Human everyday life consists of many routines and necessary things that are mostly physical such as work, school, a number of chores or minor responsibilities, and hopefully sleep. He has stated in several venues that his views were totally misrepresented in the film. Sol. Interspersed with Amanda's woes and the pseudoscience are random attacks on organized religion. If it's true, no one's been able to measure it or see the effects. is released on Friday. 1. The sub-atomic particles that make up the atoms that make up the rock are there too. But are there new, weird applications that people might see that have an impact on everyday life, beyond the woo-woo? 2. To some extent it could be, because memories and thoughts are stored at the molecular level, and at a molecular level quantum mechanics is significant. A: Absolutely. I guess it's a sign that quantum physics is entering the mainstream A: Well, yeah, the point is that there have been these new-age desires for lots of things to make the world better: crystals, energy vortices. It sounds reasonable, and familiar. You should be wary whenever you hear something like, "Quantum mechanics connects you with the universe" or "quantum mechanics unifies you with everything else." And any Cognitive Behavioural Therapist can help us to change the way we see things by changing our thought patterns. !" is a radical departure from convention. The web makes all such things available today, so I can give you a Google link to a page about Maharishis unified field theory, http://www.worldpeaceendowment.org/invincibility/invincibility6.html. But quantum mechanics, for better or worse, doesn't bring any more spiritual benefits than gravity does. ?, never before seen DVD programming features, 20 minutes of new animation, new interviews, along with 5 hours of uncut interviews and a filmmakers Q&A, the Quantum Edition contains over 15 hours of material on 6 DVD sides. 2. You can't bring good things to you by thinking about them. But quantum mechanics rules out the possibility of hidden variables. I remember Hagelin wanting to discuss how quantum field theory could explain how TMers were able to levitate, something about how they did this by changing the position of the pole in the propagator. A moment in which 'the mathematical formalisms of quantum mechanics [] are stripped of all empirical content and reduced to a set of syrupy nostrums'. She works as a free-lancer for an agency, where her boss is played by Barry Newman. Hambling says it is likely that both the Hughes account and the story told by Pert were exaggerations of the records left by Captain Cook and the botanist Joseph Banks. By continuing to browse the site I guess the difference between me and those other people is that I actually have some grasp on the concepts that the movie was trying to talk about. up and at each step we're eliminating information and finally what is bubbling up to consciousness is the one that is most self-serving. John Hagelin was obviously a good phenomenologists. Despite his caveats, he recommends that people see the film, stating: "I hope it develops into a cult movie in the UK as it has in the US. Moreover, assume that they want your money. [12][13] Lisa Randall refers to the film as "the bane of scientists". 5.Miceal Ledwith a clergyman with a rather dubious past (see http://unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=36&si=770458&issue_id=7565) is the one chosen by the film makers to be the theological spokesman. Having watched this travesty of a movie, any real scientist worth his quarks might be gun-shy about joining the debate. We must shake off the "ugly, superstitious, backwater concept of God" we learned as children, chides JZ Knight--uh, Ramtha. Do We Know!?) William Arntz has referred to the film as "WTFDWK" in a message to the film's street team. Beyond fear, beyond anger. Update: More information at the end of the video description.Comment approval now removed. Q: Obviously, quantum mechanics has lots of real-life applications, including in your television set and your microwave oven. While many of its interviewees and subjects are professional scientists in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology, one of them has noted that the film quotes him out of context. Short Range Tests of Newtons Inverse-Square Law. If your mind is the "observer" that quantum physics talks about, you should be able to choose which of the many possible realities around you comes into existence you can create your own reality, and probably come off anti-anxiety medication to boot. If you want to affect something in the external world, you have to do something to it. But we behave like classical objects for a reason: We're big, we have lots of particles, they interact. Where were we now? Even followers of spiritual traditions that believe in worldly illusion will have problems with "Bleep." "[15], Bernie Hobbs, a science writer with ABC Science Online, explains why the film is incorrect about quantum physics and reality: "The observer effect of quantum physics isn't about people or reality. Our mind has enormous potential, but we only use a small part of it for conscious thought, and we miss a lot of what's going on around us. They're coming into the marketplace hungry for direction, but they don't want some person who claims to have all the answers. Both are indeed mysterious, and their genuine mystery needs none of the hype with which this film relentlessly and noisily belabours us", concluding that the film is "tosh". Thus, if a scientist repeats an experiment with subatomic particles often enough, the results will closely match the probabilities quantum theory predicts. Quantum mechanics may play a role at some level in the way the brain works just as it may play a role in photosynthesis. Isnt that a bit like attacking algebra because of Serge Langs nutty ideas about HIV and AIDS? If anyone has any information to refute any of the facts laid out here, I will be more then willing to retract them. What was new? Dr. Jeffrey Satinover (psychiatrist, PhD candidate in physics), in What the Bleep Do We Know? Dr Joe Dispenza and Miceal Ledwith are both long time students and appointed teachers at Ramthas school of enlightenment (RSE). There are also controlled, double-blind prayer studies out there much more interesting than the D.C. crime study cited in the film, though not necessarily more convincing. As the discussion moves from science to pop psychology, the film s endorsement of Ramtha s School Of Enlightenment and its simplistic self-improvement mantra becomes clear. and published a study guide. Around 650 million people watched the moment on television. It presents itself as the thinking rebel's alternative to Hollywood pabulum: a heady stew of drama and documentary, starring Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin as a Xanax-addled photographer who. No, that wasnt intended specifically as an attack on supersymmetric models; the fact that Hagelin worked on them isnt an argument for or against them. Unfortunately hes written no papers after 1995, see, http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=find+a+hagelin&FORMAT=WWW&SEQUENCE=. We believe news can and should expand a sense of identity and possibility beyond narrow conventional expectations. Prominent if you go by citations that is. We'd like to be able to influence things just by thinking about them, we'd like to transport ourselves elsewhere without getting on an airplane. Categories conflate, confound, connect", "Our power is in our ability to decide - Can you? DVD (2005) Marlee Matlin, Arntz (DIR) cert 12 at the best online prices at eBay! Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving a deaf photographer are used in this docudrama to illustrate the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality. and What the #$*! It demands a freedom of view and greatness of thought so far unknown, indeed, not even dreamed of since Copernicus. Her perceptions of reality are challenged and she begins to realise how the material world is impacted by the consciousness of individuals and groups. All those things can be attributed to quantum mechanics first of all, because it's so poorly understood by the public, and especially because it's so verifiably weird. Awash in New Age theorizing, real world science and the intellectually unfathomable notion of quantum mechanics, What the 'Bleep' Do We Know!? According to an article in Fortean Times by David Hambling, the origins of this story likely involved the voyages of Captain James Cook, not Columbus, and an account related by Robert Hughes which said Cook's ships were "complex and unfamiliar as to defy the natives' understanding". Suddenly people who were talking about subatomic particles are alluding to alternate universes and cosmic forces, all of which can be harnessed in the interest of making Ms. Matlin's character feel better about her thighs. Skeptic James Randi described the film as "a fantasy docudrama" and "[a] rampant example of abuse by charlatans and cults". DO WE KNOW? Do We Know!? From my perspective, once you had identtified Smolins position( I gave this in previous post[Posted by sol at September 25, 2004 04:18 PM] ), then you would know he holds Einsteins, in relation to the Solvay meetings, and strings have modified what Bohr and Schrodinger were doing in developing QM. "Physical reality is absolutely rock solid, yet it only comes into existence when it bumps up against another piece of physical reality like us, or a rock." Whether you're religious, spiritual, or none of the above, you can say one thing for this movie: it's an equal-opportunity offender. "I begin the book with a quote from Feynman that says, 'Reality takes precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled,'" he told me. However, it contends that the empty space is not that empty, it is only the human mind that is unable to see beyond the emptiness. But is reality really in the eye of the quantum observer? " " " !". Right after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 (the collapse of the Czechoslovak communism), many new spiritual and other directions were trying to find their ways to the new free countries. On August 1, 2006 What the Bleep! Mark was born in Johannesburg, South Africa . You'll even applaud the wedding Polka scene there's just not enough Eastern European folk culture in contemporary film. Everyone knows quantum mechanics is weird, so why not use that to justify it? extrapolates from quantum physics to answer life's big questions. "What the Bleep Do We Know?" is a trendy new movie that combines the worst elements of a snooze-worthy PBS documentary, a "change your mind, change your life" self-help book, and a Bugs. This movie agrees with the scientists as far as the existence of the so called empty space is concerned. Well, people are able to undergo various transformations. Do we know" . His list of "worst abusers" includes inspirational author Deepak Chopra, the best-selling book "The Secret" and the whole field of Transcendental Meditation. One should take seriously the danger that hes not the only one deluding himself. "Particles appear and disappear where do they go when they're not here? The film surpassed all expectations; it was certainly the stupidest thing I can remember seeing in a movie theater, and thats saying quite a lot (I see a lot of movies). But most of the talking heads' quotes seem either to have a hidden agenda, or to be sliced and diced to buttress Ramtha's ideas. Q: You do see that in some science . John Hagelin, PhD, describes a study he did in Washington in 1992. It's certainly not. As the Amanda plot zooms here and there, a host of dubious evidence is marshaled to convince us that life is all about mind over matter. . Everyone said that you have to see this movie! So I did. Who believe, in all kinds of things(God maybe?). Yet, the battle still ranges, and we now know where we can class the distinctions of LQG and String theorists? It's actually the machine that's the observer, not the human who's jotting down results. Then we segue to a narrative starring Amanda (Marlee Maitlin), a wedding photographer who's bummed because her slimy husband cheated on her. As long as a sub-atomic particle is interacting with another sub-atomic particle, they'll both exist regardless of where you are or what you're doing.