On a leisurely Saturday, I was fortunate enough to watch this video. Although I don't remember too many details, I hope I can share a few things based on my impressions. The director asked a humanoid to tell us a story, whether it is true or false, reality or a dream, it is worth thinking about, but not too much. Nietzsche, a madman, once said: That which does not kill us makes us stronger. The annihilation of species? evolution? Is it the same? Has the question "What is our relationship with our living environment" also bothered you? Have we humans ever "bred" a "crocodile with shark teeth"? Think of the various animal hybridization experiments done for scientific contributions. Has the appearance of plants been "restricted" for commercial purposes? Think cubed watermelons with novel shapes that are easy to store. These species, compared to us, are small, controllable, and playable. Will they panic, will they suffer? Maybe because they're too dumb, they won't. Human beings are extremely smart and emotional. When they are led into the experimental environment of "shimmer" by curiosity, they perceive their own changes and panic to kill their teammates, panic to commit suicide by holding a bomb. A bear-shaped creature that learns to call for help to attract prey, from our point of view, it is terrible; from a natural point of view, "bear" To hunt more efficiently, it makes sense to learn a skill. Is this "bear" the "evil creation" of the shimmer against humans, or is this the natural evolutionary route of the creatures that are about to be annihilated by us, just speeding up the process in the shimmer? In this unbelievable space full of contradictions and killings, everything that happened was so natural. For example, Zhuangzi dreamed that he became a butterfly, woke up and asked if he was a butterfly, and dreamed that he became Zhuangzi. The dream described in "Inception", if you have been in a deep dream for a long time, you will be confused with reality if you are not careful, and think that the dream is the reality. Did the protagonist dream from the moment he entered the shimmer? When the protagonist wakes up, he doesn't remember setting up his tent, and he doesn't remember a few days. It's very similar to the scene in "Inception" that uses "Do you remember how you got here" to test whether he is dreaming. I dreamed that my husband was still alive, and the team member "dream" that his friend was not killed by a bear. Are these "evolution" due to subjective wishes? When we are powerless to change some things, we often lose ourselves in the "dream". Do you read scriptures and believe in religion to enter this dream, or to leave the dream of reality? Are you lying to yourself or recognize yourself? It seems like people who care about these things are still arguing. The protagonist who tells us the story is the product that the "dream" in his mind has been "evolved", or is it the real one, the chosen daughter of the alien who was burned to death by a flash bomb? When you and I are watching movies and reading texts, are you also influenced and evolved? If we really think too much and figure out the essence of things, can we only see gene sequences and substances in our eyes, so that life and death gain and loss, and everything becomes irrelevant? So are we humans really "annihilated"? Should we go to the lighthouse like the captain, understand the answer, and finally "sublime"? Or leave the team halfway and stay in the shimmer and go with the flow, not wanting to know the answer? Or standing at the height of "alien", imitating and studying relatively weak species, but in the end playing with fire? At this time, go back and look at the topic, or don't think too much. After all, we don't know whether the "alien who doesn't want anything" is an enemy or a friend.
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