We Accept the Reality of the World with Which We’re Presented
We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented. It's as simple as that.
from The Truman Show
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A Lonely Speck in the Great Enveloping Cosmic Dark
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in...
Source: Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
How Do You Balance Science with Science Fiction?
How do you balance science with science fiction? They're both the same.
Source: Astronomy magazine asks William Shatner about science
The Earth Was a Mere Point in a Vast Encompassing Cosmos
It seemed to me that another picture of the Earth, this one taken from a hundred thousand times farther away, might help in the continuing process of revealing to ourselves our true circumstance and condition. It had been well understood...
Source: Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Human Beings Literally Lost the Ground of Their View
There are people who regard the deed of Copernicus as the biggest of the cultural revolutions which humanity has ever experienced as far as the historical memory reaches. One has to admit that the impression and the influence of this...
Source: Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science
Get Your Head Down out of the Clouds
Now, Bastian, you're old enough to get your head down out of the clouds and start keeping both feet on the ground. Right?
Source: The NeverEnding Story
The Earth May Now Be a Mere Planet Moving Around the Sun
The earth may now be a mere planet moving around the sun, but man is no longer confined to it. His spiritual energy, his reason, his brain power, his psyche, his consciousness have become the center and the purpose of...
Source: Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank E. Manuel
To Remove Man From the Centre of Things Was To Raise Him From His Low Estate
And the one change of this kind implied by the abandonment of the geocentric system was, as is evident from what has already been said, the reverse of that often attributed to the new astronomy; to remove man from the...
Source: The Great Chain of Being by Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
A Radical Change to Astronomy and Cosmology
The years when Jesuits established their first schools coincided with the beginning of the so-called scientific revolution and the origin of modern science. In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus had published his book, De revolutionibus orbium celestium, in which he proposed the...
Source: Jesuit Contribution to Science by Agustín Udías
Their Misplaced Faith in Gravity
Here they are hurling through space on a molten rock at 67,000 miles an hour and the only thing that keeps them from flying out of their shoes is their misplaced faith in gravity.
Source: 3rd Rock from the Sun
It Is Probably a Sphere
Before any celestial distances or sizes could be calculated, the ancient Greeks first had to establish that the Earth is a sphere. This view gained acceptance in ancient Greece as philosophers became familiar with the notion that ships gradually disappear...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
All of a Sudden, Proved to Be a Sphere
The first of these schemes derives from the fact that the generally accepted "flat earth" was, all of a sudden, proved to be a sphere by the voyage of Magellan's ships around the world.
Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty
Reverse the Vacuum and Blow the Air Back onto the Planet
We’ve got to act fast. Step one, we reverse the vacuum and blow the air back onto the planet.
Source: Spaceballs
That Pain Won’t Stop Until the Twin Towers Come Crumbling Down
I can still feel the pain right now and Hulk Hogan that pain won’t stop until the twin towers come crumbling down
Source: Wrestlers Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan predict 9/11 Attack in 1989!
Are You in an Incomprehensible Chaos
Are you in a universe which is ruled by natural laws and, therefore, is stable, firm, absolute—and knowable? Or are you in an incomprehensible chaos, a realm of inexplicable miracles, an unpredictable, unknowable flux, which your mind is impotent to...
Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand
Some Catastrophic and Catalyzing Event
Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.
Source: Rebuilding Americas Defenses
Start by Making the Trade Center Disappear
To start by making the trade center disappear, though, seems a good way to begin.
Source: Divided We Stand
Being a Sphere, It Therefore Had to Be a Finite Object
Being a sphere, it therefore had to be a finite object, with a finite—that is, limited—surface area. With this awakening the ideas of world trade and related colonial proprietary rights were born.
Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty
The Slaying of a Beautiful Hypothesis by an Ugly Fact
It is the supreme challenge, and a brutal one, but every scientific theory must be testable and compatible with reality. The nineteenth-century naturalist Thomas Huxley stated it thus: ‘The great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Somehow Glued to It by Gravity
While almost everyone is taught that the Earth is a sphere with all of us somehow glued to it by gravity, the reality of our circumstance did not really begin to sink in until the famous frame-filling Apollo photograph of...
Source: Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Viewing the Earth from Outer Space
The overview effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from outer space. It is the experience of seeing first-hand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately...
Source: Overview effect
It’s as Simple as That
Mike Michaelson : Christof, let me ask you, why do you think that Truman has never come close to discovering the true nature of his world until now? Christof :We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented....
Source: The Truman Show
A New Idea Disturbs the Existing Stock of Ideas
Thus, we may say that a new idea disturbs the existing stock of ideas and distorts the accepted frame of reference. In our endeavor to restore the former coherence and balance, to remedy the disturbing situation, we are compelled to...
Source: Nature and Human Nature by Lawrence K. Frank
Earth Is But a Tiny Speck Whirling Around Our Sun
Thus, we can begin to think of the immense universe in which our green mantled earth is but a tiny speck whirling around our sun, one of the many stars that range throughout space-time.
Source: Nature and Human Nature by Lawrence K. Frank
🎼 Song Excerpts
Everything That Keeps Me Together Is Falling Apart
Everything that keeps me together is falling apart
Source: 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse
This Is Ourselves, Under Pressure
This is our last dance - This is our last dance - This is ourselves , under pressure
Source: Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie
Closer to the Edge
Can you imagine a time when the truth ran free? A birth of a song, a death of a dream - Closer to the edge
Source: Closer to the Edge by 30 Seconds to Mars
I Gotta Get My Feet Back on the Ground
World turning - I gotta get my feet back on the ground - World turning - Everybody's got me down
Source: World Turning by Fleetwood Mac
We’re a Train Wreck Waiting to Happen
I know we're not everlasting - We're a train wreck waiting to happen
Source: A World Alone by Lorde
Feathers Hit the Ground Before the Weight Can Leave the Air
There's a problem, feathers, iron - Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys - Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air
Source: Fall On Me by R.E.M.
I Try to Stop the World from Moving So Fast
I try to stop the world from moving so fast - Try to get a grip on where I'm at - And simplify this dizzy life - And put my feet in the grass
Source: Back to the Earth (Jason Mraz) by Jason Mraz
Now My Old World Is Gone for Dead
And I can't get it out of my head - No, I can't get it out of my head - Now my old world is gone for dead, 'cause I can't get it out of my head
Source: Can’t Get It Out of My Head by Electric Light Orchestra
Awake on My Airplane-I Feel So Real
Awake on my airplane, awake on my airplane - I feel so real
Source: Take a Picture by Filter
The Child Is Grown, the Dream Is Gone
The child is grown, the dream is gone
Source: Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
It’s Another Day for You and Me in Paradise
Oh, think twice - 'Cause it's another day for you and me in paradise
Source: Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins
Under Pressure, That Brings a Building Down
Under pressure, that brings a building down - Splits a family in two
Source: Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie
Would You Still Come Crawlin’ Back Again?
If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin', even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin' back again? I bet you would my friend...
Source: Livin’ On The Edge by Aerosmith
I Think I’m Just a Little Too Close to the Edge
Now, she's gone round and round inside of my head - I think I'm just a little too close to the edge
Source: Walk Around the Moon by Dave Matthews Band
Can You Even Feel What’s Real?
Can you even feel what's real, with such a shallow depth of field?
Source: Shot Reverse Shot by Jack Johnson
He’ll Never Be Together Again
For an eggman, falling off a wall - He'll never be together again
Source: Einstein on the Beach by Counting Crows
I Wish the Real World Would Just Stop Hasslin’ Me
I wish the real world would just stop hasslin' me
Source: Real World by Matchbox Twenty
Stuck in Reverse
When you try your best, but you don't succeed - When you get what you want, but not what you need - When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep - Stuck in reverse...
Everything Looks Perfect From Far Away
'Come down now', they'll say - But everything looks perfect from far away
Source: Such Great Heights by The Postal Service
Making Sure I’m Not in Too Deep
Making sure I'm not in too deep - If you steal my sunshine
Source: Steal My Sunshine by Len
Choke Me in the Shallow Water, Before I Get Too Deep
Choke me in the shallow water, before I get too deep
Source: What I Am by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
All the Things That I Used To Know Have Gone out the Window
All the things that I used to say All the words that got in the way All the things that I used to know Have gone out the window
Source: When It’s Over by Sugar Ray
Everything He Believes in Is Shattered
Einstein's down on the beach standing into the sand, 'cause everything he believes in is shattered
Source: Einstein on the Beach by Counting Crows
Back to the Earth, I Feel It
Back to the earth, I feel it - Back to the earth I'm fallin'
Source: Back to the Earth (Rusted Root) by Rusted Root
Everything Will Fall Right Into Place
As fruit drops, flesh it sags - Everything will fall right into place
Source: Gravity Rides Everything by Modest Mouse
The World’s Just Spinning a Little Too Fast
The world's just spinning a little too fast - If things don't slow down soon, we might not last - So just for a moment, let's be still
Source: Let’s Be Still by The Head and the Heart
This Ground Is Not the Rock I Thought It To Be
This ground is not the rock I thought it to be
Source: Flood (Tool) by Tool
Snap Back to Reality, Oh, There Goes Gravity
Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity
Source: Lose Yourself by Eminem
This Is Not What I Had Planned
This is not what I had planned - It's out of my control
Source: Waiting For The End by Linkin Park
The World Could Change at the Blink of an Eye
I saw the decade end, when it seemed the world could change at the blink of an eye
Source: Right Here Right Now by Jesus Jones
There’s a Room Where the Light Won’t Find You
There's a room where the light won't find you - Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down - When they do, I'll be right behind you
Source: Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears for Fears
I Hoped to Find Why the World Wasn’t Glowing
I hoped to find why the world wasn’t glowing, It’s darker as we end this ride
Source: Starseed by Our Lady Peace
I’d Drive Straight off the Edge
If Columbus was wrong, I'd drive straight off the edge
Source: Radio by Alkaline Trio
Breaking Down the Dreams We Make Real
I can feel no sense of measure, no illusions as we take refuge in young man's pleasure - Breaking down the dreams we make real
Holding onto Something That’s Invisible
We say, yeah, with fists flying up in the air, like we're holding onto something that's invisible there - 'Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and fear, until we dead it, forget it, let it all disappear
Source: Waiting For The End by Linkin Park
The Grand Facade So Soon Will Burn
All my instincts, they return and the grand facade, so soon will burn
Source: In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
