# Hey, TVAA (and everyone else):  Looking for a "computation" analysis of the Matrix

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tvaa-and-everyone-else-looking-for-a-computation-analysis-of-the-matrix/212587>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 11, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tvaa-and-everyone-else-looking-for-a-computation-analysis-of-the-matrix/212587 "2003-11-11T12:07:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tvaa-and-everyone-else-looking-for-a-computation-analysis-of-the-matrix/212587/1 "2003-11-11T12:07:25Z")

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In the [Matrix Revoloutions Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=221627) our friend **TVAA** suggests (or seems to suggest) that folks who know stuff about computation are in a position to better appreciate what’s going on in the movie.

**Quote from TVAA:**

**My guess is that the Bros. were “preaching to the choir”: if you don’t know some things about computation, you’ll be annoyed at the lack of explanation of issues brought up in Reloaded.**

I’m a guy who doesn’t know anything about computations. If anyone can give a bit of detailed analysis of the Matrix from this perspective I would appreciate any insight you might provide.

(Since there is another VERY LONG Matrix Thread, let’s keep this one specific to the whole “computations” thing.)

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**Author:** ![TVAA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TVAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVAA)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tvaa-and-everyone-else-looking-for-a-computation-analysis-of-the-matrix/212587/2 "2003-11-11T18:49:50Z")

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Someone hasn’t been using their search function…

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tvaa-and-everyone-else-looking-for-a-computation-analysis-of-the-matrix/212587/3 "2003-11-11T19:02:20Z")

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TVAA, would it really have been too painful to provide a link? The search function is gummed up enough as it is, without everyone reading this thread or interested in the OP now searching on every permutation of “TVAA”, “computation” and “matrix”.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tvaa-and-everyone-else-looking-for-a-computation-analysis-of-the-matrix/212587/4 "2003-11-11T19:22:48Z")

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TVAA, I don’t know everything there is to know about computation. But I know enough to know that there’s not a single, obvious allegory mapping the films to some aspect of computation. Why don’t you make it clear what _you_ have in mind? Because the explanations in [your thread (currently on page 4)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=222149) are coming painfully slowly.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-tvaa-and-everyone-else-looking-for-a-computation-analysis-of-the-matrix/212587/5 "2003-11-11T21:13:40Z")

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I’m curious as to what **TVAA** has in mind.