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9999 · Boot Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 19 Location: Sweden

My guess on why Phillip Gairden has a MetaDex-account is as follows:

Phillip Gairden is a University professor on archeology.
He is the editor of PRJ and has written an article on Stonehenge.
He is obviously a big fan of Plato.

Gairden is hence an archeologist with a special interest in ancient civilizations. The only reason MetaCortex would take a professor in as an employee is because of his specific knowledge: ancient history.

Ergo (couldn't resist it...) the MetaDex-project could be a computer product that finds or explores ancient civilizations, which could connect it with Atlantis, a civilization Gairden should be familiar with.

Thoughts?

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:18 pm

Giskard

But Gairden isn't a MetaCortechs employee AFAIK, he just uses their MetaDex software...

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:29 pm

chacko

Just checking up on my history...

The so called location for Atlantis was near that crescent shaped island in the Mycenaen Sea right? Just north of Mycenae? At some point, like I think 500 BCE a volcano erupted from it that was so violent, some historians thought that it may have contributed to the fall of the Mycenaen civilization (along with invading barbarians).

But weren't ashes found as far east as India or something?

Thats a pretty important moment in history if you ask me.

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:33 pm

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9999 · Boot Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 19 Location: Sweden

Giskard: Guess you're right... My bad!

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:54 pm

Monki

Revalation?

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:46 pm

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chacko

it depends on what myth you take of Atlantis.

Some people still believe it was a city (not necessarily underwater) that was a civilization before mesopotamia, egypt, etc...
that had advanced greatly for its time. They had built flying machines, erected great monuments, etc...
But they became obssessed with changing weather patterns and tried to use some telekinetic power in the form of an earth mover, which resulted in the earth erupting and sinking them miles below sea level. Smile

But there definently is a connection between this and Zion, if anything. I mean maybe what were going to find out is that Metacortex wants the whole place operated by a first batch of AI?

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:51 pm

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FrankenPaula · Boot Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 15

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:10 pm

chacko

Sounds like a new Awnold movie plot

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:18 pm

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yanka

I'd just like to bring it up again that in the myths Atlanteans are thought to be descendants of Poseidon - somewhat divine, or not quite human themselves. It was (according to Plato, as well) only after they started messing around with humans that Atlantis sank (possibly as a result of the punishment of the pantheon).

Which keeps throwing me back to AI and the Merovingian.

Remember the Animatrix "and man created machine, and it was good"? It sounds like it's taken right out of Genesis, as well as has a pagan/gnostic connotation of something along the lines of "man's arrogance will bring about its own demise."

What if the Merovingian is behind the creation of Aquapolis in some way, so now we have a god-like Architect, and a god-like Merovingian - a clash of religious pluralism of sorts, but each involving the "created" becoming the "creator"?

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:30 pm

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chacko

its possible, from the scenes out of Revolutions we see that they are in deed hiding 'underground'.

The Merovingian would need a layer that is well secured to survive each Reload.

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:56 pm

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Azathoth666

Atlantis (depending on whose books you read) was a city where people were supposed to be truly free, yeah? Name another city where people a re free. The "last free city"even... Zion?

Atlantis sank becuase the Atlanteans incurred the wrath of their gods... Zion is going down (in Reloaded, anywho) becuase the humans incurred the wrath of the Machines... And lets face it, the machines are truly god-like in the Matrix...

Just food for thought...

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:56 pm

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ecwilder · Guest

i just wanted to steal monki's claim to fame, cuz i started this aquapolis-atlantis-zion line of thought.... Very Happy

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:01 pm

Chinghis

**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:34 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:46 pm

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Ok here is what I know about the merovingians and there is link to atlantis. The merovingian bloodline legend was started by a woman i'm not sure the name but she was supposedly impragnated by a sea searpent or a creature called the leviathan. The marovingians also claim they are the direct blood decendants of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdaline and take claim to a holy god like royalty.
Also I noticed on the Wangmo site you see a sundial by the ocean made up of rings one inside the other on the events page. And also the learn page has a color cologue of red, white and black plato discribes atlantis land as being these colors Question

**Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:12 am