Arrival describes human’s first contact with aliens and examines concepts such as the nature of time, the complexity of language and determinism.
In this video we take a deep dive into the film which takes an intelligent look as to what our species’ reaction to aliens might be.
TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction - 0:00
First contact - 1:11
The complexity of language - 2:12
The appearance of the Heptapods - 3:21
The Heptapod language - 4:20
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis - 4:31
Unification - 5:05
The Universal language - 5:51
Free will - 6:34
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