Sentences with phrase «philosophical musings»

An atomic physicist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, he has spent most of his half - century - long career rejecting philosophical musings about the nature of quantum...

These topics, though, provide the jumping - off points for philosophical musings on a host of other concerns, both literary and everyday — very often sports and movies.

Every so often, the men cross paths with an affable elderly truck driver (Lance LeGault) who offers them large quantities of moonshine and his own philosophical musings.

Enter then Road to Gehenna, an expansion pack for The Talos Principle which proves that last year's game was no fluke, Road to Gehenna once more brings those same philosophical musings and brutally clever puzzles to the forefront and does so with the levels of flair and visual flourish that were so evident in its parent title.

These feature texts written by McCreadie which appear to be transcriptions of live lectures, complete with awkward pauses and false starts, and ranging from philosophical musings to absurdist anecdotes.

As far as that silly blog, talk about moronic views that don't account for what evolution actually puts forth and makes ridiculous a / ssumptions based on nothing more than pet philosophical musings.

Are they just philosophical musings, or is there something that can actually be tested?

While the film's philosophical musings prove frustratingly unformed, its human story becomes much easier to embrace.

The trouble here is, whereas the previous Xeno timeline of games — like Xenogears and Xenosaga — anchored the nearly hundred - hours of game time with celebrated philosophical musings, none of that is represented here.

While his snarkiness and philosophical musings remain consistent in the book, it falters in the film by restricting the amount of voiceovers.

Sometimes the voice - over is dreamy (Sissy Spacek's in Badlands), sometimes it's disarmingly concrete (Linda Manz's in Days of Heaven), sometimes it comprises audacious, poetic philosophical musings (that of all the soldiers in The Thin Red Line)-- but it's always there, a character in its own right.

Accompanied by Mueller's crafted words, Scarpati's felt - tip notepad sketches range from surreal philosophical musings to unflinching depictions of his own deteriorating body.

Based on a 1968 novel by Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott's 1982 film was notable for its screenplay of oblique, muscular poetry (by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples); a cynical and gorgeously gloomy film noir sensibility; and philosophical musings about what it means to be human.

Along the way, we are treated to Isabel's philosophical musings on many diverse subjects: being polite, or saying what you really feel; landscape painters taking artistic licence; the purpose of art; adoption; head lice; which bodily afflictions are too personal to talk about; sarcasm; swearing; wind turbines; jumping to conclusions; religion; children's literature; dogs dreaming; metaphors; how to end arguments and knowing who you are.

I have also omitted extraordinary works, such as «In What Distant Sky,» the specially commissioned video piece, filmed at Mass MoCA, by Megan and Murray McMillan; Christopher Gausby's illuminated manuscripts recording his own philosophical musings and mappings; and Rachel Sussman's hall - length diagram, «[Selected] History of the Space Time Continuum.»

Enter then Road to Gehenna, an expansion pack for The Talos Principle which proves that last year's game was no fluke, Road to Gehenna once more brings those same philosophical musings and brutally clever puzzles to the forefront, doing so with the levels of flair and visual flourish that were so evident in its parent title.

You will excuse me if I am skeptical of the philosophical musings of a man so spectacularly ignorant of natural history that he thinks the World began with one man, one woman and a possessed, talking snake».

18:57 - Now we're enjoying some philosophical musings about the basic requirement for trust which newspapers are based on.

It can be a diary, an op - ed column, a corporate house organ, a community center, an outlet for art, photography, fiction or investigative journalism, a place of philosophical musing or a venue for shameless self - promotion (hello, e.politics!).

It may just be added - value for the adults watching (like Horton's philosophical musings or the Whos view of him as a god) but it wasn't really needed.

This may all sound like the philosophical musings of a morbid stoner, but the duality of life and death intertwined is a fascinating thought.

Most everything in «Wonder Wheel» rings false — the fiery passion, the arguments and violence, the philosophical musings.

What disappoints ultimately is a deus ex machina so bankrupt that it makes the philosophical musings of the body entirely moot.

But if Boyle starts with Tarkovsky, he ends with Ridley Scott, finding a literal bogeyman more convenient and immediate than the philosophical musings and circumstances of the plot.

What slows things down are the philosophical musings about man and the nature of his survival and the ramifications of things he has made.

The stylization of the dialogue, production design and cinematography reveals that this is a heightened reality given to philosophical musing and outsized personalities amidst a hail of bullets and murders.

ROMANTIC EXILES [LOS EXILIADOS ROMÁNTICOS] Sun, June 4, 7:30 p.m. Director / writer Jonás Trueba's hyper - literate hipster sensibility finds room to play in this summertime road movie full of philosophical musings and casual romance.

However, for those looking for a philosophical musing on the state of the future, humanity, and the tendency of those in power to try to mollify the masses, it works quite well.

Its convoluted plot line — something Guy Ritchie is all too familiar with — is made significantly difficult to penetrate with its Western / Eastern iconography, symbolism, and philosophical musings.

In the end, perhaps fittingly, Allen's film plays more like a moral and philosophical musing than a fully realized story, leaving audiences with existential questions to ponder with afterward, even if its answers are more potently wrestled with in his own more masterful works on similar subjects matter in Crimes and Misdemeanors and Match Point.

«A hypnotizing tale of lost opportunities and philosophical musings... Emotionally satisfying and provocative at the same time... stunning cinematography... engaging from start to finish.»

In the workaday world of elementary and secondary education, however, these philosophical musings seem less to the point.

Philosophical musings and stories spill out of him rapidly.

In ancient times, the elite read their sacred writings, histories, philosophical musings and more on materials such as clay tablets, papyrus leaves and vellum scrolls.

His voice subtly evokes the gruffness of Potter Min, the kindliness of Min's wife, the philosophical musings of Crane - man, and the youthful respectfulness for his elders as well as the firm determination of Tree - ear.

Not the original series where Shatner was so hammy you could have a lovely Sunday roast, but with the philosophical musings of The Next Generation, the tenacity of the Voyager crew and the wonderful characters of Deep Space Nine.

Not the original series where Shatner was so hammy you could have a lovely Sunday roast, but with the philosophical musings of The Next Generation, the tenaci...

You'll savor its philosophical musings when you're not playing.

The Talos Principle is a beautiful and thoughtful puzzle game with the kind of philosophical musings that will either leave you deep in thought, stroking that gaming beard with an existential bent or just shrugging your shoulders before moving on to the next puzzle.

Philosophical musings on gambling are all well and good, but they set out four parameters that games must meet to be gambling, and I don't see how loot boxes meet all four.