In any era, there is no lack of genius. Of course, it depends on how you define genius. An arrogant person, who habitually thinks that everyone who is better than himself is a genius, such a person is often painful. People will inadvertently find that they are full of people who are better than themselves. Your deskmate easily solved the problem that you have been thinking about for many days, but your colleagues are full of interest in life, but you can only work hard for your livelihood every day; you are always attracted by the opposite sex when you are with friends of the same sex. He (she)... There are too many moments like this. All you can do is to ask again and again: "Why? Why is he (she) better than me in any way?"
In this respect, animals are better than others. Human beings are much more "mature". A lion who is expelled from the lion group because of a failed courtship will never ask "why?" More often, it will be eliminated by nature if it is too late to ask (if it has the ability to ask). Such a process couldn't be more natural. Only humans would use words such as "cruel" to describe this process. It is probably because people think of their own experiences.
There may not necessarily be an answer when there is a question, but one thing is certain is that when there is a question, it means that someone will continue to try to give an answer. This is human nature.
"Be yourself and exceed your limits" Do you often hear such bullshit? The subtext of this sentence is just "Forget it, compare to others, you will die of anger."
"Genius is 1% inspiration, plus 99% sweat." We all know Edison's famous saying, but few people Know the second half sentence: "But the 1% inspiration is the most important, even more important than the 99% sweat." In fact, if I were Edison, I would not add the latter sentence. Anyway, I am a recognized genius, and nothing I say can change the fact that "you are not geniuses", can you? It's better to let all of you have illusions.
There is also nonsense such as "Imperfection has the motivation to pursue perfection". This is like a person who cannot realize his dream, constantly emphasizing that he has a dream and has worked hard for it and is still struggling. The tragic fact of "did not give up striving" is to conceal the tragic status quo of "failure to realize dreams." Why! What a fulfilling and tragic life!
Give everyone two choices: 1. Born to be perfect and 2. imperfect. I believe 99 of 100 people will choose "perfect", and the remaining one must be an idiot. What's more, there is no such choice, and so many people think that God is unfair to him.
Judging from my current experience, I can never become a world champion in the 100m; it is impossible to become an astronaut; it is impossible to become a musician; it is impossible to become a painter; of course, it is impossible to become a natural woman. In these matters, I am very realistic. I will not believe in nonsense such as "realize my dreams, surpass myself" or "JUST DO IT", so I immediately practice sprinting and firmly believe that I will be the 100m world champion in the future.
Seeing this, if you think I am a nihilist, you are quite wrong. I just want to say that movies belong to movies, reality is reality, not all dreams are achievable...
At this point, Vincent is no exception. He did realize his dream, but he is completely dependent on himself. Effort? It depends on how you define effort. If you think that efforts include borrowing the identity of others, including the use of fraudulent means, including unscrupulous means for dreams, then there is no doubt that Vincent's efforts do determine everything.
"In the world of movies, genetic discrimination by employees is also illegal, but'no one takes it seriously'. Employers can use various methods to obtain the candidate's genes-tea cups, tissues for wiping hands, and hair that falls off accidentally. Decide whether to hire. There are also cheap street genetic testing stations in the movie. Where can the girl who just kissed someone go and rub a cotton swab in the mouth to get all the genetic information of the other party-IQ, the probability of various diseases, Life expectancy, etc."
You might say that genetic selection is inherently unfair. Therefore, Vincent treats such unfair treatment and fraud is nothing. Well, I can tell you that even if our technology has not advanced to the stage of "gene selection", many of our selections are no different from "gene selection", such as selecting a flight attendant, or selecting an announcer, the appearance depends on your appearance. Strictly control, and the appearance of this thing, to a large extent, is the genes that have the final say. From another point of view, if everyone dreams of becoming an announcer, it is understandable to choose the most suitable person to be an announcer based on their appearance. It is not just that I can do it if I want to do it. Things... A
strong fantasy to do something beyond the scope of one's ability, and even to die for it, I admire such passion, but this is destined to be a tragedy. The difference between the film and reality is that in the film, the director can turn tragedy into comedy because of his own subjective preferences, making people believe that the power of dreams is unlimited. Maybe in the ordinary life, we need a little fantasy, like a director, like Vincent, but fantasy is not a dream.
Isaiah Berlin said that the growth of human knowledge does not necessarily mean the growth of freedom. After watching this film, I want to say that people are inherently unequal, and with the development of science, especially the development of genetic engineering, this inequality is likely to increase. We should be fortunate that mankind has got rid of the naked Darwinism that whether the body is strong or not directly determines survival. We have brain workers. They are even easier to gain a foothold in society than manual workers. This determines the science of mankind. Progress is also a direct result of scientific progress. But this still does not satisfy us, it is not enough to offset the confusion caused by natural inequality, and it is not enough for each of us to find the value of our own survival. What should we do in the face of such inequality? Like Vincent in the movie, change your destiny through cheating and hard work? I don't think so (of course, everyone has everyone's choice).
If you are in poor health and want to be an astronaut, you have many ways to approach your dreams. You can experience it in a low-gravity or even zero-gravity laboratory, you can read all the space novels, and even, you can make a movie like this director. The hero in the movie is in poor health but eventually flies into the sky. But if you want to be a real astronaut, in addition to complaining about bad health, you can only complain that you are not the Vincent in the movie...
Then, should we resign ourselves to our fate and admit our imperfections? What about acknowledging the inequality of human beings so as to "recognize fate"?
I remembered the words of my mentor: "Dreams that were swollen in youth always have to shrink in the process of growth and maturity, shrinking to a suitable proportion, ideal and reality coexist. Embracing ideals and coping with reality is something that everyone must learn. Courses, the two cannot be neglected. I just hope that you don’t have nothing but reality. That is worse than nothing but ideals. I hope that no matter how old and weak you are, there are still dreams in your life, even if The proportion is very small."
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