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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 02/28/2008 : 12:53:43
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Humanism at its most contrived and cartoony. Does anyone else think this is both lame and creepy? Maybe I'm just too techno-unhip to get the appeal of virtual worlds. It just looks like a lot of escapism and bad graphics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=513iP6x_32I
(Warning, the pacing of this video is really slow, so view it while you're in a patient mood.)
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"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Edited by - marfknox on 02/28/2008 12:55:31
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 13:56:07 [Permalink]
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Graphics and animation: Icky New Age computer-generated hokum. 
Music: Sibelius: Swan of Tuonela from the Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22, exquisite.  |
Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 19:31:47 [Permalink]
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Marf:
(Warning, the pacing of this video is really slow, so view it while you're in a patient mood.) |
Gosh, I thought I was in a patient mood when I clicked on to it. Guess not. I didn't last much beyond the first couple of minutes.
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 20:28:13 [Permalink]
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"So what is Second life Humanism? A lot like humanism in the 'real world,' except...." (Longish pause.)
I fully expected them to continue with, "... it's neat and clean, with no humans!"
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 20:57:29 [Permalink]
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Marf.....
Again, we agree (for the second time). The computer graphics are childish and low-tech - why not just photograph the thing? - Sibelius is beautiful as always (Finlandia!), but The Swan is a just a touch soporific, and what the hell is the piece all about anyway? Kind of a travelog to born-again Humanism? (No apostasy intended, I just don't get the vaguely far-east, yet Italianate (Roma Garden) Shangri-la impression that the video creates!) Reminds me of a Shinto temple I once saw in Hokkiadõ. It was so Japanese kitschy, it made you laugh. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 21:00:37 [Permalink]
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I guess this link might be helpful for those who aren't aware of what Second Life is.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 02/29/2008 : 01:21:47 [Permalink]
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| Thanks, Humbert, that link makes a good deal of what was unintelligible, intelligible! |
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Second life Humanism
