IB THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE COORDINATOR - BD SOMANI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MUMBAI, My contact EMAIL (andrew.callahan@bdsint.org) (Please note this site uses Google cookies in compliance with EU Law. By using this site you accept that cookies are used here.)
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
FILM "What The Bleep Do W Know? " - controversial film - sublime or ridiculous? - you decide!
Scientists who have reviewed What the Bleep Do We Know!? have described distinct assertions made in the film as pseudoscience.[12][13] Lisa Randall refers to the film as "the bane of scientists".[14] Amongst the assertions in the film that have been challenged are that water molecules can be influenced by thought (as popularized by Masaru Emoto), that meditation can reduce violent crime rates,[15] and that quantum physics implies that "consciousness is the ground of all being." The film was also discussed in a letter published in Physics Today that challenges how physics is taught, saying teaching fails to "expose the mysteries physics has encountered [and] reveal the limits of our understanding." In the letter, the authors write "the movie illustrates the uncertainty principle with a bouncing basketball being in several places at once. (Film source youtube and text wikipedia)
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