• itsnotits@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    In The Matrix, humans were used as batteries. The energy requirements needed by a body to sustain itself outweigh feeding it to extract energy. It would’ve been more efficient to burn the food directly instead of feeding it to people.

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      Originally it was humans being used for their brains as processing units, but they thought thatd be too confusing for audiences so they went with batteries.