existantial french star wars video...

[Victoria Hughes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q-uQWNd540I

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[Carl Tollander]

DV: "Hell is other autonomous agents?  Or could it be more one's
awareness of the insidious gnawing persistent illusion of their
autonomy?   The bird in the school and the fish in the flock have to
live with such an existential nausea.  Yet they have to effectively
treat their fellows as autonomous in order for the collective strategies
to work.  Perhaps they have evolved away that awareness in the service
of warding off predators more effectively.  Is it still there in some
form, just beneath the surface, waiting for the Emperor to exploit?  
Hmmm, there's a paper in there somewhere."

On 5/15/11 8:16 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
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[Russell Standish]

I suppose this would be funnier if you didn't understand French, and
could happily imagine that the English subtitles was an accurate
translation.

Ah, tant pis!

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:46:44PM -0600, Carl Tollander wrote:

> DV: "Hell is other autonomous agents?  Or could it be more one's
> awareness of the insidious gnawing persistent illusion of their
> autonomy?   The bird in the school and the fish in the flock have to
> live with such an existential nausea.  Yet they have to effectively
> treat their fellows as autonomous in order for the collective
> strategies to work.  Perhaps they have evolved away that awareness
> in the service of warding off predators more effectively.  Is it
> still there in some form, just beneath the surface, waiting for the
> Emperor to exploit?   Hmmm, there's a paper in there somewhere."
>
> On 5/15/11 8:16 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
> >
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q-uQWNd540I
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[Victoria Hughes]

I just ignored the French after I listened to it and realized it was  
the movie dialogue. The juxtaposition of the iconic French malaise,  
and the iconic American space cowboy behaviour amused me.

On May 16, 2011, at 12:36 AM, Russell Standish wrote:

> I suppose this would be funnier if you didn't understand French, and
> could happily imagine that the English subtitles was an accurate
> translation.
>
> Ah, tant pis!
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:46:44PM -0600, Carl Tollander wrote:
>> DV: "Hell is other autonomous agents?  Or could it be more one's
>> awareness of the insidious gnawing persistent illusion of their
>> autonomy?   The bird in the school and the fish in the flock have to
>> live with such an existential nausea.  Yet they have to effectively
>> treat their fellows as autonomous in order for the collective
>> strategies to work.  Perhaps they have evolved away that awareness
>> in the service of warding off predators more effectively.  Is it
>> still there in some form, just beneath the surface, waiting for the
>> Emperor to exploit?   Hmmm, there's a paper in there somewhere."
>>
>> On 5/15/11 8:16 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q-uQWNd540I
>>>
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