“The Egg” by Andy Weir

Video by Kurzgesagt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI )

What do the following words and phrases mean?
The medics tried to save you, to no avail (0:17)

No point in mincing words (0:36)

We strode through the void (2:33)

A little let down (4:41)

You stared blankly at me (5:38)

Video discussion
“They (your kids) didn’t have time to grow contemptuous of you” (1:51)
- How old were you when you first realised that your parents were just ordinary people, with vices
and virtues like everyone else?
- Is it too extreme to suggest that children ‘grow contemptuous’ of their parents?

“Your wife will cry on the outside but be secretly relieved… if it’s any consolation she’ll feel
very guilty for feeling relieved” (1:55)
- Do relationships have a natural ‘expiry point’?
- Is it ever a good idea for a couple to stay together ‘for the children’?

“You’ll be reincarnated… so the Hindu’s were right?” (2:17)

- Do you like the idea of reincarnation? Past lives?
- Do you agree with the sentiment that ‘all religions are right in their own way’?
- Can religion be a force for good in the world?
- Would you consider yourself more spiritual or more materialist/rationalist?
- They say that most people experience at least one thing that they can’t explain rationally. What’s
yours?

“I’ll be a blank slate… so all my experiences won’t matter?” (2:46)

- What do you think of this idea?
- Even if you don’t believe in any kind of afterlife, is it still true that nothing matters? Or does it
matter more because there is no ‘part 2’?
- Do experiences shape personality or does personality lead to experiences? What comes first, the
chicken or the egg?

“So… what’s the point of it all?” (5:02)

- Good question. Any idea?

Conclusion
So… you’re an egg? What the hell did we just watch?
Some comments:
This video is only 7 mins long... Yet it fells like a whole movie

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