Editing Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It is one of [[Eric Weinstein]]'s favorite movies because of its treatment of self-teaching. Eric wrote an essay on the topic of self-teaching inspired by Kung Fu Panda, which you can read [[In Kung Fu Panda, how does Po end up developing the capability to be an awesome Kung Fu fighter (Quora Answer)|here]]. 

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|content=Recommendation: If you must compare "[[Kung Fu Panda]]" to "Godfather I" or "War and Peace" do it on a Saturday in late August. #mytwocents
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|content=New topic: the importance of "Kung Fu Panda".
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|content=To begin with, like a Beethoven symphony, [[Kung Fu Panda]] is meant to be accessed on multiple levels with "Believe in yourself" as the lowest.
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|content=The voice performances (w/ exception of Jolie) are all strong. Dustin Hoffman is fantastic. Jack Black solid, McShane and Duk Kim brilliant.
|timestamp=3:53 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|content=But what makes Kung Fu Panda the film of the decade (ergo century, ergo millenium) is that it alone tackles a central issue of science.
|timestamp=4:10 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|content=Driving Kung Fu Panda is the tension between dual modes of learning: Knowledge Transfer and Discovery. As innovator, Oogway is heirless.
|timestamp=4:26 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|content=But Oogway who has a star mentee is not content with the fate of [[Paul Dirac|Dirac]], [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], [[Richard Feynman|Feynman]], etc... in not leaving an innovator-successor.
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|content=[I know taking Kung Fu Panda seriously will lose followers....but I don't care about those eyeballs as the issue and film are too important]
|timestamp=4:31 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|content=So while Oogway is master to Shifu who is/was master to both Tai Lung and Tigress he chooses to elevate the ostensibly inexplicable Panda.
|timestamp=4:36 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|content=In fact, Panda has demonstrated two features in strapping himself to a firework propelled chair: a willingness to innovate and break rules.
|timestamp=4:38 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|content=The film then shows the presumed successor (Tigress) as willing to break rules but previously shows this liniage to be prestige focused.
|timestamp=4:40 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|content=Think of the Panda as having a major & minor advisor. The major advisor (Oogway) he meets only twice. To the minor advisor falls training.
|timestamp=8:44 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|content=So university based PhD advising is based on the failed Shifu-Tigress model. But great science seeks the added Oogway-Panda dimension.
|timestamp=9:00 PM · Aug 22, 2009
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|timestamp=4:45 AM · Aug 23, 2009
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== Related Pages ==

* [[Genius vs Excellence]]
* [[High Agency]]
* [[In Kung Fu Panda, how does Po end up developing the capability to be an awesome Kung Fu fighter (Quora Answer)]]
* [[Skadoosh]]
* [[There is no secret ingredient]]
* [[The War on Excellence]]

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