fundamentals

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2003)

12-20 billion years ago, some theorize that there was a big bang that started our universe. Our galaxy formed and planet earth was born 4 billion years ago. For 200 million years reptiles and fish ruled the earth for the duration before mass extinction then the first mammals appeared 65 million years ago.
"If all the events were squeezed into 24 hours, Earth wouldn't have formed until late afternoon. Modern humans that appeared 30,000 years ago would have existed for only 2 seconds..."
humans are nature's anomoly, a glitch if u will, as Neo is to the Matrix.
1) humans have a conscience
2) humans have manipulated their environment in global proportions
3) humans strive to understand *
* Throughout history, mankind have either conjured gods and stories to make sense of the world we live in. It is our nature to be drawn and compelled to them as they satisfy an innate need to know and understand. The biblical stories are what most of us can relate to. How different is Neo from the character Moses, a chosen one given divine powers to free the his people? How different is his situation from Noah when faced with the responsibility of repopulating earth after annihilation? And let's not forget the red pill "apple" Neo chose to exile himself from utopia or ignorance. What is the significance of being the 6th one? Was there light on the 'sixth' day?? Does Neo have a brother like Cain and Abel? These are just few of the evident biblical connotations... however these concepts are far from new but it's unique because it's all rolled up into 1 entity.
Anyway, (all the other philosophical dialogue aside) is it also seems to incorporate the element of time. Going back to my previous mention of the big bang, it is also theorized that the universe will one day begin to shrink again into a capsule only to start over again. Are they trying to make a parallel or explain the paradox of the 'creation' of the universe?