Saturday, September 10, 2005

What the Bleep Do We Know?

Well, I just sat through this film. It had been recommended to me by many people, some with highly educated backgrounds.

I appreciate the movie's central message that you have more control over your life than you think, and I agree. But not to the extent the film claims, and not for the reasons it uses.

But...

I'm so tired of people abusing Quantum probability to say whatever drivel they want. When that dude says quantum begs the question "who makes the choice" when a probability comes out one way or the other, he's just flat wrong. This is simply anthropomorphizing (spelling?) a physical event. No "choice" is necessary. It just comes out one way or the another. The filmmakers are trying to create the universe in their own image. Also, editing a bunch of real physicists together with channelers and other weirdos just doesn't hold much weight with me.

They cite crackpot studies of thought processes altering the structure of water. They say the Carribeans couldn't see Columbus' ships when he arrived.

No cookie. A very nicely produced load of garbage with a very nice and important central message.

Avoid this movie.
Rating - 1 star out of 5.