Results of the GitHub Investigation

Re:Results of the GitHub Investigation by neilk on Monday April 21, 2014 @06:04PM (#7624265)

Everyone thinks the message of that movie is "all truth is subjective", but it's not. It's more like "the stories we tell ourselves and others are distorted by our self-image and our interests".

At the end, the movie even explicitly rejects the theory that truth is unobtainable, and that everyone is corrupt. In the movie at least, disinterested third parties who have good intentions can reveal the truth.

You may believe in subjectivity, but Rashomon doesn't.

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Re:Results of the GitHub Investigation by MarkPNeyer on Monday April 21, 2014 @06:52PM (#7624510)

i'm not sure where you're getting this. the parent referenced a movie, after posting a quote marveling at the different ways people interpret the same reality.

grandparent post was talking about the need for intellectual empathy. i've seen that work wonders in my life. it's like this thread of comments shows the need for intellectual empathy in microcosm.

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Re:Results of the GitHub Investigation by RodericDay on Monday April 21, 2014 @09:05PM (#7625108)

I agree with your parent that the reference gave the impression of having misunderstood the film

It's like someone is raving about the military, and someone quotes appending Dulce et decorum est below. Not a big deal, but big enough to write a small comment making a correction, just in case.

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Re:Results of the GitHub Investigation by marshray on Monday April 21, 2014 @09:24PM (#7625192)

I don't see it. The quote replied to was "how subtle and ambiguous our and others views of the same reality is".

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