truth · logic · chance

Levi 2022-09-24 13:14:05

--the truth. The truth is that the first murder was murder, the murderer was Beth, and it was concealed by a professor, but the cause came from the words "you should try it" by the male pig's feet. Beth's murder, is this the butterfly effect? Is this not logical?

--logic. I'm afraid Beth didn't premeditate to kill her mother, so it seems to be just an accident, but there is a deep "background" behind the accident, that is, her needs and desires, under the "you should try it" of the male pig's feet. Excited, isn't that logical? The professor helps Beth cover up the crime, so he uses one after another to attract the attention of the male pig's feet and the police detective, but isn't it also using the logic of the Pythagorean theorem behind it?

--accidental. The luthier dies unexpectedly, and the teacher uses chance to design a series of murders that don't even exist. The male pig's foot accidentally came together with the nurse and the female, had feelings, did AI, surveyed, broke up... There are too many accidents and inevitable intertwined in life. What should we believe? Accidental or inevitable? The truth, the truth, how far is it from us?

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  • [last lines]

    Arthur Seldom: "The butterfly that flutters it's wings and causes a hurricane on the other side of the world." Sound familiar? Are you that butterfly, Martin?

  • Martin: I believe in the number pi.

    Arthur Seldom: I'm sorry, I didn't understand you. Uh, what was it you said you believed in?

    Martin: In the number pi, in the golden section, the Fibonacci series. The essence of nature is mathematical. There is a hidden meaning beneath reality. Things are organized following a model, a scheme, a logical series. Even the tiny snowflake includes a numerical basis in its structure, therefore, if we manage to discover the secret meaning of numbers, we will know the secret meaning of reality.