In fact, the so-called determinism (fatalism) and randomism mentioned by the male protagonist in the film not only have no fundamental conflict, but are essentially the same thesis. The one that has a fundamental conflict with this thesis should be the theory of free will. Let’s take Yu Daizheng and throw dice as an example. Let’s talk about determinism and randomism first. Mathematics can abstract the concept of randomness, but in the physical world, all randomness is ultimately pseudo-random, and pseudo-random is actually deterministic. Ordinary people cannot accurately predict the result from the moment the dice is thrown or before, but in a relatively closed environment, if there is no trouble of chaos, and with sufficiently powerful high-speed cameras, sensors and computers, the randomness here can be easily eliminated. conquered. From another advanced point of view, electrons appear randomly around the nucleus, and the certainty of the macroscopic world is the combined illusion of countless microscopic events. However, if this randomness is really random in the mathematical sense, and the true randomness has its own statistical laws to follow, and in mathematics, countless numbers are also numbers, as long as the precision is limited, then this synthesis can always be calculated. We might as well draw a bold analogy from this. It can be considered that there may be a guy named Gothe who can predict the outcome of the universe.
However, it is better for this Gothe to stay outside the universe, because Gothe is much more complex than the entire universe, so he can calculate the universe and have accurate and reliable prediction ability. Otherwise, if this high morality becomes the most complicated part of the universe, and its every move will seriously interfere with other parts of the universe, the consequences of the universe will not be very predictable. Gothe must know that the secrets cannot be leaked, and the more they mix, the less accurate the prediction will be. To be seen by our ordinary eyes is a kind of mixing, so we can't even see through the angel's appearance, and we have no chance to see the high virtue.
Not to mention Gothe, humans are already difficult enough to deal with. Due to the extremely complex structure of the human body and social activities, accurate prediction of events involving human beings can be logically reduced to a deterministic problem, but the amount of calculation is so huge that it is almost impossible to predict. task. All in all, determinism does not mean that events can be predicted precisely, and that determinism and randomness are essentially the same thing, and one is both an illusion and a mathematical abstraction relative to the other. To a certain degree of precision, our every move may be determined in the last moment, or determined randomly, but what can it be? Except for Gothe, no one can predict the exact result. Although Gothe, who is not human, can, it cannot tell us. However, there is an arrogant, uncertain and non-random concept called free will, which is rampant in ancient and modern China and abroad, and all the evidence shows that even Gothe has no temper with it. Rendering of "randomism" in the guise of science. Gothe's prediction that the sun will bake the earth still barely makes sense if it is not disguised under the cloak of science, but the precise prediction of various human disasters contradicts the nature of free will. There are different versions of libertarianism, such as whether animals have free will, and women have free will, there used to be very disagreements. It is now widely accepted that human spirituality is inseparable from free will, and that pure determinism and randomism are blasphemy against human spirituality.
In the film, specifically, although the angels are clearly seducing, abetting, and even threatening, the little boy and girl have to be "free" to decide whether to go or stay. I think it can be guessed from the end of the film that some children should not come, which made Gothe miscalculated. Otherwise, such a wave of angels, such a large spaceship, only escorting two children would be such a waste. Noah's Ark is very crowded. Of course, the miscalculation must also be a miscalculation that Gothe expected. It's really not easy to kidnap children these days, let alone let Bingxue's smart and special temperament kidnaps fully voluntarily, and must not be deceived, otherwise it will lose the "dignity" of Adam and Eve. Therefore, Gothe had to start creating "images" at least 50 years in advance, and it was necessary to make it so that everyone could not know the truth, but also make the relevant children believe that the end was really coming, so that they could board the boat with peace of mind. In the last precious time, Gothe also let the angels spend a lot of time doing low-level repeated "whispers" with the children, but did not let the spacecraft go back and forth a few more times. Why not just take as many genetic samples as possible, but ship live ones? All of this must be done to give children the full potential of free will, and free will is definitely not in the genes. Gothe must not want all living beings to know the truth, but Gothe has no way to control the free will of the male protagonist, so that the protagonist and supporting actors have "prematurely" explored the truth and suffered extremely inhuman fears, although this is They deserve it, because despite being the closest to the truth, they never believed in Gothe. Gothe really has no ability to prevent the damn incompetent government from issuing a notice that is harmful and not beneficial at the last moment, so that in a very short period of time, all the living beings, like the father of the hero's priest, could have died in vain. Running away, a miserable and dilapidated ghost crying wolf howl. If not, if Gothe, who is almost omniscient and omnipotent, can override free will, Gothe is omnipotent, but the other ugly face of religion cannot be concealed: hypocrisy.
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