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by affgrff3 723 days ago
I came up with this explanation to make me enjoy the movie more: The world outside the matrix is not the real world, but just another layer by the machines for obfuscation. In the real real world humans are actually used as processing units but since it is easier for the humans to accept and not ask further questions, the intermediate level with humans as batteries is introduced by the machines.