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This weekend we rented What the bleep do we know?<\/a> after I’d heard a few people in the Learning & Development field discussing the movie. I should mention that we didn’t rent the original 2002 theatrical version of the film, rather the repackaged 2006 “director’s cut” titled What the bleep: Down the Rabbit Hole<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I really didn’t know what I’d be getting myself into but I was certain it couldn’t be any worse than some of the other movies we’ve rented over the past decade.<\/p>\n

So two hours, a mini bag of popcorn, and a few beers later one thought cemented in my mind. I need to learn more about the premise behind the documentary. I also was pretty certain I’d need to watch it at least a few more times (after some time had elapsed) before I could make a judgment either way regarding how I felt about the information presented.<\/p>\n

Strangely, while I don’t agree with the premise, I also don’t have the overwhelming urge to bemoan my loss of time spent watching it. Usually when the hubby and I watch something terrible we tend to joke about demanding the 2 hours of our lives that we spent watching a movie back from the powers that be*<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sure, I know most of it has been debunked as pseudoscience and it’s a thinly veiled promotional piece for Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment<\/a>. I also don’t see how the premise fits into my current understanding of the world and my own reality. I am, however, confused.<\/p>\n

I’ve learned to equate my moments of confusion with the learning process. Most times when I’m confused I find I’m trying to work things out but haven’t really got a good grasp of what my final interpretation of the data is yet. Due to my current confused state, I’m having a hard time completely dismissing the film. If nothing else it’s forcing me to ask questions and seek out answers so I can build my own reality. At least that’s one thing I do feel confident about knowing<\/em>. I’m firmly entrenched in the belief that anyone suggesting that we don’t built our own reality hasn’t really examined their own mental models<\/a>!<\/p>\n

For more info on the controversy surrounding this movie, read the Salon <\/a>article Bleep of Faith<\/a> or Annie Wagner<\/a>‘s blog post David Albert: ‘What the BLEEP’ Is Wildly and Irresponsibly Wrong<\/a>. Alternately, you can google<\/a> the movie title to find lots of opinions (pro and con).<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>We used to have a rule that we followed wherein we wouldn’t stop a movie once we’d started watching it. If we rented it, we were stuck until the end. It resulted in our seeing a large number of absolutely horrific movies over the years. We frequently wanted our 2 hours back! More recently we’ve decided that life is too short to spend watching crap. If neither of us is into a movie in the first 15-30 minutes it’s pulled out of the DVD player and we move onto something else.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

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