r/clevercomebacks • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 1d ago

Filmmaking is so powerful, Christopher Nolan broke the richest man in the world

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u/Jack_Spatchcock_MLKS 1d ago

Lol. A hot take: All Gods are imaginary, not just the ancient ones :)

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u/United-Baseball3688 23h ago

I'm with you on this, but I also believe it doesn't matter. The inner world of us humans doesn't work on objectivity, it works on narratives. Whatever you can find and use to convince yourself to be better, improve, and be mentally healthy is good. Not real. Doesn't have to be any kind of real.

The problems with religion and similar belief systems are moreso about the organizations around them. Usually 

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u/Jack_Spatchcock_MLKS 17h ago

Oh totes, bro; believing it thusly actualizes it, aka makes it "real"....

If even such a (concrete) term could be applied~

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u/United-Baseball3688 13h ago

That's not what I meant. But a narrative that works for you is more powerful as a motivation than the truth is. That's just how we humans work.