Discovering the
Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality ~ by William
Arntz, Betsy Chasse & Mark Vicente
"What The Bleep Do We Know"
Part documentary, part narrative drama and part visual
hallucinogen, the quantum fable What the Bleep Do We Know?!, is now a
book by the producers of the film of the same name. Not just a movie
tie-in, this stand-along book offers deeper insight into the fusion of
science, philosophy and religion.
The award-winning movie was the fourth most successful
documentary of all time in the U.S., grossing over 12 million dollars. A
director's cut will be released in theaters in January, 2006.
With the help of more than a dozen research and
theoretical scientists, it takes you through the looking glass of
quantum physics into a universe that is more bizarre and alive than ever
imagined. Then it takes you beyond, into the outer edges of our
scientific knowledge of consciousness, perception, body chemistry and
brain structure. What is a thought made of? What is reality made of? And
most importantly, how does a thought change the nature of reality?
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHORS/FILMMAKERS
What inspired the film and the subsequent book?
It really started when Will Arntz became inspired to
give back, to fund projects that would actually change consciousness,
make a difference in the world. Shortly thereafter he had an epiphany
that he should be involved, that it should be his project. So, coming
out of retirement from his first successful software company, he started
a second and earmarked part of the profits for projects with a
conscience. While expecting to evaluate the works of others looking for
funding, Will met Mark, who was editing a film at the same time.
Together at a class where quantum physics was the center of discussion,
someone suggested writing a book about it. Mark thought -- why not a
movie? Thus, Will founded the "project" and his movie team was two
thirds formed. Then, when it was imminent that a producer was needed,
Betsy became the third side of the triangle.
What were some of the unique challenges of putting
the book together?
Just like with the film, the concepts are huge and 1000s
of books could be written on just one of the chapters. Trying to fit it
all into one book was tough. People are looking for conclusions and much
of what we write about is still being explored. We didn't want to write
a self help book. We wanted to write a self exploration book.
How is this book different from the movie?
In the film you have a finite amount of time. In the
book we were able to expand on the ideas because we had more space. The
book was also written after the film had been out for a year and we had
the opportunity to do more interview and investigation to better
understand the ideas.
How will this book affect the common person?
Mainly, it's written for everyone. It's entertaining and
compelling, and it makes concepts which seemed out of reach for most
people understandable. We're hopeful people will be inspired to gain
more knowledge about themselves and the great new discoveries science is
making about us and your universe.
