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19

Feb

2010

Duelity: Earth’s Story, Split Down the Middle

Darwin vs. the General Organization of Development labs, or why truth comes in pairs.

Science and religion may be odd bedfellows, but they’ve always had a shared mechanism of propagation — both are simply the product of the stories we tell ourselves and each other to explain the world, be it rationally or emotionally or mystically. So what happens when these conflicting stories are pitted against each other? That’s exactly what Duelity does in a brilliant split-screen animation telling both sides of Earth’s story, winking at the evolution of human thought and language along the way.

Directed by filmmaker Ryan Uhrich and animator Marcos Ceravolo, Duelity is a curious hybrid of humor and philosophy, mythology and ideology, capturing the tensions and frictions inherent to our cultural storytelling.

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22 Responses

  1. Duelity – brilliant split-screen animation parallels the storytelling of Creationism and Darwinism http://ow.ly/18XRJ

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    brainpicker on February 19th, 2010 at 6:45 am
  2. Really cool animated video “Duelity: Earth’s Story, Split Down the Middle”: http://tinyurl.com/yd3xbm3

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    Perspectivas on February 19th, 2010 at 6:46 am
  3. Watch this!! Darwin vs. the General Organization of Development labs, or why truth comes in pairs. http://ow.ly/1oVqgX (@brainpicker)

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    semblance_er on February 19th, 2010 at 6:47 am
  4. RT @brainpicker: Duelity – brilliant split-screen animation parallels the storytelling of Creationism and Darwinism http://ow.ly/18XRJ

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    tRAS on February 19th, 2010 at 6:48 am
  5. RT @brainpicker: Duelity – brilliant split-screen animation parallels the storytelling of Creationism and Darwinism http://ow.ly/18XRJ

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    cmdel on February 19th, 2010 at 6:51 am
  6. RT @brainpicker: Duelity – brilliant split-screen animation parallels the storytelling of Creationism and Darwinism http://ow.ly/18XRJ

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    kagamisky on February 19th, 2010 at 6:55 am
  7. Sweet! Split-screen animation: Creationism told in science terms, Darwinism told in religious terms http://ow.ly/18XRJ (via @brainpicker)

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    r_wolfcastle on February 19th, 2010 at 7:13 am
  8. RT @brainpicker: Duelity – brilliant split-screen animation parallels the storytelling of Creationism and Darwinism http://ow.ly/18XRJ

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    JustinLynes on February 19th, 2010 at 7:31 am
  9. Duelity – brilliant split-screen animation parallels the storytelling of Creationism and Darwinism http://ow.ly/18XRJ (via @brainpicker)

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    ABHewitt on February 19th, 2010 at 8:06 am
  10. Duelity – superb split-screen animation tells Creationism in science terms, Darwinism in religious terms http://ow.ly/18XRJ

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    brainpicker on February 19th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
  11. rt @brainpicker: Duelity – superb split-screen animation tells Creationism in science terms, Darwinism in religious terms http://ow.ly/18XRJ

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    mltck on February 19th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
  12. RT @brainpicker Duelity: Earth’s Story, Split Down the Middle | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/1oVqgX

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    odnokaras on February 19th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
  13. Wow. Someone took evolution & creationism, shook them up in a can, made this amazing animation http://ow.ly/18XRJ (via @Brainpicker)

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    squidskin on February 19th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
  14. Duelity – superb split-screen animation tells Creationism in science terms, Darwinism in religious terms http://ow.ly/18XRJ

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    Kisandie on February 19th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
  15. RT @brainpicker Duelity: Earth’s Story, Split Down the Middle | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/1oVqgX

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    roseman1967 on February 19th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
  16. RT @brainpicker Duelo: La historia de la tierra http://ow.ly/1oVqgX

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    rolokun on February 19th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
  17. Duelity – This is great!

    Garrett Guynn on February 19th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
  18. [...] Via Brain Pickings [...]

  19. RT @squidskin: Wow. Someone took evolution & creationism, shook them up in a can, made this amazing animation http://ow.ly/18XRJ (via @ …

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    poormarx on February 20th, 2010 at 10:40 am
  20. [...] } Esse é bom para colocar lenha na fogueira da discussão criacionismo vs evolucionismo. Duelity é uma obra de arte muito legal para explicar as duas visões de mundo, via storytelling. Ambos são [...]

  21. interesting look at evolution http://bit.ly/dtvACT

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    dsilvaelroy on February 22nd, 2010 at 11:53 pm
  22. Duelity: Earth’s Story, Split Down the Middle | Brain Pickings http://ow.ly/1oVqgX

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    Cristinna29 on March 6th, 2010 at 4:52 am

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