From a Quantum Physics Student: Blog Comment

[Whatchamacallit]

Excerpted from a blog comment:

"Our second topic was What the Bleep!? and Quantum Mechanics. What the Bleep Do We Know!? is a film which uses misinterpretations of quantum mechanics to promote a rather new age view of the world. The really funny part is that the film is a basically a front from this cult which is run by a woman JZ Knight who channels a 35,000 year old Atlantean warrior spirit named Ramtha.

So we spent a lot of time talking about the Double Slit Experiment, the Copenhagen Interpretation, Schr?dinger?s Cat, and other aspects of Quantum Mechanics. I could probably talk about this stuff for hours (being a rather knowledgeable physics student), but I didn?t get enough time. Let?s just say that What the Bleep!? gravely misunderstands the relationship in Quantum Mechanics between macroscopic and microscopic behavior. The rest of the details of our discussion are hard to reproduce, as I spent more time talking than taking notes. However (self promotion alert!), I will point you all to my review of the What the Bleep!? on my own blog."

http://bruinskeptics.org/2009/02/09/mee ... meeting-v/ (DEAD LINK)

I SUGGEST READING THIS NEXT POST WITH THE FOLLOW UP BLOG COMMENTARY....IT'S REALLY GOOD !
http://skepticsplay.blogspot.com/2008/1 ... iewed.html