Two Groups of People
September 15th, 2006 · No Comments
There is a great scene scene in the movie signs that has come up for me in the last few days. The conversation isbetween Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix about some fundamental philosophical thinking. I looked it up andactually found a transcript of the conversation, it is as follows:
People break down into two groupswhen they experience something lucky.Group number one sees it as more than luck,more than coincidence.They see it as a sign…evidence that there is someone up therewatching out for them.Group number two sees it as just pure luck,a happy turn of chance.I’m sure the people in group number twoare looking at those lights in a very suspicious way.For them, the situation isn’t - .Could be bad, could be good.But deep down,they feel that whatever happens,they’re on their own.And that fills them with fear.
It isn’t exactly as I remembered it but it makes my point. I don’t subscribe to this thinking exactly but itis a brilliant observation about two groups of people, group one that sees things as more than luck or coincidence and group two that feels that deep down they’re on their own.
So which are you?
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