What is the concept of "a computerized model of reality (simulation)?" Is it a self-contained universe, replete with it's "laws of physics" and "logic" while bearing a resemblance to the real world. Is it a model of reality with direct and strong relationship to the world? These elements are important in the simulation world because there is no need for flight simulations in a world without airplanes. In the visually tantalizing movie, "The Matrix", the question of "What is the Matrix" lingers in the minds of the viewers throughout the entire movie.
             It is a computer which generates a self-contained (though not closed) Universe. It incorporates the hardware, data, and instructions for the manipulation of the data. Therefore it can be looked as virtual reality since it is versatile and can correlate its reality with the world outside. But its quantities can also be manipulated because in a reality world, "There is no spoon."
             The Matrix is hailed as a sophisticated, all-pervasive, computer program which generates a "world" inhabited by the consciousness of the unfortunate human batteries harvested as embryos in laboratories called "fields". Ensconced in their shells, they see themselves walking, talking, working, and making love. It computer power is mind boggling. It generates the minutest details and reams of data in a spectacularly successful effort to maintain the illusion.
             To qualify something as reality, there must be two questions answered. Do the people know of the reality and influence it? The Matrix triggers a time sensation in people the same way that the Universe triggers a time sensation in us. In this sense the Matrix is real. But it fails because people do no know that it exists or any of its attributes, nor do the affect it irreversibly. They do not change the Matrix. Though the rebels does change the Matrix, in doing so, they make it real. It i...