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Ariel Phenomenon

The universe is a beautiful,strange place and we’re just human beingsand we can’t know...

The universe is a beautiful,
strange place and we’re just human beings
and we can’t know everything

Full Transcript

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The universe is a beautiful, strange place
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and we’re just human beings and we can’t know everything.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:24:23
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
String Theory Films

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Movie Summary

The film follows a BBC war reporter and Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack, whose careers were threatened by the investigation of the incident, as well as a former student who journeys back to the rural Ariel School.
We may be just exploring the limited reaches of space. - Ariel Phenomenon 00:06
We may be just exploring the limited reaches of space.
Beyond that we absolutely know nothing in terms of life - Ariel Phenomenon 00:08
Beyond that we absolutely know nothing in terms of life
In the beginning of my going public with this, - Ariel Phenomenon 00:09
In the beginning of my going public with this,
There were no particular advantages to be gained - Ariel Phenomenon 00:06
There were no particular advantages to be gained
And there were assaults from every direction - Ariel Phenomenon 00:06
And there were assaults from every direction
If it was an opportunity, - Ariel Phenomenon 00:05
If it was an opportunity,
If you want to sustain a career in the BBC - Ariel Phenomenon 00:12
If you want to sustain a career in the BBC
Then they just said, "No. Tim’s suffering from the stress - Ariel Phenomenon 00:07
Then they just said, "No. Tim’s suffering from the stre...
He’s lost the plot. He’s gone bonkers." - Ariel Phenomenon 00:12
He’s lost the plot. He’s gone bonkers."
Gone. I think I, I, I lost my credibility, - Ariel Phenomenon 00:09
Gone. I think I, I, I lost my credibility,
When I was in residency, - Ariel Phenomenon 00:08
When I was in residency,
When I came back in 2004 - Ariel Phenomenon 00:05
When I came back in 2004
And I actually took that as a sort of metaphor - Ariel Phenomenon 00:08
And I actually took that as a sort of metaphor
Finally the dean of the medical school wrote a letter - Ariel Phenomenon 00:16
Finally the dean of the medical school wrote a letter
And as I say, and reiterated this totally foolish position - Ariel Phenomenon 00:13
And as I say, and reiterated this totally foolish position
And so that they ended up dropping the entire thing - Ariel Phenomenon 00:08
And so that they ended up dropping the entire thing
I accept, Dr. Mack’s statements at face value. - Ariel Phenomenon 00:05
I accept, Dr. Mack’s statements at face value.
He is inquiring and probing and he has the right to be wrong. - Ariel Phenomenon 00:05
He is inquiring and probing and he has the right to be wrong...
The most fundamental right that any academic has - Ariel Phenomenon 00:10
The most fundamental right that any academic has
He became the iconic figure of someone - Ariel Phenomenon 00:13
He became the iconic figure of someone