Solaris, but not Despite the galactic surveys of untold millions of stars, and the rapt attention of countless electronic eyes and ears, the major question in astrophysics remained unanswered. Where is everybody? Was earth alone privileged to have life, or did it, could it exist elsewhere in the universe, and must it exist on other worlds? The near universal opinion was that it had to, but that there was something missing in the equations of the universe. Perhaps life existed, but then died out, or in an advanced form felt that we were unworthy for contact, or perhaps worthy of conquest. Whatever the reason, the universe, alive with the constant voices of unreasoning and unthinking forces, was in a very peculiar and perhaps ominous way silent. Then a solution was proposed. If mankind could not travel to each corner of the universe to inspect it for life, perhaps the universe could come to it. The new supercomputers were the answer, that if shy of intelligence, were not bereft of near unlimited computing power. The forces and facts of nature were well known, but if nature can cook off life somewhere, then it could do the same in the lab. In this case, not the actuality but the possibility of life was the question. An emulated universe, with each star and planet conceived individually within an immense cyberspace, would tell the tale, and reveal whether we were alone. The data were fed into the machine, and the scientists did not have to wait long. The scientists breathlessly awaited an answer, and when it came it was remarkably terse, certain, positive, and horrific. Life was indeed a feature of the universe it said, and it was universally seeded among many of the stars. However, life on earth was impossible, it could never arise from or even exist on earth. Still we were here, or seemed to be, and but to find the answer, one only had to go outside a look up in the midnight sky. The scientists were stunned, and the results were quickly discounted as a software quirk, and soon the instruments of the earth were focused again on a silent universe. One scientist however was convinced, and on one lonely night looked up at a familiar star quickly crossing the horizon. “It was you, you all along!” he cried despondently. “We are not alone! It was you all along, you fine bastards!” ------------------- It was mediocre star in a quiet and sparsely occupied part of an average galaxy. Beyond the first four planets circling its sun, all dead worlds, lay a fifth, a gaseous giant circled by bands of color, and in in its center, a large red spot. It was like its kin across the universe, composed of tumultuous seas of particles, whose chance organization favored replication, and from there it became, well, complicated. It could not travel, but it could think, and observing the volcanic and lifeless form of the third planet from the sun, thought about the possibilities of the molding of that orbiting clay. from Planck Length
I like the video, found it fascinating. Intelligence is Curious by Nature. Fact is Stranger Than Fiction. It's a very big universe, no telling what awaits out there..
Don't you say put that evil on Tarkovsky! His movie is amazing. Just don't expect a one to one translation of the book. Most successful book adaptations will not do that (there is Blade Runner that pops to my mind)
I want to know why it sends another copy of the woman. I am referring to the movie. Like one is doomed to die, yet another one is there again. Implying what? What if that would be a kid? A woman of African-American descent? Is it good or bad energy the planet project?
I look at it as an empirical study. Was the murder a fluke? Send in another exact copy to see if Kelvin will react the same way again. He didnt. But the second copy goes suicidal. Suggesting that it is not part of the planets consciousness. So intervention is necessary. Etc. Etc. And so on. The planet has such a small sample size of humans so it has to be diligent in its methods. But, that's me probably anthropomorphising the planet a bit too much. Trying to tease out what Lem was trying to suggest. The truth is probably that it's supposed to be unknown what the intents are and the long term goals of the planet.
I just wanted to find a short video of the Solaris ocean
Solaris, but not
Despite the galactic surveys of untold millions of stars, and the rapt attention of countless electronic eyes and ears, the major question in astrophysics remained unanswered.
Where is everybody?
Was earth alone privileged to have life, or did it, could it exist elsewhere in the universe, and must it exist on other worlds? The near universal opinion was that it had to, but that there was something missing in the equations of the universe. Perhaps life existed, but then died out, or in an advanced form felt that we were unworthy for contact, or perhaps worthy of conquest. Whatever the reason, the universe, alive with the constant voices of unreasoning and unthinking forces, was in a very peculiar and perhaps ominous way silent.
Then a solution was proposed. If mankind could not travel to each corner of the universe to inspect it for life, perhaps the universe could come to it. The new supercomputers were the answer, that if shy of intelligence, were not bereft of near unlimited computing power. The forces and facts of nature were well known, but if nature can cook off life somewhere, then it could do the same in the lab. In this case, not the actuality but the possibility of life was the question. An emulated universe, with each star and planet conceived individually within an immense cyberspace, would tell the tale, and reveal whether we were alone.
The data were fed into the machine, and the scientists did not have to wait long. The scientists breathlessly awaited an answer, and when it came it was remarkably terse, certain, positive, and horrific. Life was indeed a feature of the universe it said, and it was universally seeded among many of the stars. However, life on earth was impossible, it could never arise from or even exist on earth. Still we were here, or seemed to be, and but to find the answer, one only had to go outside a look up in the midnight sky.
The scientists were stunned, and the results were quickly discounted as a software quirk, and soon the instruments of the earth were focused again on a silent universe. One scientist however was convinced, and on one lonely night looked up at a familiar star quickly crossing the horizon.
“It was you, you all along!” he cried despondently. “We are not alone! It was you all along, you fine bastards!”
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It was mediocre star in a quiet and sparsely occupied part of an average galaxy. Beyond the first four planets circling its sun, all dead worlds, lay a fifth, a gaseous giant circled by bands of color, and in in its center, a large red spot. It was like its kin across the universe, composed of tumultuous seas of particles, whose chance organization favored replication, and from there it became, well, complicated. It could not travel, but it could think, and observing the volcanic and lifeless form of the third planet from the sun, thought about the possibilities of the molding of that orbiting clay.
from Planck Length
Brilliant..
I liked the first half of this video, but I truly don't understand why the second half is filled with random images and shitty music wtf
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Solaris is probably an energy organism of love. A feel good energy.
i don't know but, when Kelvin started talking about a Defective God, i felt like we was onto something.
so you haven't read the book
@@hummingpylon I'm afraid she hasn't. Too bad, the definitive translation by Bill Johnston is great, and Lem is a genius.
You clearly didn't read the book
You didnt read the novel, did you?
I like the video, found it fascinating. Intelligence is Curious by Nature. Fact is Stranger Than Fiction. It's a very big universe, no telling what awaits out there..
We are not alone. We are just homebodies
Who did the artwork for the thumbnail?
It looks like a midjourney ai art
Looks like Zdzisław Beksiński
I absolutely love the book but dislike the films
Don't you say put that evil on Tarkovsky! His movie is amazing. Just don't expect a one to one translation of the book. Most successful book adaptations will not do that (there is Blade Runner that pops to my mind)
@@cmfrtblynmb02 The Godfather is a great book and movie
My man reads yall lol
I love both
@@leespiderpodthat’s cos the author wrote the script of the movie lol
the mammaries of the crew -
oh myyy 😂🎉
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no way fr fr???
I want to know why it sends another copy of the woman. I am referring to the movie. Like one is doomed to die, yet another one is there again. Implying what? What if that would be a kid? A woman of African-American descent? Is it good or bad energy the planet project?
Actually returning copy was exactly the same as first copy but with no memory about action of first copy.
I look at it as an empirical study. Was the murder a fluke? Send in another exact copy to see if Kelvin will react the same way again. He didnt. But the second copy goes suicidal. Suggesting that it is not part of the planets consciousness. So intervention is necessary. Etc. Etc. And so on. The planet has such a small sample size of humans so it has to be diligent in its methods. But, that's me probably anthropomorphising the planet a bit too much. Trying to tease out what Lem was trying to suggest. The truth is probably that it's supposed to be unknown what the intents are and the long term goals of the planet.
Sci fi that's all
What's this ,,creepy"bass voice guy are talking about?
the movie/novel solaris