movie
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(Human) Syntax
I came across an article about universal grammar. Want to mention here one of my favorite movies, Arrival (2016), where a non-human syntax was mentioned (octopods were thinking in terms of circles, a non-linear thinking): And a text at the beginning of 10th Carlos Castaneda’s book “The active side of infinity” in German (“Das Wirken…
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Self-reference
I like the movie “The sea that thinks” because of it’s paradox of self-reference: the main character writes a scenario about himself – a character who writes a scenario.. while he is typing words – he is describing exactly what he is doing at that moment. The movie refers to itself. And now I’m rewatching…