[Azred]

<font color = lightgreen>The Two Doors. One leads to the Source and will trigger the Reload but Trinity will die. Unfortunately, this is not a good choice, because humanity cannot be saved this way--at best, some people will escape the destruction of Zion and the whole cycle begins again. The other door leads back to the Matrix, allowing Neo to save Trinity but Zion will be attacked. Neo has no choice but to save her, because she provides the spirit Neo needs in order to continue fighting for humanity.

Like I said earlier, the machines and humans have a predator-prey situation. The machines allow Zion as a place for humans who are freed to live; when their population gets too big they engage in some "population control".

The Architects thinks of the Matrix as perfect. Kurt Godel proved, back in the 1930s, that in any axiomatic system (like a computer system) there will be true statements in that system that cannot be proven by using the axioms. In short, there are things that are true--obviously true--but cannot be proven, so you must accept them on faith (the fact that the statement is true).

In order for something to be perfect, there must be imperfections put in place. This is because Reality is not perfect, or rather that imperfect beings cannot create perfection. Even machines are not perfect, depsite claims to the contrary. Hence, the Matrix is imperfect, which is why self-check programs like the Oracle exist and why Reloads are needed every now and then. Notice that all the Merovingian's servant are technically imperfections, because they are holdovers from previous versions that the current Matrix cannot quite completely digest. As is Neo. As is Smith.
Yes, the Matrix must have imperfections, because the "perfect" Matrix had the effect that "entire crops were lost", according to Smith.

Just how far-reaching is Neo's ability to change what he chooses in the Matrix? Could he reprogram an Agent? Could he simply dissolve another being's avatar? Could he use doors like the Keymaker does without the use of keys?

I don't claim to be able to speak for the Wachowski brothers, of course. Just some observations made by combining mathematical theory, comprative religion, philosophy and, as someone mentioned here earlier, "at best Azred is speculating". In short, I'm still having fun. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] </font>