this video will try to explain how cipher managed to plug himself into
the matrix seemingly with no help from an operator
this is one of the biggest topics within the matrix law because it's seen as a
plot hole
however as you're about to find out there is an explanation as to how
cipher was able to pluck himself into the matrix alone
firstly to understand how cipher was able to do this we need to go over
exactly what happens when someone plugs themself
into the matrix as this will help us understand
the helpful metaphor when dealing with the matrix universe in general
is basically to treat the matrix like a giant computer
because that's basically what it is so for example within the matrix you have
security systems like the agents you have avatars which is like the
rsis of morpheus and neo and trinity walking around
you have a virus like agent smith and you have elements that are basically
hardware
that being the head plugs and the people themselves in the real world
these real world people are basically like external hard drives
so these external hard drives ie real world humans
plug themselves into the computer and then the data
that's in their brains gets loaded into the computer
that is basically how the matrix works it treats people
like external hard drives for example when you plug a memory stick or an
external hard drive into your computer or maybe even a video game disc into a
playstation your computer or playstation will automatically open up some software
this could be that the game itself starts running on the playstation 4
or maybe your finder window will open up on an apple mac
these are automatic pieces of software that will suddenly start
when the piece of hardware is plugged in once we consider this
it becomes much easier to understand exactly how cipher
plugged himself into the matrix alone
all he's doing is moving the data from his brain
into the computer with an automatic startup program
but when and how did cypher do this let's look at the timeline of cipher's
movements throughout the entire matrix movie
first as soon as the film opens we hear a phone conversation between
cipher and trinity cipher mentions about oh you like watching him don't you
talking about neo et cetera et cetera then trinity says did you hear that
cipher says hey what trinity are you sure this line is clean
cipher yeah of course i'm sure trinity i better go we see that what
cipher is actually doing is cipher is trying to get his call
tracked by the agents deliberately that's what trinity hears when she says
is this line clean it's the sound of the line being traced by the agents
deliberately we see trinity do her opening scene which is awesome she's
running away from that agent with jumping down the stairs and almost
getting hit by that giant truck in the phone booth and stuff
basically trinity gets away but then we hear the conversation between the agents
she got out doesn't matter the informant is real
yes see the informant that agent brown is talking about here
is cipher it's the follow-up to that traced phone call
next and this is the main thing really that kind of provides evidence
neo startles cipher while cypher is typing in front of the matrix code
screens he's sitting there alone in secret
suddenly he jumps when neo walks up behind him
now why does he suddenly jump like that it's because he's trying to be secret
what he's doing right there is he's writing the automatic software that i
was talking about earlier and we can see this because he actually
stops working on whatever he's working on
now cypher knows that neo is not going to find out what he's doing because neo
can't read matrix code yet
next we see cipher meeting with agent smith
so the only thing that cipher needed to be able to do was just
lay back into the chair and literally put the head plug into his head by
himself all the software element he has already
written the code for that like i said he's writing the automatic software
when neo startles him this was proven by the wachowskis themselves when they're
talking about cipher in the scene they say cipher at the beginning of the
scene is setting up an automated system to allow him to go to meet agent smith
next in the timeline we see neo morpheus and the rest of the gang
go to visit the oracle inside the matrix cipher drops his phone into the bin and
suddenly it starts dialing the reason he's doing this is he's
allowing the agents to track their location
just like what happened before they can't leave a phone line open because
they get tracked by agents here cipher is doing it deliberately we
then see that the agents have somehow found the meeting location and of course
it's because of cipher's phone that he dropped in the bin
trinity escapes neo escapes etc but cipher is deliberately allowing himself
to be captured and taken away the agents then
manufacture a car accident we see this exploding car
happening in the background that's deliberately created by the agents
cipher then manages to get back into the real world
and he's provided an exit by link the operator
once back in the real world he uses the laser gun to try to kill everybody
and unplugs a few of them killing them then he has killed himself
so at this moment you might be saying pause okay hold on there's a few plot
holes there and yes you're right let me go into two
important counterpoints for this one justification
the first counterpoint the rebels wouldn't allow private meetings
okay so this stems from the fact that you know why would the rebels
all the people on the hovercraft allow people to check into the matrix in
private
and not watch them well think about the scene that we see in the matrix
mouse describing to neo the woman in the red dress
he's saying pay no attention to these hypocrites neo to deny our basic
impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human
basically implying that they allow each other private meetings
with the sex programs to have sex with them
so we see their evidence that they do allow each other
private meetings in the matrix or at least in the constructs
and the second counterpoint if cipher was able to build this automated
software that checks him into the matrix why doesn't everyone simply use this
auto jack in system and forget operators all together
the reason they don't do this is because an operator does so much more than
simply jacking them into the matrix the
operator will help guide them he'll call them in the middle of the
matrix and say go here go there go wherever
it's a hell of a lot safer because the operator can read the matrix code and
say there's an agent approaching the
operator can load things into the construct like when neo and trinity
gather all the guns lots of guns you know that scene
the operator can also monitor real-world threats like sentinels
so there are so many reasons why people don't just always use this
automatic software thing that cipher
used [Music]
so in conclusion we see that cipher was able to jack himself into the matrix
alone simply by writing some automatic code
that treated his brain like an external hard drive that automatically loads up
when you plug it into a computer [Music]
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