First of all, this is a thought experiment, in simple terms, Yi Yin, which has been clearly stated in the movie, which is
"Philosophy is to reality as..."
The philosophy teacher in the film, of course, represents philosophy. To be precise, it is popular Western philosophy, because the monkeys and trains proposed at the beginning are so popular that they can no longer be popular, and everyone is tired of hearing them.
But he, who represents philosophy, spent a full hour and a half destroying the earth three times, just to let the heroine leave the hero to be with him. Why is this?
Let’s first take a look at what role the male protagonist is. Many film critics say that the male protagonist is Diaosi. This is a movie of Diaosi’s counterattack. In fact, it is similar. The male protagonist here represents an ordinary person. According to the setting of the end of the century , is the farmer.
And the female protagonist was with him at the beginning of the show, and she did not forget to remind him not to be late, but he was still late. The male protagonist is such an ordinary person who is late for class, got a D in the exam, and has no special skills.
The heroine who scored A+ can clearly realize that this is not a math problem in the question of whether 5 people die on the train or 1 person. No matter pulling or pushing people, it is murder. Such an excellent heroine is the realization of this ordinary person.
This kind of awareness is smart, so the teacher will say that the heroine should be with him, which means that this ordinary person can continue to study philosophy in depth, and he will definitely have higher achievements.
But the heroine finally chose to return to ordinary humanity for many reasons, which will be analyzed in detail below.
First explain what doomsday means. Doomsday will choose 10 people to hide in the shelter for a year, and then come out to create a new world. The meaning is also very clear.
In other words: if you choose 10 people to build the world from scratch, what kind of world can these 10 people create;
The meaning after abstraction is: if the world is only you, which ten skills will you choose to create the world;
A more realistic way to say is: in the process of growing up, you care more about which ten personal characteristics of yourself to develop.
Looking at the first apocalypse, the male protagonist is a farmer. This kind of opening is really unremarkable, but based on the purpose of practicality, everyone still chose a series of "useful" occupations such as farmers, doctors, and engineers.
Although the heroine is an engineer, she has another identity, that is, "consciousness". The heroine realized the mysterious identity of the teacher and ran to take a look. At this time, the teacher said that he was the only one who knew the password.
In fact, this is also a trap for teachers who represent philosophy, because this is a thought experiment about philosophy, a scene set by the teacher himself. For teachers, philosophy can prove that people are people. If there is no philosophy, even if you have practical skills , is also similar to the monkey who can throw stones, so the teacher thinks that he has the key to create a new world, and they can't even get out without philosophy.
Then the philosophy teacher was afraid that everyone would not accept it and started the second doomsday test. This is the same profession as before, but with some added variables. A good profession may have risks. For example, a doctor is a good profession, but a doctor also has risks. Like the movie said, went to Africa and contracted the Ebola virus. Some professions may seem inferior, but they may also be beneficial, such as real estate agents who will deliver births (this is outrageous).
In fact, this also represents the choice of a person's growth process. What you think is a good career may not always be good, and a career that you think is poor may have unexpected advantages.
Anyway, in the end, a bunch of people were selected, and of course teachers who represent philosophical ideas are indispensable.
The teacher has always been very rational in the shelter, and proposed many feasible plans, such as increasing mating or something. But this kind of formulation is still questioned by human nature. Maybe philosophy believes that human nature is inherently stupid, always stubbornly insisting on unnecessary things, unable to analyze problems rationally, facing the end of the day, and sleeping with more men What's wrong? ? ? . . . Anyway, in the end, philosophy was defeated. As for why the teacher wanted to open the door to commit suicide, it was because in his cognition, if the new world created did not agree with rational philosophy, then the existence of this world would be meaningless.
After two experiments, the teacher was disappointed and felt that the mundane was far from true rationality.
But the male protagonist refused to accept it and put forward the third doomsday challenge. This time, it doesn't matter even if she is a gardener. Later, the female protagonist will pick people by herself, picking a lot of people who are not helpful to the world. The teacher thinks she is crazy , but she persevered and drove away the teacher.
This kind of practice can be regarded as an "anti-rational" action, and it is true in the back, playing cards, drinking, flying leaves every day, and having a happy year.
In the end, he was scolded by the surviving philosophy, and then happily reached out and pressed the missile.
In the end, the conversation between the teacher and the heroine seemed to be an affair, but it still expressed that philosophy wanted to retain the smart consciousness, but the smart consciousness felt that in addition to rationality, he should pursue human nature, and then left, leaving philosophy alone, maybe The future of philosophy is that a person eats a sandwich and may commit suicide at some point when he can't stand the loneliness.
Afterword:
According to chicken soup, this film is to say: young people should not only pursue the right things, but also pursue the things they want to do.
But according to philosophy, that is to say: what is absolutely right, should humanity be abandoned for the sake of the world?
In general: Just ask the audience, do you want to live alone and rationally, or die heartlessly?
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