[Assuming to live in a world without results? ]
This seems like an incomprehensible assumption: what's the point of living if we don't pursue results? In the process of watching the original book, what moved me the most was the description of the details of the life of the mother and the future daughter. These trivialities are the same as the communication process in the movie that goes to the shell time and time again. It is precisely its most wonderful place. In the original novel, why the aliens came is never mentioned or known, but this way of handling the whole story has a lot of aftertaste: we always hope that everything that happens has a result, an explanation, otherwise It makes what we do stupid and worthless. We can discuss non-linear time, time travel, or free will, but often only by actually experiencing it can we understand that the beauty of the process often transcends rational interpretation. Why did Louise still choose to give birth to her daughter even though she had foreseen a "bad" outcome? Results are not and should not be the only consideration in our choices. Rather than saying that the "Seven Texts" of the aliens changed the thinking mode, it is better to say that Louise has thus obtained a chance to rebuild her cognition. The memories of the details of the future daughter's life again and again are these trivial moments that seem to have no value, and constitute most of the meaning of Louise's life. And these moments that are difficult to analyze rationally are precisely the moments when most of us feel the happiest. Compared to a perfect outcome, not only Louise, but for anyone who has the opportunity to re-discover the value of life, the inevitable death will not deprive the most loved person in life of the opportunity to experience a full life .
[How much of our interpretation is correct? 】
Louise realized her deep love for her daughter, and at the same time realized the integrity of the world, and understood the limitations of her own place (they are only one-twelfth of the truth in the American base), This limitation is precisely the limitation of our cognition. In the movie, the CIA agents interpret the purpose of the heptapods coming to earth from a historical perspective, which may be the mistake we have been making: fear of the unknown can only be interpreted and adapted with historical experience. However, most of the interpretations in the film are wrong: the heptapod is not a provocation or alienation but a help to mankind, and the weapon is not a weapon but a gift. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche has a classic analogy: for us the fish is our pet, and the tank is a decoration; for the fish, the tank is its home, and we are its keepers. Everything can be interpreted in diametrically opposite ways, and rationality is more important than correctness. Unthinking identification with historical experience and established rules does not actually make the world a better or more orderly place. As shown in the movie, the instinctive tension in the face of threats is precisely the game relationship between countries and even people in the current era. If time is really opened, we may face a more terrifying world.
[Can you live a good life by foreseeing the future? ]
So this is the best of all the worlds we could possibly encounter? The answer given by the German mathematician Leibniz is yes. However, according to the atheist Krishnamurti, because people do not understand the truth of life, the world should be overthrown and rebuilt long ago. But sometimes those moments have extraordinary meaning because they can't be relived, don't they? Just like Louise knew that her daughter was irreparable and chose to do everything in her power to love her. So to live this life well, you don’t need to have the superpower to “remember” the future. Always remember what has been lost and will be lost. Any direction we go from our hearts can be straight ahead. Just like in the movie "Yiyi", the innocent patted the back of everyone's head for everyone to see: the invisible part of life needs others to help us see. I think Louise would also thank her daughter for showing her a part of her life that she never saw.
In the end, I still think it is most appropriate to use what Jian Nanjun said in "One One" as the ending:
"When you weren't around, I had a chance to be there, a time when I was young. I thought that if I lived again, maybe something would be different. The result... It's still the same, nothing different. It's just that I suddenly feel that again If I live once, it seems like... there's really no need for that, there's really no need for that."
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