What The Bleep We Do Know
“Most surprisingly, photographs of water crystals published by Masaru Emoto of Japan are shown as evidence that the structure of water can be changed by good or bad thoughts.” – The Guardian, in an article about the film What The Bleep Do We Know?!
Well...having just re-read that sentence, the water in my cup should be turning the colour of horse shit right about now. But this rotten and false science highlighted by the Guardian is not a harmless distraction; this kind of gibberish is becoming a political issue.
Oh, really? When examining the differences between left and right, the subject that comes up most is the concept of the free market and capitalism in general. Most of us feel uneasy with the dark facets of humanity that capitalism lets us glimpse through its twisted prism, but if it acts as a mirror then we cannot assign it blame. We are the ones being reflected; the system we have is the system we have grown to need.
So capitalism does not actively change us; we change it to suit ourselves. So we have to examine it without recourse to criticisms of the left and right, who both exist in an eternal yearning to change mankind into something that reflects their own viewpoint.
Or at least, somebody else has to examine it. I have a note from my mother. Because the one political division that seems to be affecting people’s minds more than anything else is the division between those who dismiss the kind of crap quoted up at the top and those who base policy on such things.
Issues such as evolution being taught in schools as fact and the Catholic church’s teachings on condoms highlight the reason why we should be concerned. Namely, the way in which these things are used by people to further their agendas to dangerous extremes. Tolerance of ideas and beliefs incompatible with science only goes so far into the realm of the positive; when the Other Side takes science and pervert it to prop up a pile of idiotic and frequently profitable drivel, then we must get mad and punish these liars. Politicians hate the truth because it allows people to challenge them. And science provides people with that truth. So by spinning gibberish they are able promote their most cherished beliefs that in an enlightened society would be laughed out onto the street before you can say Gillian McKeith.
Ah, but before I jabber on any more, I shall retire to the stands and let the proper scientists quoted in the Guardian article speak for themselves about why What The Bleep Do We Know is rotten to the core.
’...It is full of half-truths and misleading analogies, and some of its so-called scientific claims are downright lies...The water experiment is junk pseudo-science of the worst kind and has never been replicated by a mainstream scientist.’ – Simon Singh, PhD.
’One can see how the current US political situation came to exist (Ban guns to cut crime? Nah...just say “Om”)...and one can also understand why the political status quo has such a vested interest in suppressing quality education for the masses.’ – Dr Joao Migueijo.
’This film is even more pretentious than it is boring. And it is stupifyingly boring – unless, of course, you are fooled by its New Age fakery, in which case it might indeed be – as many innocent dupes have started – “Life changing”’. – Richard Dawkins.
Lives changed through the power of lies; a concept that sends shivers running down the spine. Of course, these scientists would not be so riled if the film did not have such pretension to scientific fact. We cannot let this “New Age fakery” take the place of genuine science...we need to arm ourselves and destroy this shit for good before our brains, as one, dribble out of our ears and down the nearest drain. Let entertainment do its thing, but lies are one thing we must never tolerate.
Well...having just re-read that sentence, the water in my cup should be turning the colour of horse shit right about now. But this rotten and false science highlighted by the Guardian is not a harmless distraction; this kind of gibberish is becoming a political issue.
Oh, really? When examining the differences between left and right, the subject that comes up most is the concept of the free market and capitalism in general. Most of us feel uneasy with the dark facets of humanity that capitalism lets us glimpse through its twisted prism, but if it acts as a mirror then we cannot assign it blame. We are the ones being reflected; the system we have is the system we have grown to need.
So capitalism does not actively change us; we change it to suit ourselves. So we have to examine it without recourse to criticisms of the left and right, who both exist in an eternal yearning to change mankind into something that reflects their own viewpoint.
Or at least, somebody else has to examine it. I have a note from my mother. Because the one political division that seems to be affecting people’s minds more than anything else is the division between those who dismiss the kind of crap quoted up at the top and those who base policy on such things.
Issues such as evolution being taught in schools as fact and the Catholic church’s teachings on condoms highlight the reason why we should be concerned. Namely, the way in which these things are used by people to further their agendas to dangerous extremes. Tolerance of ideas and beliefs incompatible with science only goes so far into the realm of the positive; when the Other Side takes science and pervert it to prop up a pile of idiotic and frequently profitable drivel, then we must get mad and punish these liars. Politicians hate the truth because it allows people to challenge them. And science provides people with that truth. So by spinning gibberish they are able promote their most cherished beliefs that in an enlightened society would be laughed out onto the street before you can say Gillian McKeith.
Ah, but before I jabber on any more, I shall retire to the stands and let the proper scientists quoted in the Guardian article speak for themselves about why What The Bleep Do We Know is rotten to the core.
’...It is full of half-truths and misleading analogies, and some of its so-called scientific claims are downright lies...The water experiment is junk pseudo-science of the worst kind and has never been replicated by a mainstream scientist.’ – Simon Singh, PhD.
’One can see how the current US political situation came to exist (Ban guns to cut crime? Nah...just say “Om”)...and one can also understand why the political status quo has such a vested interest in suppressing quality education for the masses.’ – Dr Joao Migueijo.
’This film is even more pretentious than it is boring. And it is stupifyingly boring – unless, of course, you are fooled by its New Age fakery, in which case it might indeed be – as many innocent dupes have started – “Life changing”’. – Richard Dawkins.
Lives changed through the power of lies; a concept that sends shivers running down the spine. Of course, these scientists would not be so riled if the film did not have such pretension to scientific fact. We cannot let this “New Age fakery” take the place of genuine science...we need to arm ourselves and destroy this shit for good before our brains, as one, dribble out of our ears and down the nearest drain. Let entertainment do its thing, but lies are one thing we must never tolerate.
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