![]() Still, it could also be argued that Mr Ted writes better-flowing prose than Clarke, who uses much more time & space (pun!) for scientific exposition.Īnyway. Clarke explains it in a fun way, not in Chiang's du-huh! way. Clarke heaps all manner of unknowns unto me, it never feels that way. Is that the pretentiousness that I read about? Because when A.C. Not bad, per se, but a bit esoteric - although I have some of the basics down for, and am very much interested in, both subjects. Ģ1.09.22, p30: So far, there's lots of physics, mathematics and grammar. Interesting differences with the film (view spoiler). Septem(21.09.18), first pages: The Story Of Your Life (SOYL) so far is bit dry, perhaps. Moderate spoiler alert: while I did my best to hide anything you don't want to know beforehand about this actual short story, this review might spoil (the time-related part of) the premise of several (non-related) films and series.Īlso, (view spoiler). But due to recent developments in my reading strategy, I chose to go for just the one story. Originally published in the anthology, Stories of Your Life and Others, I had planend to acquire that. Anyway because of that, my reading notes will not be limited to, but certainly emphasize, the manner in which this story deals with the flow of time. I seem to be in a bit of a temporal phase. The ( Accidental: lined up) Time Machine, Dark. In hindsight (LOL! See what happened there!?), Mr Denis did an awesome job transforming a short story into a quiet, introspective, cerebral epic. I absolutely adored Villeneuve's vision, and it may be in my Top-10 fave movies ever. I'm here squarely because of my curiosity after having been amazed a few times by the film - as quite some people here seem to be (e.g. ![]() Why this work? I'm here squarely because of my curiosity after having been amazed a few times by the film - as quite some people here seem to be (e.g. #Heptapod story of your life movieBoth movie & the story explain the theory of determinism perfectly. It's directed a movie based on the story "Arrival". "The physical universe was a language with a perfectly ambiguous grammar" We are like boats dashing together our eyes are darkened, yet we are in clear water. The palm has not the means of covering the whole of the best. The sensual eye is just like the palm of the hand. ‘Certainly this elephant was like a throne,’ he said. ![]() ‘I found the elephant’s shape is like a pillar,’ he said. To him the beat was evidently like a fan. The hand of another lighted on the elephant’s ear. ‘This creature is like a water-spout,’ he said. Finding that ocular inspection was impossible, each visitor felt it with his palm in the darkness. Crowds of people were going into that dark place to see the beat. SOME Hindus had brought an elephant for exhibition and placed it in a dark house. ![]() ![]() What happens if we remove time from the circle of mind? What is the relationship between the concept of linear time & our knowledge about the language? The concept of world, I want to say the Truth is unique but its interpretation can be as much as all humans who have ever lived. We can consider time as the basis of human knowledge. Everything we understand is in the domain of our language abilities & maybe it is the reason that we hardly find a super genius deaf man. The more sophisticated the language, the more complicated the people using it. The sentence can also be interpreted as a philosophical statement, as we all know that death is the end of humanity, why do we continue to live? W “Well if you already know how the story goes, why do you need me to read it to you? " “Well if you already know how the story goes, why do you need me to read it to you? " The sentence can also be interpreted as a philosophical statement, as we all know that death is the end of humanity, why do we continue to live? The more sophisticated the language, the more complicated the people using it. ![]()
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