[ Friday, May 09, 2003 ]
Quantum physics supposes that an infinite number of alternative realities grow out of every action and potential reaction. Perhaps there are layers of reality like onion skins, wheels within wheels, riddles wrapped in mysteries inside an enigma.
For each one that is peeled back, another presents itself.
One of the messages of
Men in Black (both movies I and II — yes, they had messages) is that the perception of reality among the general population is flawed, to put it mildly. Not only do we miss the big picture, we miss the crucial details.
We experience many alternate realities: dreams, imaginative playtime, and the willing suspension of disbelief people experience when they “buy into” a fictional realm like those found in books, mov-ies and games.
The two ideas cross paths in
MIB, as our universe is revealed to be a marble being played with by super-giant children, while “The Galaxy” is a bauble on a cat’s collar.
Albert Einstein said, “God does not play dice with the universe,” but maybe He/She/It plays mar-bles instead?
In the sequel, MIIB, our universe is pocketed inside a locker in some kind of intergalactic Grand Central Station used by unknowable giant aliens, while tinier aliens (who worship some of us humans as gods) live their lives inside a locker at Grand Central Station in New York.
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“I wish the real world would just stop hasslin’ me.”
—Matchbox 20,
‘Real World’
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