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Are you stuck in movie logic?

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239 points eatitraw | 2 comments | 17 Nov 25 12:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.433s | source
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amirhirsch ◴[17 Nov 25 16:16 UTC] No.45954962[source]▶
The phenomenon described in movies has a name called “Idiot Plot” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot_plot) an older term which Roger Ebert popularized. Feels missing from blogpost.
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stackedinserter ◴[17 Nov 25 16:49 UTC] No.45955364[source]▶
But people still love movies where everyone is an idiot, like Jurrasic Park or Interstellar. I wonder if it then translates in their real life decisions.
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1. saghm ◴[17 Nov 25 17:18 UTC] No.45955691[source]▶
I haven't seen Interstellar, but to be fair to Jurassic Park, there's literally a character who tells everyone else that the park is a terrible idea, even if his "scientific" basis for it isn't very coherent. (He might still be an idiot in other ways; I haven't seen it in a while, but I think it's an overstatement to say it's about everyone being an idiot rather than some specific people with enough money to find enough other idiots to execute their vision).
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2. ufmace ◴[17 Nov 25 21:03 UTC] No.45958269[source]▶
Reminds me of the Oceangate disaster as proof that things at least that dumb can happen in real live involving substantial amounts of money. Including everyone who is actually an expert in the field telling them that this is idiotic and usually quitting.