Matrix - really?

Alternate me: The Matrix is a fantastic movie; tons of innovation; really speaks to you on many levels

Me: Movie sucks. Did you that after watching the movie a couple of kids jumped off rooftops expecting to escape the matrix and enter the real world?

Alternate me: How do you know they are not in the real world now?

Me: Hmm... Good point.

Is there no choice?

What is choice? Is it only an illusion? Can choice be determined by an observing entity which collectively observes all (related and seemingly unrelated) entities, determining their current state and build a model that treats all entities as a finite state machine? Given a certain set of inputs, an entity can only have one "choice". If so, how does each person become unique? Does that mean fate exists, given that everyone has a pre-determinable destination in life? Mathematically speaking, does this mean that the concept of probability does not exist? If, for instance a unbiased coins' toss is considered, the equal likelihood of heads and tails is associated because the system is improperly modeled. What is everything was taken into account? What if, to model the coin toss, things that need to be observed included coin mass, wind velocity, temperature, humidity, solar flares, tosser's finger configuration, musculature, nervous system, emotional stability, etc

Do we assign probability because we (as humans) are not aware of the variables involved in an event?

Will you regard this blog post and think about it? Do you think you have a choice?

Becoming a super villian

How hard can it be to become a super-villain? Not the cheesy kinds like in the comic books, but realistic, driven attempts to take over the world. Making grand, complex and long running plans that will yield benefit in, say, 50 years. Creating a corporation that moves the directions of various seemingly disparate objects in a specific pattern so as to generate the desired effect on world economy, land prices and fuel prices - and invest accordingly. Revenue generation will be a side-effect, power being the primary focus.

What stops us? Laziness?