Agent Smith Syndrome

Matrix analogies have certainly approached critical levels of potential overuse, but when something is true, it's true. In the movie 'The Matrix' a group of individuals who have already awoken to the true nature of their reality and returned to the universal simulation the vast amount of humanity engages in, they are subject to certain dangers in that simulation. One of these dangers being, that any person who is still "plugged in" has the potential, at any moment, to turn into Agent Smith. For those unfamiliar with the movie, and for the purposes of this post, I will oversimplify Agent Smith as a defense mechanism for the simulation.

If we think back to a time when 'conspiracy theory' was a pejorative and certainly not as main-streamed as it appears to be today, often engaging in pointing out obvious flaws in an official narrative might get you some push back. In certain cases borderline vicious pushback. Two prominent examples being entertaining valid points of Flat Earth as well as logic flaws in the COVID protocols.

"Why can this P900 still see that boat?" "I have to wear a mask when I walk across this restaurant, but I can take it off when I'm sitting?" HOW DARE YOU!

That's Agent Smith. You accidentally (or on purpose) pointed out a flaw in the metaphorical coding for the illusionary simulation and there is a Stockholmian reaction to lash out at you. If you've ever seemingly blinked at a family member you've known for decades and now they're unrecognizable in their behavior, they've momentarily become Agent Smith. 

There's much more down this rabbit hole. But for now, Alice, we are only staying for coffee.

-Codd

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