Akira
Ghost in the Shell (and the Stand Alone Complex series)
Dune
To some extent, Arrival
Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?
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#202For me, nothing comes close to the finale of Star Trek the Next Generation.
"The final frontier isn't space. Space can be explorer without meaning. The final frontier is our minds, it's how we take things in that defines us."
It impacted me deeply.
Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?
#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
and AI isn't containable
It seems it is not. But is that due to the power of AI or to the fallibility of humans?
I'm going with the humans. AI isn't even much good yet but companies are developing it as fast as they can to outdo their competitors and will be sticking it in killer drones when they can.
Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?
#204Not a movie but the biblical lectures of Jordan Peterson. Made me start to understand the bible and christianity from a scientific perspective. From there reading the bible understanding more about the roots of our culture and seing the constant propaganda against it in the media, the movies, etc. It's been eye opening. Then you can read Atlass shrugged and live not by lies. I used to be very progressive, left leanin…
I thing you'll like 'A Brief Look at Jordan Peterson'. It's on youtube on a channel called 'Some More News'.
I watched a bit of that and a bit of the start of the biblical lectures (https://youtu.be/f-wWBGo6a2w)
The Some More News is a bit unfair in that he's going on about something he doesn't understand - climate science. Whereas on his home turf of the Bible he's pretty good.
I mean if you'd interviewed Einstein on say salsa dancing you might have thought he's an idiot. It's not a good way to judge.
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#205Pi Darren Aronofsky
That movie is a head fuck
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#206Samsara
Solaris
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#207The Matrix. While as a kid I would say that I wanted to be downloaded into a video game when I died, the idea that was already the case never even entered my mind. Even after watching the movie, I was just like "oh man, that's such a neat idea" but still didn't think it was actually the case. It wasn't until years later reading Nick Bostrom's work that I started to seriously entertain it, and only then as I considere…
so you believe we live in a simulation ? how does that impact your behavior in every day life ? does it help you somehow ?
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#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
Turning that around, how would aliens treat Jesus? https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20081124.gif
Oh but what if Jesus WAS an alien ? slash astronaut slash cosmonaut slash taikonaut
That would explain why, as someone who had nominally spent three decades on this planet, he says things that make it sound as if he'd never really met any people before.
Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?
#2092001: A Space Odyssey
The Tree of Life
The Matrix
very basic answers I guess, but they are among my very favorite.
Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?
#210Once you’re familiar with bible, aristotle, platoe snd few other foundational sources - no movie or book can really change your perception. Whatever you see - It’s all been described many times.
What’s so special about the Bible. I feel it’s very low on any deep philosophies or introspection. I got a lot more from the Bhagvat Gita.