step outside your box - maybe you don't understand as much as you think you do... maybe you do, but i doubt it, or i wouldn't be reading your work in a blog... Posted by: Please point to where I said that all things are as they seem. And give him a million dollars if he does? The aborigines not only saw the ships, they painted images of them on solid rock. occult investigator | Before any of you attempt to define physics, as I've seen so many do so incorrectly, please do a little research. "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."

Ecks: glad you liked it - please link all you want. Skeptico | So which are you? OK Boney, I hate to pull this out, but you're an idiot. April 26, 2005 at 10:30 PM. And you now realize from this and other skeptical reviews that you’ve been taken in by a load of crap. BronzeDog | Posted by: This fact is supported by evidence that egyptian mummies were tested with mass spetrometers and reveled cocaine, tobacco and cannabis residue traces. But the “what the bleep” meme is growing, so I decided I should see it for myself. Re: first we have the many worlds theory, which states that for every possible quantum event an entire new universe is created so that each possibility becomes a whole new reality.

There were people who saw this film and didn’t say, “That’s just a woman putting on a funny accent”. the movie is clear that it doesn't have concrete answers. Of course, there are other causes. no i dont agree with some channeled spirit from atlantis , but for the most part the science and reasoning from the film were sound. At the end of the day it is all down to personal choice what one beleives in.It would be a grim and boring world if we did not have diversity. Though the initial pop-psychology message of the power of positive thinking seems harmless enough, the attempts to "prove" it with distorting science is beyond maddening. So you forgive the film's jelly-baby graphics, daggy storyline, and that Gabor sister channelling a warrior spirit from Atlantis. very impressive... you'd think you were an actual journalist or something. you're the ass gnome, rockstar. Please also opt me in for Exclusive Offers from Beliefnet’s Partners, From time to time you will also receive Special Offers from our partners. Posted by: (Don’t try this at home.) Germ theory was discovered by skeptical scientists who rejected bad ideas so that they could get to the good ones. David | Posted by: BronzeDog | Or maybe because I prefer blues and greens over red? We're such a shallow people. Posted by: no, this movie didn't change my life.

I realize now that “What the Bleep” was a brilliant movie, and I am going to cancel my blog and join the Ramtha School of Enlightenment today. This is probably one of the few things they got right. SO BE IT. the film is a true example of living gnostics in the new era. if comes from a "source" on skeptico, it's logic. By all means examine other ways, but examine them critically. The whole theory that spiritual or religious memes are a stronger or worse virus than anyother is totally illogical! "Quantum physics calculates only possibilities... Who/what chooses among these possibilities to bring the actual event of experience? November 11, 2005 at 09:16 AM. Re: When you disclaim the opinions of the filmakers you are implying that you have a finite definition...that you have the answers.. is this true? Posted by: May 10, 2005 at 11:50 AM. by the way, get a life... idiot... Posted by: Ecks Ridgehead | How did he know what the crime rate would have been without the TM? No evidence presented. You'll even applaud the wedding Polka scene — there's just not enough Eastern European folk culture in contemporary film. UFO threads get debunked here all the time because nobody can see them. Man, I've seen my share of trolls, and along comes "Boney". so then the we come back to the idea that some form of observation is required in order for reality to actually become "real" so then we have to think, if everything in the universe is made up of these particles and for these particles to actually exist then some conciousness must observe them then its only natural that we say conciousness is conected in a fundamental way with everything. If, after listening and considering, they say "what a bunch of bunk", then that's their deal. And you now realize from this and other skeptical reviews that you’ve been taken in by a load of crap. Are they affected by "the personality and thought of the photographer"? (shifting burden of proof.). Math is a slave to physics, especially in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. because i can't accept it as a possibility? Posted by: The minds boogle, Guardian reviews from four scientists: Richard Dawkins, Clive Greated, Simon Singh and Joao Migueijo. NO RADICAL THINKING! And there are many more than two. Yes – if it is not science of course it does! so, i see no problem in trying to see it different ways... even if they lead to some dead ends. Despite the claims made in the cult hit "What the Bleep Do We Know?" Stop using logical fallacies, man.

It questions, doesn't answer. AJ | This is not open-minded. In some cases, some of those problems are caused by nothing more than chemical imbalances. Posted by: welshman | If someone agrees they confirm by agreeing, if no one answers their trying to hush you up, and if you disagree you've hit a nerve. This film ranks up there with the likes of Pat Robertson's 700 club. I'm suddenly reminded of an argument online about the Nintendo Revolution controller. June 29, 2005 at 10:16 AM. Also these are all old ideas-read Illusions by Bach. Because they had never seen ships before, so ships did not exist in their reality. But have you ever seen more plastic surgery on one person in your life? Be sure you do the same. Don’t believe me? ;). Every snowflake has six-fold symmetry, but within that constraint the diversity is amazingly great. Sorry, but the science was not sound. They don't go anywhere, Fred.

But it's quite a leap to say the brain doesn't know the difference between vision and memory. October 29, 2005 at 09:31 AM. These experiments have not been performed to a scientific protocol and have never been independently replicated.

Such remarkable claims as “her body rapidly goes through changes that are not humanly possible and the body physically dies” would be of serious scientific interest. Tags: science-and-technology, neuroscience, physics. I was wrong, and this is why!" Boney | In fact, personal experience seems to suggest that skeptics make up the bulk of the sci-fi and fantasy target audience. Burden of proof fallacy.

Re: now as far as the positive aspects of the film... whats wrong with challenging people to take control of their lives and not live day after day being lead around like a puppet by their emotions and events of the day. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Numbers/Math/Mathematical_Thinking/observer.htm, Posted by: Blogs are retarded, go outside, smell the air, roll in the grass. Please describe your method for evaluating claims. They tantalizingly float "live in the mystery", but then they explain what they think it means. Luckily I know someone who is into ramtha so I knew what it was about and that it's crazy. The brain wasn't born yesterday. She also owns the copyright to Ramtha and conducts sessions in which she pretends to go into a trance and speaks Hollywood’s version of Elizabethan English in a guttural, husky voice. Any one of the many interpretations could be correct. Heisenberg basically says you can't get a really accurate fix on both the position and the momentum of a subatomic particle — say an electron — at the same time. So there will be more small crystals, starting at many different sites, and therefore less order among the adjacent crystals. Why Religion Really Doesn’t Have the Upper Hand over Science, Seralini Study Withdrawn – Should Never Have Been Published, Sylvia Browne Wrong / Psychics Useless Again. The bad ideas have to be routed out to let the good ones flourish. April 26, 2005 at 03:22 AM. April 23, 2005 at 10:21 AM. So big boats fit into their world view. November 16, 2005 at 09:01 AM, Look">http://mist.npl.washington.edu/npl/int_rep/tiqm/TI_toc.html">Look. can't win the argument? I do think it highly likely that whatever she is talking about (if it even happened), was a conjuring trick the likes of which James Randi or Penn & Teller would be able to replicate with ease. They seem to be going out of their way to make it look real. The icing on this critical cake is the filmmakers' rebuttal, wherein they reverse course and zealously testify about their loving belief and commitment to JZ Knight's religion (I refuse to refer to Ramtha as an actual entity). This is excellent work.

Posted by: May 10, 2005 at 03:36 PM, Posted by: This contributes to the discussion... how? October 14, 2005 at 07:43 AM. Obviously more than the imbeciles who wrote this stupid movie. Dr. Jeffrey Satinover (psychiatrist, PhD candidate in physics), in What the Bleep Do We Know? Use these social-bookmarking links to share What the bleep are they on about?. October 14, 2005 at 08:22 AM, "The "New Age" is about making bold declarations about the universe and never testing them. I’m sorry but if the premise of the film is false, the conclusions don’t follow from the premises. It makes it so much easier to argue with "True Believers" when they think they can finally make a scientific arguement. Peer from Norway | There is evidence to show that africans and native ameircans where trading goods before and during the birth of christ. (0) Slightly related: Read a very interesting wikipedia article on the fictional Minovsky particle from Mobile Suit Gundam.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Numbers/Math/Mathematical_Thinking/observer.htm.

May 30, 2005 at 02:25 PM. In fact, it might have been when that Ramtha woman appeared that clinched it. "Our brain receives 400 billion bits/second of information, but we're only aware of 2000 bits/second.

To the author of this article; just because you can't find something about this subject on the internet doesn't mean it ain't real...you aborigine! Uh - isn't creating your own reality a reason to be on medication in the first place? Ryan | that witches really lived in salem. June 02, 2005 at 11:21 PM. You're trying to make us look like the largely mythical hollywood pseudoskeptic. Any law of physics can be expressed in words just as easily as it can using equations. Now I’ve seen it I can confirm that it does distort quantum physics to support a mystical viewpoint. We're willing to change our beliefs when presented evidence. thats insane, that would mean that i have single handedly created millions of seperate universes just while typing this post. Posted by: This film gave them a totally false way to do this.

There are numerous examples in the film – I’m not going to repeat them all.

Rockstar | It isn't real? Anyone who thinks that the movie is not bull is either too closed minded to reject it or too stupid to understand the basics of why it is bull. Gifted and talented kids: how do you nurture a curious mind.

Which is why we see the crazy content-free rants we’ve seen from you today.