Philosophical Implications of The Truman Show

I recently caught the end of The Truman Show, but did not really think about it until I returned home from work today. It was a stunning day outside, so I chose to rest on our deck. As I watched one of the trees waving dangerously in the wind, I started wondering about the movie again.

I sat motionless for over half-an-hour, overwhelmed by a tremendous sensation of uncertainty and questioning. I’m sure that everyone has experienced something like this, but feeling was so powerful that I just had to write about it. I was entranced by doubts of my life, life itself, our world, our perceptions, and more. Am I officially a Skeptic? Although I hate being defined in any way, what I learned from my experience was that of everything that I perviously had faith in, nothing is as tangible as skepticism, and this is enough to attract me.

Here is a the Wikipedia Entry about philosophical skepticism and I hope to write more about this soon.

3 Comments

  1. bit

    Aug 5, 10:05 PM

    I’m not completely sure what direction you’d like to bring this line of thought, but I thought that you might appreciate this article written for the Matrix Trilogy. It’s on their website. It’s not completely about skepticism, and there are other articles there that are more focused on skepticism but I haven’t gotten around to reading those.

  2. Thame

    Aug 6, 05:16 AM

    I don’t have enough time to read the entire article right now, but I’ll definitely be taking a look at it. From what I have read so far, it sounds interesting although I only saw the second installment and have only a vague knowledge of the 1st movie’s plot.

  3. Rap

    Apr 16, 02:07 AM

    Truman Show is great I love to watch it!

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