The first is the re-examination of his own understanding of the so-called "rationality".
It reminds people that, at least in the field of social science, our scientific research is basically based on some kind of "objective" or "easy-to-understand" assumption. There are times when we rejoice or even believe in the results of research, and are more likely to use the results to guide our actions in our daily lives. Famous assumptions include, for example, "Human behavior is rational," and, for example, "Markets are always efficient." Generally speaking, many conversations or arguments will end or be won or lost because of the sentence "Scientific research has proved...", because science represents sufficient rationality, and the results themselves have a guiding role.
On the contrary, religion, as a product of the old times, has actually become a synonym for backwardness, old-fashionedness and even ignorance in people's minds. The Pope has recently become the focus of the media, and basically where his scandals (such as molesting boys), or in the movie, his Vatican Bank has collected some money from Sicily. We laugh at people who are deeply religious because they don't use their brains to think. They believe in this ridiculous assumption: "God exists".
After watching the film, we will ask ourselves, where are the same hypotheses, the same doctrines, where is the advantage of science or reason?
The series of choices made by the male protagonist in the film seem to me to be logical and standard:
1. Because the glass will be broken sooner or later, and the number of people is constantly decreasing, so they must choose to rush out at a certain time. They rushed out.
2. After driving for at least 14 hours, they saw all the people who died on the road. There was a bleak and dead silence everywhere, no one survived, and there was no hope everywhere. And at this time, under such an experience, the car could not go. Reasoning told him, either to be eaten alive, or to commit suicide to reduce the pain. In extreme fear, he killed everyone, including his son.
Some people may say that the idea of the male lead is irrational, especially (2). They can wait as long as they can. Yeah? It's like you got 0 in exams since you were a child, and everyone told you that you are an idiot and you are out of the game, and you also set up assumptions, next time you try for the last time, if you get a zero, you will never take the test again. , did business, and you did get a zero in the test again. And the only thing you don't know is that if you take the test again, the teacher will give everyone 100 points, because it's the rule, or because the teacher has already set it.
The male protagonist undoubtedly represents a progressive youth who believes in scientific rationality in this regard. Personally, he believes that he can get hints for the future from history (I feel that the whole econometrics is based on this assumption). The results told him that he should not carry out the results derived from this assumption, that he should believe something super-natural, such as his own unfounded beliefs, such as God, such as whatever.
The group of people who believe in God, it seems Absurd, unreasonable, but survived in the end. I can read that they didn't survive without a reason, from a rational point of view. Belief in God undoubtedly relieves the extreme fears and sorrows of life and prevents them from making courageous, God-defying actions. It can be said that this theory supports them not to commit suicide.
The mother who survived was undoubtedly praised. She was also impulsive and made completely irrational and incomprehensible actions. Going on an adventure for her child, despite everyone telling her, and the statistics telling her, she's going to die. The irrational mother survived by irrational love.
I am not writing this to indicate that I am ready to convert to God and give up any science. I just want to say that when we are questioned, even scientifically, we don't have to be too afraid and believe the assumptions we believe in. When the fog clears and the sun shines, we find that all theories are actually theories, all To ease our fears, doubts, and increase our joy in living. On the contrary, make yourself doubly fearful and unhappy, even if it is science or the Bible, it is better not to believe it.
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