《黑客帝國》第一部中，“元宇宙”里的特工史密斯對人類反抗軍領(lǐng)袖之一墨菲斯(Morpheus)說： 我想跟你分享一點兒心得。當(dāng)我試圖給你們分類的時候，我才發(fā)現(xiàn)你們其實不算是哺乳動物。地球上每種哺乳動物都會本能地和周圍環(huán)境保持生態(tài)平衡，可你們?nèi)祟惒粫?。你們遷徙到一個區(qū)域，然后不斷繁殖、繁殖，直到耗盡所有自然資源，你們生存下去的唯一方式就是侵占另一個區(qū)域。地球上還有一種生物是這樣生存的，你知道是什么嗎？病毒。人類是地球的疾病和癌癥。你們是瘟疫，而我們是解藥。 Agent Smith: I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.
