Movie Analysis Source Code

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“SOURCE CODE”

“Philosophy is the science which considers truth”, according to Aristotle. Yes, it is true because one of the alternative words of wisdom is knowledge and vice-versa. Philo-sophia is the Greek word which means "love of wisdom" and sciencia is a Latin word which mean "knowledge". Wisdom and knowledge are the same but they may differ in how it will be used. Philosophy and science has a big contribution in our lives, we cannot live without this things. Let’s relate this words to the movie that we had watched, it is entitled “Source Code”.

In the movie they used technology which is a tool of science and because of the knowledge of Dr. Rutledge, source code was created. Source code is a computer program that takes the electromagnetic field from one person’s brain and allows that person to assume the role of another individual bearing the same likeness. According to the world Health Organization, Electric and magnetic fields are the root words of electromagnetic field which are part of the field of electromagnetic radiation which covers from fixed electric and magnetic fields, through radiofrequency and infrared radiation. Its most form is light that’s why in the movie we could see light when Captain Stevens, an army helicopter who died in the battle, his body is kept “activated” by conductors hooked up to his brain; transferred or went in the event that happened just a minutes ago. But source code has a problem and it is really obvious, it has no access from any subjects, the investigator didn’t know who he will be, what he would feel or react that’s why when he woke up in the train and found himself in another person’s body, his reaction is not good.

This invention is not a time machine because this thing has a time limit while time machine has none. This personal duplication only last for eight minutes because that’s the only time that the human memory can be accessed by the electromagnetic field brain. In clarification when Captain Stevens is...