Outside Context Problem (from Mel Gibson's Apocalypto)

"An Outside Context Problem is the sort of thing most civilizations encounter just once, and which they tend to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encounters a full stop."

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[Ragger10]

Favorite scene from this movie. Exactly what would people would do if they saw something they've never seen before - stand and stare.

[Bloodgod40]

Oh definitely. I kinda imagine if extraterrestrials ever did actually "land on the whitehouse lawn" we would be exactly like that.

[Kletterator]

In case you were wondering about this quote's source:

"An Outside Context Problem is the sort of thing most civilizations encounter just once, and which they tend to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encounters a full stop."

It's from Iain Banks, in his book Excession.

[TheWentzMachine]

@metallicballa666 It's a fictional yet plausible narrative so it doesn't really matter as that was never the point.

[captainadventures]

i thought it was funny that this same old white couple in front of me that clapped each time the villains got killed clapped at the sight of the europeans landing, as if it was going to be a good thing for the hero and his people

[metallicballa666]

well if these are mayans then this would be incorrect because the spanish made first contact with the aztecs i believe, they didnt go into the yucatan till later. correct me if im wrong

[simplyleast]

the crusaders meet his new enemy, if would be the 2nd part of this, its might be the crusader would looking for some gold, thats exactly their deepest dream

[MrZemangalho]

@hbdrs correction, spain fault and not europe.

[hbdrs]

@thetwilightfan10 rigth sorry native americans >:(

[thetwilightfan10]

@hbdrs NATIVE AMERICANS not INDIANS! : (

[empiremonkey]

@Ikaftl I am just getting into it and it is great so far- but I am still a softie for Consider Phlebas, which was the first Culture book I read....

[hbdrs]

i hate europe for descovering us its their fault global warming fordescovering us and destroying all our trees and killing all our indians >.< i fucking hate evolution