Baudrillard. Where the Matrix makes the claim that the real world and the virtual world both "exist", Baudrillard claims that the "real world" has been completely lost and the virtual (i.e. the "map") is all that remains.(less)

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