Motal Realism Is Just Another Tool or Pointing After the Same Or, Yeah, It's Just Fascinating

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The idea of motal realism is still one that even i come up a little bit short. It reminds me of the way that our ancestors all interpreted certain truths in different directions. And so, like you saying, modal realism doesn't make senses, like, totally fair. To me, its just fascinating, because it's another tool, or pointing after the same or, ye.

Every time we make an important decision, it’s hard not to wonder how things would have turned out had we chosen differently. The set of all those hypothetical lives is a kind of “multiverse” — not one predicted by quantum mechanics or cosmology, but a space of possibilities that is ripe for contemplation. In their new movie Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniels (the collective moniker for writer/directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) use this idea to tell the story of Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), who is the “worst” of all her avatars in the multiverse. We talk about philosophy, filmmaking, and how we should all strive to be kind amidst the chaos.

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Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are writers and directors collectively known as Daniels. They met and formed a collaboration while in film school at Emerson College. They have directed a number of music videos for artists such as DJ Snake and Tenacious D. Their first feature film was Swiss Army Man, starring Daniel Radcliffe.

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