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Episode 46: Adapting the ‘The Wheel of Time’ for Television
The Arts

Episode 46: Adapting the ‘The Wheel of Time’ for Television

Posted on June 7, 2022June 3, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

What responsibility do the creators of a TV series or movie have to be faithful to the original source material? What risks are involved with…

Popper on Objective Beauty
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Popper on Objective Beauty

Posted on December 21, 2021August 7, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

Reading Popper, I’m often surprised how many of Deutsch’s ideas are really ideas from Popper. Here is one on objective beauty. To me, idealism appears…

Who Would Dislike “A Silent Voice”?
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Who Would Dislike “A Silent Voice”?

Posted on November 18, 2021November 21, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

A couple of years ago I discovered a movie called A Silent Voice which is the single most realistic portrayal of childhood bullying I’ve ever…

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 8: The Disneyfication of Star Wars
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Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 8: The Disneyfication of Star Wars

Posted on November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

Disney’s purchase of Star Wars is a prime example of objective beauty. While the recent movies not bad big budget popcorn movies, they fall far…

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 6: Dancing the Ancient Forms
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Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 6: Dancing the Ancient Forms

Posted on July 1, 2020July 13, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

What’s it like to leave your home, your family, and your country and go to a whole new land and culture — possibly never to…

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 5: The Avengers, Time Travel, and The Deutsch Proposition
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Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 5: The Avengers, Time Travel, and The Deutsch Proposition

Posted on June 23, 2020November 6, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

“Quantum fluctuation messes with the Planck scale, which then triggers the Deutsch Proposition. Can we agree on that?” asks Tony Stark. What the heck is…

Morality

Starship Troopers Film: A Review

Posted on June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

Back in 1997, a movie adaption of the Robert Heinlein’s book Starship Troopers came out. I had read the book but was put off that…


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