system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Matrix] Why do people die when shot in the Matrix instead of going "Nope! You didn't hit me!"?

I mean, they know the whole thing isn't real. So why don't they just deny the existence of the bullets hitting them and doing damage. If they can convince themselves that they can fly/jump really far, why can't they just make themselves bulletproof/immortal.
gpt
You're conditioned, from birth, to believe that what the Matrix feeds you is real. This affects the real development of your neural pathways for the entirety of your life. Merely knowing, at an intellectual level, that it isn't real wouldn't be enough to negate your minds instinctual and involuntary responses.

You "know" the horror movie you're watching isn't real. Hell, you aren't even a participant, yet your mind reacts as if you were.