The Man From Earth Can't describe this without giving it away.
I’ve constantly been looking for movies like this one. Anyone have any suggestions?
Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?
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#212And what about you metadat ?
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#213Not 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…
Life of Brian is also good.
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#214Macross: Do You Remember Love? (超時空要塞マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか) I saw it in the movie room at a con, and learned: (a) there was a world of sci-fi beyond the US (b) it's possible to follow a movie with neither subs nor dubs (c) the Itano Circus (板野サーカス) was unlike anything I'd ever seen on screen
The soundtrack is also amazing!
I was once in Kanazawa and randomly walked into the phonograph museum. They had a room there where you could pick an LP from a pile and play it on a phonograph. I grabbed one from a box at random, and the music was amazing - I had no idea what it was at the time. Turned out it was the Macross DYRL OST. That got me hooked.
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#215Mr Nobody (2009), maybe because I watched it while I was young, but it stayed with me.
"Every path is the right path. Everything could've been anything else. And it would have just as much meaning."
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#216Good Will Hunting I grew up in a rough neighborhood, in high school my view was limited and I thought there is no going out of trouble, being a black sheep of the family, etc. I saw that movie, and I felt hope for the first time and started making changes for myself.
That's such a fantastic movie. Of course Will is a special case and is a gifted person, but the line at the bar early in the movie: > You wasted $150,000 on an education you could've got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library. Is just fantastic. A public library isn't a complete replacement for a college education, but in terms of knowledge gained, books are the _core_ of learning. Most of the learning I did in…
Books alone won't cover it, but can get you pretty far. My education came from library books, used bookstores, IRC, and Open Source work, and now I'm senior level at a FAANG amongst a bunch of PhDs.
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#217The 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…
Have you watched Upload on Amazon Prime? Instead of being born into a simulation, like in The Matrix, we can choose to enter one upon death, effectively becoming immortal.
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#218Once 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.
Oof, looks like you're going for the "I'm already so enlightened" prize. Keep it up.
It’s only your projection. Think about it)
Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?
#219Once 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.
It’s the source of all main narratives and archetypes used over and over in every second fiction book, movie you see.
Speaking of modern western civilization.
Im sure eastern has its own sources and ideas, just not familiar with it.
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#220Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not very convincing. JBP is an academic and yes he is a bit hard to understand, that doesn't mean that it's nonsense, just that it will take more time to grasp his positions. You can start with his university class in psycology: personality and transformation, I think it's the easiest starting point. Then map of meaning. I much prefer his lectures, live talks and podcast to the writings that are contrived and a…
Considering the video is 3 hours long and you replied 1 hour after it being suggested, is it possible you didnt watch the whole thing and might be missing the convincing portion?
I started and it was ad hominem right at the start. So I judged it was not worth watching the whole thing.
Is there a section I should watch?
What are the arguments against him?
I have watched all his university class and most of his talk, 100's of hours of material. I am very familiar with his positions.
But when I first heard about him I had a strong reaction against his positions and his complicated language. I was primed by CBC to hate him and I was trying to find a good reason. At the same time my cursiosity was activated so I watch him more and understood more and more.
So yes, he is not easy to understand, it take a lot of effort but it's been worth it for me.