A philosophical dive into “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Amidst the enrapturing chaos and screwball comedy of “Everything Everywhere All at Once" there seems to lie a secluded commentary on finding purpose in life. As the plot steadily collapses into multiverse anarchy, a central question is recited: if our existence is just a random permutation in a set of infinite possibilities, what meaning does anything have? In answering this question, Evelyn and Joy seem to have found a tranquil abode within that anarchy. But it wasn’t quite clear to me what that answer actually was, or whether it could opine anything meaningful outside of the plot’s context. Firstly, let’s piece together what kind of ontological view the film is presenting. Our first exposure to verse jumping shows Alpha Waymond puppeting another universe’s Waymond. Upon first examination, it seems verse jumping can have purely physicalist explanations. The jump technology allows someone to access the brain state of another version of themse
