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Relevant discussion on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Pixar-Animation-Studios/What-do-Pixar-...
Reminds me of Leonard Nimoy in "The Simpsons":
"Hello. I'm Leonard Nimoy. The following tale of alien encounters is true. And by true, I mean false. It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer is no."
If you do not maintain scientific rigidity - a questioning, truth-seeking curiosity - with constant vigilance, you will be able to create theories that explain anything, while actually explaining nothing.
If while reading this theory you got a strange feeling, as if something wasn't entirely right, GRASP that feeling and remember it. You should always seek the truth, but especially when you notice this feeling: pay attention and weigh the evidence. It's very useful to be able to reason well, and even more useful if your emotions help you reason.
I read this theory on some other blog site a week ago - can someone confirm what it was? The theory is tenuous as best and not overly convincing. But I love discourse like this. I think that this is the value of art, for there to be more meaning and truth in the work than the artist may have intended. Anyway, a nice looking site. I like the idea of dedicate entire sites/domains to a single article or idea.
Yes it was posted on HN. http://jonnegroni.com/2013/07/11/the-pixar-theory/
Relevant discussion on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Pixar-Animation-Studios/What-do-Pixar-...
Heh quora feels like experts exchange. Show a little content for Google and external links, force registration for the rest. Meh, no thank you. Same people running it by any chance?
For example, there was a very thorough, well written, even handed answer to a question asking for the history of the conflict in the Mideast, in terms that a 15 year old would understand: http://qr.ae/IsPAq
Another. Why does Superman wear red underwear over his costume? Turns out it has to do with the limitations of printing technology of the time. http://qr.ae/IsPDn
Another example. Why are software development task estimates regularly off by a factor of 2 or 3? http://qr.ae/IsPMM
Another: What is the most phenomenal moment in Olympic History? http://qr.ae/IsPO5
Here's one that will be of particular interest to many on HN: Would becoming homeless be a good strategy to cut costs? The first answer is from someone who elected to do that in Silicon Valley while bootstrapping his startup. http://qr.ae/IsPik
Having studied literature, I was taken aback by this, as it really is a nice story, that fit the facts after the fact. It is the classical "post hoc, ergo proter hoc", that is so common in (at least German) literature science. Some small factoids are taken from "texts" (or here movies) and over them a nice story is fabricated, to "explain" these factoids. For example the timeline. Does Cars for example mention the ti…
FWIW, though American, I studied German lit. as well, and I don't see it either. Line for line, my reaction mirrors yours.
In fact, the author of the page doesn't seem to want all the films to be in the same universe. S/he could more accurately be described as trying to reduce the number of "magical" artifacts necessary to explain all of the things in the films that don't exist in real life. So we have the discovery of magic in Brave, and the creation of unlimited energy / strong AI in The Incredibles, and everything else flows from that. Of course trying to tie everything to just these two root causes ironically makes them all less believable than the suspension of disbelief for each individual act of "magic".
Having studied literature, I was taken aback by this, as it really is a nice story, that fit the facts after the fact. It is the classical "post hoc, ergo proter hoc", that is so common in (at least German) literature science. Some small factoids are taken from "texts" (or here movies) and over them a nice story is fabricated, to "explain" these factoids. For example the timeline. Does Cars for example mention the ti…
FWIW, though American, I studied German lit. as well, and I don't see it either. Line for line, my reaction mirrors yours.
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Heh quora feels like experts exchange. Show a little content for Google and external links, force registration for the rest. Meh, no thank you. Same people running it by any chance?
Your loss. Quora has some extremely excellent answers. It is well worth registering for. For example, there was a very thorough, well written, even handed answer to a question asking for the history of the conflict in the Mideast, in terms that a 15 year old would understand: http://qr.ae/IsPAq Another. Why does Superman wear red underwear over his costume? Turns out it has to do with the limitations of printing tech…
Can someone at Pixar confirm or deny this? Pees?
They base their assumption on the fact that movies contain models from other movies, when those are merely Easter eggs. It's like saying MSFT wanted to turn accountants into pilots for 9/11 by including a flight simulator into it. It breaks down under scrutiny.