Comments on: Philosophical question of the day: What frame rate and resolution is life? http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/12/26/philosophical-question-of-the-day-what-frame-rate-and-resolution-is-life/ A few words about non-linear editing, filmmaking and more ... Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Willy Airaldi http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/12/26/philosophical-question-of-the-day-what-frame-rate-and-resolution-is-life/comment-page-1/#comment-8087 Willy Airaldi Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:43:49 +0000 http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/?p=1678#comment-8087 Hard to say, I'm just trying to keep all my media online for as long as possible before the big fade to black. Hard to say, I’m just trying to keep all my media online for as long as possible before the big fade to black.

]]> By: Alex Gollner http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2008/12/26/philosophical-question-of-the-day-what-frame-rate-and-resolution-is-life/comment-page-1/#comment-8085 Alex Gollner Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:15:44 +0000 http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/?p=1678#comment-8085 We use generalisations as temporary lower-resolution proxies to make life less complex. We use the prefix 'typical' to be able to assign the same set of attributes to large complex groups of things and people as well as organisations and industries. 'Typical man' 'That's typical of the banking industry' 'All salesmen are the same' 'The weather is always terrible' 'I bet he's a typical lawyer.' We could look at complex systems without these generalisations, but for some people and some situations, why use the energy? We use generalisations as temporary lower-resolution proxies to make life less complex. We use the prefix ‘typical’ to be able to assign the same set of attributes to large complex groups of things and people as well as organisations and industries. ‘Typical man’ ‘That’s typical of the banking industry’ ‘All salesmen are the same’ ‘The weather is always terrible’ ‘I bet he’s a typical lawyer.’

We could look at complex systems without these generalisations, but for some people and some situations, why use the energy?

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