IIRC, the battery notion was put into the movies because they didn’t think the general public at the time would understand “processing power”, so you’re not far off.
Still, those movies are pretty pedestrian in their ideas. I came to the “brain in a jar” concept on my own when I was twelve, so I can’t help but think the writers and the superfans are all pre-adolescents.
IIRC, the battery notion was put into the movies because they didn’t think the general public at the time would understand “processing power”, so you’re not far off.
Still, those movies are pretty pedestrian in their ideas. I came to the “brain in a jar” concept on my own when I was twelve, so I can’t help but think the writers and the superfans are all pre-adolescents.