I think the core message of optimism is a positive one, but of course IRL we have to deal with a world whose physical laws do not in fact seem to bend endlessly under sufficient application of MANLY WARRIOR SPIRIT, and thus that forces us to be occasionally Rossiu even when we’d want to be Simon. Memeing ourselves into believing otherwise doesn’t really make it true.
Nor do we have the ability to bend probabilities arbitrarily for arbitrary statements, which was a core power in Gurren Lagann movies, if I recall correctly.
Probabilities for physical processes are encoded in quantum wavefunctions one way or another, so I’d put that under the umbrella of “winning a staring contest with the laws of physics”, which was basically what the average Spiral Energy user did.
And then again, while optimistic, the series still does show Simon using his power responsibly and essentially renouncing it to avoid causing the Spiral Nemesis. He doesn’t just keep growing everything exponentially and decide nothing bad can ever possibly come out of it.
I think the core message of optimism is a positive one, but of course IRL we have to deal with a world whose physical laws do not in fact seem to bend endlessly under sufficient application of MANLY WARRIOR SPIRIT, and thus that forces us to be occasionally Rossiu even when we’d want to be Simon. Memeing ourselves into believing otherwise doesn’t really make it true.
Nor do we have the ability to bend probabilities arbitrarily for arbitrary statements, which was a core power in Gurren Lagann movies, if I recall correctly.
Probabilities for physical processes are encoded in quantum wavefunctions one way or another, so I’d put that under the umbrella of “winning a staring contest with the laws of physics”, which was basically what the average Spiral Energy user did.
And then again, while optimistic, the series still does show Simon using his power responsibly and essentially renouncing it to avoid causing the Spiral Nemesis. He doesn’t just keep growing everything exponentially and decide nothing bad can ever possibly come out of it.