Lucy - Mind Blown!!

Firstly I must say that this review is done without any verifications of the facts and figures used in the movie. Sometimes ignorance just makes the movie that much more enjoyable. The movie is done in a way that I felt like I'm going through a video lecture about the meaning of life. It's mind blowing concepts that are put forth that grips me. Throughout the movie, I seemed to be trying to validate the hypotheses. But time and again I just stopped the justifying, I just wanted it to be true and want it to happen to me!! How awesome would that be??

I won't be discussing the plot here. I'm more interested in some premises of the function of our brain made in the movie. 

First, all cells have only 2 choices in their lifespan. Immortality or reproduction. Without going into the criteria for each choice, I'll just condense it down to, Humans reproduce cos we can't achieve immortality. It is an eventuality that living things will one day gain sufficient knowledge to make the other choice. 

Secondly, the purpose of reproduction is for the passing of knowledge. Our cells hold infinite knowledge which we are not accessible to. Reproduction passes these encrypted information onwards. We may not know what information we hold in our cells, but the info is there!!

Third, it was hypothesized that once we are able to attain 20% function of our cerebral capacity. The hurdles will be unlocked, because of ultimate self-awareness. We will be able to "colonise" the remainder of our cerebral functions by brute force.

Fourth, all cells communicate with one another. All information is one and all. This part is very similar to the johnny depp Transcendence.

Fifth, all measures and scales in terms of size and physicality are man-made. This is done for the purpose of framing everything into our limits of understanding. 1+1 has never been nor will ever be 2.

Sixth, time is the only true scale of measure. Without time there's no proof of our existence. I particularly liked the example given. "Imagine a car driving through a frame. Then speed it up infinitely. The car disappears."

Finally, at 100% cerebral function. The final step. Basically, u become god.  Others may have different interpretations of this finale, but here's my take. Approaching 100%, Lucy is already pretty much god-like. At 100%, 3 qualities jumped at me.

1. Know it all!!
2. Omni-presence.
3. No more physical form.

aka GOD!!

So what is the purpose of our life? Regardless what we try to do or what we think we are trying to things for, we are only trying to bring us closer to god. Not closer to the god, but closer to being god.

Public Speaking - attempt 1

I was always told that I have the poise of a steadfast speaker. I don't think I have had any problems speaking to a small group or even a classroom size. I've had plenty of practice mumbling away during my volleyball coaching days.

As long as I felt I'm familiar with the content which I'm going to talk about. I don't think I have any issues making a speech out of it. I may not be the motivation-speaker-type getting everyone all hyped up, but at least I try to make people believe I know what I'm talking about and I'm confident about it.

Today I put that perception abt me to the  sternest test. It's 30mins long lecture type speech in front of a crowd close to 200. I'm not too sure what spurred me on to take up this challenge. Perhaps the question to ask was, why not?

Preparation up till today was not exactly intense. Slides were only being confirmed last week. There was only one full rehearsal. Truthfully, I didn't think I'll have much problems until nature decided to attack me.

My throat and nose felt horrible the past few days. My weekend was spent mainly lying on the bed and eating porridge.

Thankfully, I felt well enough today. I only started feeling the nerves when people streamed into the auditorium. It's good that I sat in the front row so I did not have to hear or face the crowd until it's my turn. 

My last minute preparations involved putting myself in a relaxed position as much as possible. Also non-stop brainwashing of myself, "I'm the 1 person who knows everything about the stuff I'm presenting. Everyone knows nuts!!" I kept repeating that to myself and I honestly believe it.

The actual 30mins were over in a flash. Despite sounding like Rod Stewart every now and then and having my ears and nose blocked. I believe I've scrapped through pretty well. It's encouraging to see some among the audience looking at me and nodding as I went along. 

There were many "pats on my shoulder" and "job well done" given. Even though I don't think I did fantastic, I'm glad to get positive feedback. 

Until next time, if I ever do get another chance.