What the Bleep Do We Know

Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality

By: William Arntz, Betsy Chase, Mark Vicente

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Everyone is still talking about the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!? Now comes the audio edition of the book based on the mind-boggling movie that grossed $11 million in the U.S. alone. As the movie did, this book compels listeners to ask themselves Great Questions that will recreate their lives as they know them.

With the help of 14 leading quantum physicists, scientists, and spiritual thinkers, this book guides readers on a course from the scientific to the spiritual, and from the universal to the deeply personal. Along the way, it asks such questions as: Are we seeing the world as it really is?What are thoughts made of? What is the relationship between our thoughts and our world? Are we biologically addicted to certain emotions? How can I create my day every day?

What the Bleep answers this question and others through an innovative new approach to self-help and spirituality that's far different - and more exciting - than anything else you've heard. More than 20 short, focused, interactive chapters take listeners on a journey that will integrate the answers to these Great Questions into every aspect of their lives.

©2005 William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente (P)2010 Audible, Inc

Critic reviews

"Anyone considering the nature of consciousness, intelligence, reality, or attitude adjustment will find this packed with insights and lively discussion, which is surprisingly easy to access considering the weight of the matters under review." ( Midwest Book Review)

Loved it

Thanks for the version of the movie and ideas.
I mostly enjoyed the last part with the creative story with all the participants talking about life.
Can’t wait for what the bleed do we know 2!!!

Riveting and fascinating

What did you love best about What the Bleep Do We Know?

I love hearing this, over and over again.
I have viewed the films, What The Bleep, and
Down the Rabbit Hole.

I love to listen to this, so I can deepen my understanding
of this vast subject; Quantum Physics -- made as understandable
as possible. Many brilliant minds contribute to
this wonderful work of art.

Its a good followup to and about the movie.

Granted, not a whole lot new, but stuff that went on in the creation of the movie and how they went down the process of making the movie, even using some of their own techniques. If you are into it, and you liked "The Secret" and this Movie, then get the book and have fun listening. The technical underneath it all is still in there. And even most in science don't know what to make of this new understanding of life and what this book touches on. And if you are indeed into "it," you will want to have listened to this. No one can tell you what you can get out of it but you. If you haven't seen the movie, you have to first of course, before this book, or you may be lost. Do both. If you already get "it" get this too.

its a stretch.

i like the concept and the science is a real thing. this book is....just such a stretch thats unnecessary.

Interesting at first, then hippy silliness

Okay, this starts out very interesting but then turns into a bit of a hippie diatribe. It also blames a lot of victims for their situation. It comes down to using modern quantum theory to justify the position of some mystics. I'm not saying I disagree, but that's what the book's about.

Amazing!

The story and observations opened my eyes of the possibilities of what can BE and what IS. Truly enjoyable!

mind bender

love love love the candid nature of the information. it really makes you think in a very real way, whatever that means! lol read it if you want to experience life in a new way.

Read it and redo the ponder this question at least every two years

Gives you a grasp of the quantum world we live in. That ever changing world needs us to be open and aware to it and able to reevaluate our thoughts on it!

Disappointed, Not What I Expected

Admittedly, I couldn't finish this book. I had a number of problems with it, content-driven and otherwise:

1. An audiobook adaptation for this film/book is awkward. Much of the text is quotes from various luminaries; much of the rest of it comprises the perspectives of the various authors. The "author" of the quote or perspective is listed at the bottom of the text; however, when that is read to you, you are left wondering when this particular person's quote began and how it relates to the other perspectives in the book. It comes through disjointed as you are unable to assign particular feelings to particular people.

2. I mistook the description of the book. This was a disappointment, but was mostly my fault. To clarify: this is about the spirituality of consciousness, topics unexplained by modern science, and the wonder that quantum physics may begin to hint at. It is not well defined by its title. It is not about epistemology. More accurately: it is about what we don't know, but rather what nifty assumptions we can make based of quantum mechanics.

3. I am a skeptic. This is not a book for skeptics. It may be interesting for people trying to meld science and spirituality. In this respect it wasn't for me. The problem here is that it goes from describing actual quantum theory to quantum spirituality without really describing the point when it went "wheels up." People unfamiliar with quantum mechanics might not recognize when the authors depart accepted theory.

And now, if you will indulge me, here is where I'll get a little petty:

4. Every sentence, mundane or wondrous, seems to end with an unspoken, "or did I just blow your mind?" It is very annoying. Not every thought they have is profound, but I'll be damned if they aren't trying to make it sound that way. They often pose questions that are sometimes insightful and sometimes silly, but always ending with a tone of admiration for their own profundity. I'd ask them this: "When I roll my eyes at you, do my eyes actually move or do they stand still while the rest of the universe turns upside down?"

5. The authors begin the introduction by claiming that they were surprised by the critiques they received from the skeptical scientific community. This is disingenuous in the extreme. It becomes apparent in the first chapter that they are basically decrying science for its failure to explain everything. They present a weak, loaded and invalid argument to portray science as a religion, claiming it is an orthodoxy just like any other. Modern scientists are no different from ancient animists. There is no respect for the scientific method being a process of hypothesis, experimentation, empirical data collection, and replication. Scientists are just priests of the orthodoxy that they have inherited .

No kidding, they were critical? You don't say.

Fantastic content, terrible reader

What would have made What the Bleep Do We Know better?

a different reader. The person chosen is totally unsuited to the content of the book

What was one of the most memorable moments of What the Bleep Do We Know?

the experiment of labeling bottles of water then freezing them. Amazing outcome.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

she sounded bored and not very interested in the content which is so exciting. Completely the wrong voice for this book and really spoiled the whole thing

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The content is fascinating

Any additional comments?

don't get bored, older women to read scientific books