“Mindwalk” isn’t a movie for everyone, but if you like to think “deep” thoughts now and then, this movie may be for you. A poet, politician, and a physicist discuss the state of the world and their own lives, while in the French isle. This is a talkfest of the highest order, and it has been described by some reviewers as “pretentious.” I would like to have more friends that occasionally talked like these three individuals.
IF you liked “Dinner with Andre”, you probably will like this movie which is available for free on the Internet. What did I learn from the movie? That would be difficult to boil down in a few sentences, and you might laugh at how basic they sound. But here goes…
• Scientists don’t really have a handle on what “matter” is. The sub-atomic world is very elusive, nothing like the tinker toy models we saw in high school.
• Our environment is only going to be saved in the long run if people come together from all walks of life, professions, politics, belief systems, and countries.
• We are all inter-connected in more ways than we can even imagine.
• The “systems” way of thinking is rather fascinating.
• Philosophers and scientists aren’t that far apart in how they think about the world.
Those are my random thoughts about “Mindwalk.” Although Charlie Rose isn’t in the movie, this is an interesting stroll for Charlie Rose fans.