I might be crazy, but i feel like Truman
2007-02-05 05:46:21 · 9 answers · asked by brandon 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
no, i'm not Jim, I'm Brandon.
What the heck was Truman's last name in that movie?
2007-02-05 05:57:43 · update #1
You're not.
There are 7 Billion people on the planet who wonder the same silly little thing... you are not that important :)
2007-02-05 05:49:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be unrealistic for you to believe that the whole world is acting, since that would involve a needless amount of effort. If the rest of the world was watching you for entertainment purposes, they would only have to put you in a small area (like the set in the Truman Show). If there really was a larger, unseen society out there watching you on TV there is no way they would hire 6 billion actors and only have one real person on their show. That would just be an enormous waste. It would be more likely that you're in a small set, which is perhaps one of many.
Maybe you could think of it this way: in your mind, there is no way you could rule out the possibility that you're being watched all the time. This possibility haunts you and you're having trouble shaking it. In science, we would call this a "non-falsifiable hypothesis" since no amount of hard evidence could convince you that you are absolutely, 100% not on a television set.
At the same time, however, there are many other possibilities that you can't rule out either. What if you're just dreaming and no one else exists except for you? (Fetuses spend most of their time sleeping; perhaps you're just an unborn child). What if you're in some kind of Matrix, and a computer-driven world is just harvesting your body heat? What if everyone in the world was in one, large collective Reality Show ("Survivor: Earth").
I'm sure you can think up more possibilities, but you have to remember that none of them can be disproved and many of them are even more likely than your Truman Show hypothesis. I suggest you check out some books on Epistemology, which is the study of how we can know the things we know.
2007-02-05 14:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by Conrad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His last name was Burbank.
Oh, and I used to have that feeling all the time. Only, it wasn't quite like the Truman Show. It was more like I was on MST3K and intentionally saying jokes that only 2% of the audience would get. I miss those days...I wonder how many people watching me on T.V. actually got them. I also wonder how much of my life resembled a bad movie. It was boring enough...and I quoted MST3K enough.
If your life is that entertaining, then I'd give you a "maybe." If not, then try this one on for size: maybe the entire world is something that someone dreamt up. Imagine what will happen when that person awakens.
2007-02-05 14:20:08 · answer #3 · answered by TomServo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you sound like shakespeare"s:
" all they world's a stage and all the men and women merely players"
there are many more quotes from literature to support your question
perhaps life is after all merely one huge game.
2007-02-05 13:55:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh well, join the crowd. Why? Who cares? Yes you are. Is there something that bothers you about that?
2007-02-05 13:59:10 · answer #5 · answered by JORGE N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask yourself this; are you worth filming?
2007-02-05 14:56:02 · answer #6 · answered by M.A.X. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are........and don't keep your cup so close to the pc.
2007-02-05 13:54:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i would say so because your so interesting!
2007-02-05 14:34:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you jim carey?
2007-02-05 13:56:20 · answer #9 · answered by Estelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋