By saying that they're stupid you're saying that they're honest, and that's giving them too much credit. They're probably just actors executing a script.
Perhaps we could send both series to Hay House so that they could refresh their product range. But now I come to think of the science in Hitchhiker's is more accurate than that of Lipton and Braden et al and accuracy is virtue that they don't seem to espouse it's a tad to close to honesty and integrity.
Sorry I'm a it of a youtube philistine and I have no idea what that means....or maybe "The secret" people thought it out of existence! It works on my old PC if I just do a search for "The Solipsist"
the secret is b.s. bc all we have to do is take it a step backwards. Did these women think they were going to get cancer before they got it? I don't think so. No one thinks about getting sick. but most of us get sick anyways. and you normally get better when your sleep, when you're not really thinking about getting better.
you know shane, your general demeanor towards people who comment on your videos and your voice (nothing you can do about that, for which i'm sorry) made me unsubscribe a long time ago, but I've always known you're a great source of reason and wisdom. This LoA garbage is living in my house and your videos have been a great way for me to get a fresh insight on how to deal with it.
You video maker, may i say something. You hate your life, you hate yourself. You have the worst life you could imagine, im i right? Thats the only way u make this video, im do not believe in this crap either. But they have right about one thing, positive life is better than a negative. So why fucking bother? Motherfucker! If you are healthy. And you think to yourself: Im so going to be sick, or have negative thought at all. It will happen, you should agree. It's happen to all of us! Not randomly
good video, somebody had to say something. and because I'm interested in quantum physics, I thought law of attraction came from physicists, but after finding out more about it, I think this is all a scam. kinda dissapointing, and I hate when people lie to my face, they should be punished by death.
Secularnumanist sent me (well, he linked to this video of yours in his response to a recent carpetbagging youtuber named Judy101101). I enjoyed the video as well as your responses in the comment thread - it's nice to see a youtuber so responsive in his own comment thread. Perhaps I have some concerns about the free market, but I'm still learning about economics and in any case, I'll save any such feedback for your specific videos on the subject :)
The lesson is: One should not take Law of Attraction literally. Their is a clear message--which is to think positive and the importance of having a dream or a goal in mind in order to achieve something.
All of them are philosophers and they tend to question and reason out everything (though they may look absurd) to creatively expose "the Secret" for people to buy the book. It is hyperbolic because an ordinary exposition might not hit the taste of people--it's literature.
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@kiraonline "think positive and the importance of having a dream or a goal in mind in order to achieve something."
That is NOT the Law of Attraction. That's something everyone knows. The LoA says that there is a force in the universe that response to this, independent of your actions in that regard.
@Albukhshi Believe me, I'm not anywhere NEAR as pissed off in the video as I was when I first saw it! Of course, my wife being killed by a drunk driver did nothing to help my disposition here...
@diman75 Um, it's called the United States, the first country in history to ever cease having a problem of starvation, even among the poor. And we did it WAY before welfare and other entitlement programs.
But hey, if you don't think living longer, healthier, more fulfilling, and more enjoyable lives is progress, then why don't you just move to Nigeria?
@shanedk Im just curious...since you believe psychometric testing of personality cannot capture anything relevant...what about psychometric testing of intelligence? Like IQ tests or multiple intelligence tests?
@idontgiveashit0930 They're somewhat better, but still problematic. Your results on an IQ test can vary 20 points in either direction based on all sorts of factors.
@TheOptimistPrime Before you do, you might want to read the book, "200% of Nothing" and learn how there's no reason to think it's anything other than random chance.
Although the film "The Secret" is heavy-handed and creud, I actually think there's something to it, purely through personal experimentation, cos I'm an open-minded skeptic. I think this video is heavy handed too and teriibly smug, and it only really deals with the film's interpretation of LOA and not LOA itself. LOA is an old, old theory that tries to explain a fundamental aspect of how reality works. It's a spiritual / philosophical idea and not a scientific thing, so don't snap a gut over it.
@fizzyfox Watch the first vid. He lays it to waste. It is psudo science. Positive thoughts lead to positive actions. It is the actions that get what you want. The rest is coincidence
The secret and all the new age shit is making a whole generation to get lost into this mambo jambo. It's very sad. Thanks for put some light over bogus! Keep on it!!
If people simply did what you suggest and "made their wishes, goals, and desires fit the universe" as they understood it at the time, we'd never have gotten anywhere.
Advancement does not come from limiting dreams and desires. Quite the opposite.
@WideWorldOfWisdom You are WRONG. That is HOW we make progress. That is the ONLY way we make progress.
Whatever dreams, goals, and desires you might have, you MUST make them work in a way consistent with the universe to bring them into fruition. Otherwise, you get in a situation like so many people trying to make airplanes who refused to reconsider their theory of aerodynamics. The ones who made their theory fit the universe--the Wrights--were the first ones to get an airplane off the ground.
@shanedk Damn dude. Obsess much? I didn't say you could get a plane to fly without respecting aerodynamics. All I'm saying is that if no one ever dared to dream to fly, it wouldn't have happened.
People could have easily limited their desires to what they felt the universe had dealt them and been content with "If God had wanted us to fly he'd have given us wings." It is only through NOT being content with the simple nature of things that technology is created.
@WideWorldOfWisdom No, that is NOT what you said, and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in this video said ANYTHING against having a dream to fly. YOU took issue with the fact that I said that people had to make that dream fit the universe. That is HOW we are able to fly. Now, like any woo, when you're caught out you resort to a strawman to try and save face.
@shanedk Jeez. You can see what I said. And I wasn't even attacking you. What's with the tone? How do you have a discussion with anyone by carrying on like that? Did you just see the word "disagree" and jump into autopilot "attack the idiot rubes who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground because I'm so much smarter than everyone" mode?
@WideWorldOfWisdom You said, "If people simply did what you suggest and "made their wishes, goals, and desires fit the universe" as they understood it at the time, we'd never have gotten anywhere." THAT'S what you said. Then you tried to change it.
The fact is, our dreams and desires ARE limited. If we want to fly, we have to figure out a clever way how within those limitations. You were WRONG, PATHETICALLY wrong. DEAL with it.
As you said, they worked hard...yes they did so within a framework of their capabilities at the time, and tried their best to figure how the universe worked...but focus was only given to learning about the universe so that we might better learn to wield it's power and do things we weren't sure were possible...not to discover where we should draw the limit on our wishes and goals.
"...make our wishes, goals, and desires fit the universe."
This is the part I don't necessarily agree with. I think this is more just a poor choice of words, as I wouldn't think you'd actually believe what that seems to imply. All those advancements that have led to us having a much higher standard of living did not come from people simply limiting their desires and settling for how they thought the universe worked.
There is more than pure bogosity to LoA. Most of it is bogosity, but not all. Your outlook on a situation, your frame of mind affects how you perceive the situation. Believing that your out look changes the situation is bogus. It is fact that your outlook changes how you understand a situation. This change in understanding has far reaching affects, this is the seed of truth for LoA.
I've only seen it happen once, when I corrected a 9/11 truther. Though it was on the number of people who died. He said it was over 3 million, when it's really over 3 thousand. Easy mistake to make I guess.
Great episode. I had never heard of this "law", but from what I've seen its a load of ass in a basket. I especially liked your speech at the end, though the piano music made it kinda cheesy.
it is not the attitude of change that creates results, it is the enactment of the solutions that you devised when you motivate yourself to solving a problem that creates real-world results. Unfortunately for the new-age hippies, they're obsessed with their imaginative "fields of positivity" and "the great flow of life energy" so that they don't see that words and thoughts don't make any real difference, actions resulting from those words and thoughts do.
I could argue many points, but one thing he says towards the end is more bizarre than anything in The Secret --the poor of today are better off than the rich in the past. So it's better to be a refugee in a starving country today than a wealthy aristocrat 500 years ago? This is simply a blind faith in "progress." At least if we believe in the LOA, we are taking responsibility for our lives, rather than putting our faith in either authority figures or abstract principles like progress or science.
The wealthy aristocrat had all of the same problems that the refugee has--except that the refugee has at least the hope that charitable people from elsewhere will come to help him.
It's not blind faith. It's reality. But you LoA people have a real problem with that, don't you?
(pt. 7) Many adherents of LOA have also criticized "The Secret". This book/dvd is not "The Bible" for serious spiritual philosophers & metaphysicist. I consider "The Secret" to be the "Straw Man" of metaphysics. "Bogosity Ep. 6 "Debunking The Secret" may be a more accurate title for your video since that's really the only presentation you cite & critique. No? BTW, I say all of this w/ complete respect for diversity & disagreement in the realm of ideas. I feel no need to direspect ANYONE. Peace!
i guess the crux of criticism for this LoA idea is whether or not it's adherents think our thoughts can cause a physical change in the universe. That is do our thoughts have any power beyond the changing of one's own subliminal or lucid actions. This includes the action of communication, again subliminal or lucid, which can affect surrounding individual's thoughts and thereby their actions. In short are we dealing with a yet undiscovered force beyond psychological understanding.
is this a criticism of "The Law of Attraction" or a criticism of "The Secret's" presentation of the LOA? Since true skepticism is all about the promotion of critical thinking rather than the promotion of a particular doctrine, it may be more balanced if your videos acknowledged the plethora of writings on the LOA that have existed decades prior to the secret. By the way, I'm not arguing that the LOA is true BECAUSE it's an old idea, but I am pointing out the fact that.....see pt. 2
(pt. 2) there are many different formulations of the LOA, most of which are far more sophisticated and balanced than what we see in "The Secret". I have spoken with many people who believe in the "creative power of thought" that hate "The Secret" and its oversimplified/exaggerated presentation. I, personally, used to refer to the phrase "Law of Attraction" quite often UNTIL "The Secret" came out. I immediately changed my language because "The Secret" may have done a great job at.....see pt. 3
(pt. 3) popularizing the LOA, but it did so at the expense of the idea's intellectual credibility in my opinion. Now, I try to avoid the phrase "LOA" because I don't want people to say "Oh yeah, The Secret!" I don't think we know everything there is to know about the creative power of thought, but I do believe that the majority of what we call "experience" is the by-product of the relationship we have to our own thoughts, biases, & assumptions. I do side with many people who....see pt. 4
(pt. 4) believe that we can radically alter the quality of our existence by doing serious philosophical work on our belief systems, personal attitudes, and mental conditioning. I have helped many people, including myself, improve their lives by showing them how to adopt more empowering attitudes towards life. I know you probably don't have a problem with that idea which is exactly why I feel it is important for me to point out that there are many metaphysical thinkers who have used....see pt. 5
(pt. 5) the phrase "Law of Attraction" to refer to this kind of approach to life rather than the whole "flip over a bus with mind power" version of the LOA that contemporary pop-culture has become fascinated with. In philosophy, there is a principle referred to as "The causal principle." However, there are many different formulations of the principle and thus a valid argument against one isn't necessarily valid against them all. The same is true with LOA. You have definitely ....see pt. 6
(pt. 6) pointed out some of the oversimplified & exaggerated aspects of "The Secret", but in fairness to critical thinkers, who do approach the LOA with intelligence and common sense, it needs to be stated that your LOA series only addresses what I believe is the weakest presentation of the LOA. EVERY philosophy, including yours & mine, has an oversimplified "pop culture" book, film, etc. that is very easy to debunk. For people who use the LOA, "The Secret" may be THAT book. ....see pt. 7
If the brain creates a super cool magic wave every time you have a thought (that travels thru the universe attracting stuff), why do you need very precise and sensitive machines to messure brain waves?
Bleusoul89 made a comment towards me then deleted it. Why, why, why????
Skeptics should be on the attack!! Have you seen what's been happening with James Arthur Ray?? 3 people dead, and Ray's looking like the new version of the reverend Jim Jones!
In some sense, I apologize to shanedk. I believe in The Secret, but I absolutely DON'T think it's the airy-fairy thing that so many people are making it out to be.
Shane, you may not be the narcissist I make you out to be, hahaaaaa....
I enjoyed watching your video. Everything you say is true. That's the funny thing about the nature of our existence and the power of our own minds: what we believe is like a lens that colors all perceptions. It is astonishing, really. You are absolutely right in your convictions and you always will be because you are the creator of your reality, whether you like it or not. I suspect that this very statement bugs you, but it remains true that we will all see what we are programmed to see.
Excellent point. I've noticed that when a skeptic is asked WHY these people have written and discussed "The Secret" they invariably come up with "It's a, uh, SCAM to make money!" or "They're just really stupid!" Their minds HAVE TO see something fraudulent in it, otherwise it rocks their foundation of their skepticism.
"Oprah doesn't believe in it, she's just, uh, scamming her fans to add to her billions!"
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People who trash "The Secret" usually think that things magically appear in their living room. That's not what it's about.
And --
"The Secret" is just a modern title for a very old philosophy. Read "The Science of Getting Rich" (a classic published in 1910) and you'll see the same concepts.
I know thats not what the secret entails. Its supposed to bring opportunities to you that you can then act upon. The problem is(using my Jessica Alba statement as an example) the opportunity to meet/date/fuck Jessica Alba will never present itself because 1. Even if I did meet her, she's married. And 2. Shes not going to be attracted to me just because I will it.
The Secret is a placebo effect. Because I'm expecting good things to happen to me, I'll be more likely to search for those things.
People are not meant to CONTROL others. If Jessica Alba were single and open to dating you, so be it. It's opening our minds to the best possible result, in harmony with the world around us.
A great book I'm picking up today: SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND by T. Harv Eker. It's "The Secret" in a different form. Harv is a self-made millionaire who realized that wealth begins in the mind. I don't know about you, but I tend to listen to people who walk the walk!
Anyways, the only secret these guys have to getting rich, is peddling this supposed secret to gullible people like yourself. If you buy into this you're probably doomed to fall prey to many more get rich quick schemes in the future.
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What would you call putting your attention on wanting to have sex with a married, unavailable woman? It's possessive control.
Skeptics like yourself almost uniformly come up with the same closed-minded responses.
Like I said, I'll listen to what millionaires and other hugely successful people have to say. The higher up the ladder you go, the more people discuss the incredible power of thoughts/mind.
Most people would rather put their attention on McDonald's and instant gratification.
but on the secret thats what they say it is and how it works you genie in a fucking lamp so they lie in the secret just like they say if your thinking about cancer talking about it your going to create more cancer cells it bullshit the law of attraction is false
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since what you want is someone to talk with, and the antibioticos $4 dollars in wall mart pharmacy killing the black plague... no. no. you just feel angry because you are a bogus believer wanna be. and you need debate. eat your bowl of nuts and well I wont answer more because what you want is to feel less lonely, but I cant become your friend eventually becasuse of the pitch of your voice. Ill leave you in your oscurantism and maybe one day youll study and become smart in reallity. bye dude!
"and the antibioticos $4 dollars in wall mart pharmacy killing the black plague... no. no."
Yes, yes. Both doxycyclene and tetracyclene are on the Wal-Mart Pharmacy $4 list, and both will successfully CURE Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague. FOUR DOLLARS.
I love how the dude who can't make a coherent sentence and seems to know nothing about pharmaceuticals, a field he supposedly works in, criticizes others as not being "smart in reality". He types like my cousin did when he was six.
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look fatty.
look, well, I wont write more here because its boring now but if you ever get cancer... you will know what chemo is all about.shot after shot, while your stomach, bones and rest of the body debilitates, youll see. youll see its a rollercoaster.
you look like a classic high blood pressure person, how many times do you have to change your dosis? a rollercoaster my friend. I wont talk about dosis because you are not a doctor or scientist, but think about it, and youll see what I mean.
many people can read about medicine, doesnt mean then ARE doctors. second, Im not a doctor, Im chemistry ingeneer and I work in the field of pharmacy. believe me, you can read a lot but you need to be a doctor at least to undearstand many things. you look like a paranoic attacking things like they are black magic, reading and even thinking you undearstand is just wishful thinking, you should study science or chemistry and that would make you sound credible. EAT MORE FISH LESS HAMBURGERS!
The STUDIES SHOW people--REAL people--STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS of REAL people--living longer, happier lives BECAUSE OF CHEMOTHERAPY. NO amount of your bleating and no amount of logical fallacies you can conjure up will change reality.
CHEMO KILLS AND YOURE AN IDIOT!stupid american!UNDEARSTAND IDIOT, YOUR JUST AN angry NORTHamerican. you are not a doctor, are you even related to sciences to talk even? what entitles you? your wikipedia knowledge? the movie was good, and actual people who works in science here at the lab have told me is kind of nice.and some others will see the secret just cause you have this annoying way that shows insecurity in your statements, IDIOT, we work trying to save people, but we are realistic!
chemo is terrible, chances are you killing more than helping, and sir... believe me, I know, I work in the field of pharmaceutics? and sometimes people who work in alternative fields such as something called Chinese breathing or energy something tend to heal in areas where we cant. easy as that, and the movie was fun. Ill practice and see if it work for me. thats the best way of knowing if it works, ill let you know. byt the way... this is called "research"
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another thing,gandhi was a woogie too, he believed in all this metaphysical shit. also,you should read our numbers here in Merck, find me one pill that solves or cures... really without secondary effects. how many people chemo really cures? go find. we live in a world where science has become a religion. Ill go rent this particular video, sounds like what we need right now. something that evocates the invisible from which many discoveries have come. thanks for your recommendation.
Chemotherapy has allowed MANY cancer sufferers to live long and fulfilling lives after their diagnosis.
Or how about this: you can get a prescription for a $4 antibiotic at the Wal-Mart pharmacy that will 100% CURE the black plague! Think of it--$4 to 100% cure LOTS of illnesses that would have killed the richest person in the world 100 years ago!
you sound like some sort of believer of this thing of the law of attraction... you are too boring too. dont dismiss anything if you dont have proof.
to be a skeptic you NEED to have an open mind AND not just proof of what exist... but PROOF that DOESNT EXIST. dont be so boring, I coudlnt finish the video and instead Im renting the secret... sounds more appealing than your speach, I bet the movie must be at least interesting and wont make my head hurt from your pitchie voice... you bogie woogie.
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shanedk, what you've said in your video shows you have very little understanding of the law of attraction. i mean that without any offense, but your understanding is more than lacking and so ur point is inaccurate. namaste
"Scientology" is the study of "Science" and "Tology"! How dare you speak of it in such a sarcastic way!!!
HaHa!!
One of the first self-help books I ever read was "Dianetics" a long, long time ago. It outlined the basis of Scientology. Unless I missed something, there was nothing earth-shattering about it. It struck me as a weird form of psychotherapy, nothing more.
I saw a press conference with Spielberg and Cruise talking about "War of the Worlds" and somebody brought up the connection between Scientology and aliens and Cruise laughed it off. Maybe he was too embarrassed to talk about it!
I'm going to find the video again. I know it's on YouTube somewhere.
Have these people been imprisoned for dispensing bogus medical advice such as "watch funny videos and don't seek out cancer treatment and you'll be healed"? Anyone who swallows that nonsense and subsequently dies has in effect been lead to their death. One could argue these scum are murdering people with their bogus "secret" for a buck.
We have thoughts, feelings and actions AND AN ABILITY TO CHANGE THEM. It's more than physical, it's META-physical!
Do you think the difference between Warren Buffett and a bum in the street is just luck and genes? No, it's the difference between thoughts, feelings and actions. And if you don't think a man like Buffett relies on INTUITION (clearly beyond the realm of the skeptic) then you're misguided.
You think it's all left-brained????
Don't trust what I'm saying. Read it for yourself.
Thank you. You've proved to me, just like with the modern day republican, that you don't have any intelligent responses, just the ability to call people names. Do you know how "retarded" that makes YOU???
To raizen4: Thanks for defending me against that "retard" comment. I like what you said. Nobody is right or wrong. I have trouble with that sometimes. My father is the type of guy who says "this is the way it is and you're an idiot if you think otherwise." I have to be careful not to become him! A lot of skeptics don't have room for any other perception. I don't think I've ever heard ONE say "Oh, that's an interesting point." There's usually a lot of negativity and sarcasm. See Part 2
Part 2 - Someone was trashing Obama for spending too much money and all I said was "What about the TRILLIONS Bush spent in Iraq?"
The response to me was "You, sir, are a moron."
I HATE that. Not one ounce of intelligence behind it. I love talking to people who have flexible minds. Usually women are the most receptive and fascinating.
We don't have to agree on anything that's said, let's just be OPEN to new concepts and ideas.
Well, if that was your comment... Bush being wrong doesn't in any way exculpate Obama if he is indeed crossing the line. It's kinda like saying "What about Hitler?" to a berating of Charles Manson. So, logically, the argument is kinda fallacious. But he didn't have to be so harsh, vague, and rude.
I think my comment was a little more in detail. Republicans have been wringing their hands saying "look at what this evil Obama is doing" while conveniently forgetting about the trillions Bush spent in Iraq. My main point was that Obama is trying to help by initiating programs HERE as opposed to repaving the roads in Baghdad.
To tell you the truth, I try to stay non-partisan (I voted for Bush) but many Republicans seem like pompous asses of late.
Australian comedy show The Chaser's War on Everything had a great sketch parodying "The Secret". It'savailable on YouTube, and you can find it by searching 'Chaser's War Secret'. (Or just visualise it.)
THANK YOU! I was forced to watch this turd of a movie in class and I was beginning to think the whole world had gone insane. It's nice to see that some people still use thier brains once in a while.
By saying that they're stupid you're saying that they're honest, and that's giving them too much credit. They're probably just actors executing a script.
enixtm 5 months ago
Perhaps we could send both series to Hay House so that they could refresh their product range. But now I come to think of the science in Hitchhiker's is more accurate than that of Lipton and Braden et al and accuracy is virtue that they don't seem to espouse it's a tad to close to honesty and integrity.
andyg2550 6 months ago
Sorry I'm a it of a youtube philistine and I have no idea what that means....or maybe "The secret" people thought it out of existence! It works on my old PC if I just do a search for "The Solipsist"
andyg2550 6 months ago
I found this amusing. It's from a 70's radio show in th UK....must be pre-cognition. youtube.com/watch?v=u6CQJqKNS-
The Solipsist - from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
andyg2550 6 months ago
@andyg2550 Malformed video ID.
shanedk 6 months ago
@andyg2550 Found it: /watch?v=u6CQJqKNS-c
I've always loved that bit. Although the video info is wrong: this is the end of the SECOND radio series.
shanedk 6 months ago
i see thumbs down from people who are not ready for this information, yet.
truvelocity 6 months ago
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AnviIOfKrom 7 months ago
the secret is b.s. bc all we have to do is take it a step backwards. Did these women think they were going to get cancer before they got it? I don't think so. No one thinks about getting sick. but most of us get sick anyways. and you normally get better when your sleep, when you're not really thinking about getting better.
blaze21122 10 months ago
@blaze21122 , They can argue that it was the emotion and not actually thinking about the sickness itself....
arpee9216 7 months ago
you know shane, your general demeanor towards people who comment on your videos and your voice (nothing you can do about that, for which i'm sorry) made me unsubscribe a long time ago, but I've always known you're a great source of reason and wisdom. This LoA garbage is living in my house and your videos have been a great way for me to get a fresh insight on how to deal with it.
325982668 10 months ago
You video maker, may i say something. You hate your life, you hate yourself. You have the worst life you could imagine, im i right? Thats the only way u make this video, im do not believe in this crap either. But they have right about one thing, positive life is better than a negative. So why fucking bother? Motherfucker! If you are healthy. And you think to yourself: Im so going to be sick, or have negative thought at all. It will happen, you should agree. It's happen to all of us! Not randomly
nyne31 11 months ago
@nyne31 No, I've got a GREAT life. I've got great kids and I do what I love. Sounds to me like the negativity is coming from you.
shanedk 11 months ago
@nyne31 get off crack u r moron.
quadcatfly 7 months ago
@nyne31 You are an illiterate imbecile.
0pteryx 3 weeks ago
good video, somebody had to say something. and because I'm interested in quantum physics, I thought law of attraction came from physicists, but after finding out more about it, I think this is all a scam. kinda dissapointing, and I hate when people lie to my face, they should be punished by death.
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exv092 1 year ago
Secularnumanist sent me (well, he linked to this video of yours in his response to a recent carpetbagging youtuber named Judy101101). I enjoyed the video as well as your responses in the comment thread - it's nice to see a youtuber so responsive in his own comment thread. Perhaps I have some concerns about the free market, but I'm still learning about economics and in any case, I'll save any such feedback for your specific videos on the subject :)
Silkspine 1 year ago
The lesson is: One should not take Law of Attraction literally. Their is a clear message--which is to think positive and the importance of having a dream or a goal in mind in order to achieve something.
All of them are philosophers and they tend to question and reason out everything (though they may look absurd) to creatively expose "the Secret" for people to buy the book. It is hyperbolic because an ordinary exposition might not hit the taste of people--it's literature.
kiraonline 1 year ago
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@kiraonline "think positive and the importance of having a dream or a goal in mind in order to achieve something."
That is NOT the Law of Attraction. That's something everyone knows. The LoA says that there is a force in the universe that response to this, independent of your actions in that regard.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk: The bottomline is... that is the message and they just coined the term law of attraction to make it look like controversial.
kiraonline 1 year ago
@kiraonline It's not how they named it, it's the properties they say it has
alexandervlad 10 months ago
Fun fact: you're not the only one who thinks "The Secret" was an abomination.
The folks at Cracked ranked it number one in their list of "8 'Self-Help' Books That Will Do Nothing of the Sort".
It must have been painful watching that movie.
I told Lord T Hawkeye you got through it, and he responded that you're a stronger man than he is.
vspqbd 1 year ago
@vspqbd To be fair, it wasn't all in one sitting. I had to go through it 10-15 minutes at a time, to keep my head from exploding from all the stupid.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk
So what if you tried to watch it all in one sitting, without getting up or stopping the video?
vspqbd 1 year ago
@vspqbd I might very likely have either ended up in the asylum, or put a gun to my mouth!
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk
It must have been extra hard when they got to the accidents part; I can see you getting extra-pissed off there and then.
either way, you're a stronger man for surviving the whole movie than most.
Albukhshi 1 year ago
@Albukhshi Believe me, I'm not anywhere NEAR as pissed off in the video as I was when I first saw it! Of course, my wife being killed by a drunk driver did nothing to help my disposition here...
shanedk 1 year ago
oh man i feel your pain
ArrogantAtheism 1 year ago
Thanks Shane! Great work!
I'm convinced that those pedaling the secret KNOW it's bogus and they know how to manipulate the credibility of the masses
GnosisMan50 1 year ago
What world are you living in asshole? Free Market? Conquered hunger? Became free? Progress?
diman75 1 year ago
@diman75 Um, it's called the United States, the first country in history to ever cease having a problem of starvation, even among the poor. And we did it WAY before welfare and other entitlement programs.
But hey, if you don't think living longer, healthier, more fulfilling, and more enjoyable lives is progress, then why don't you just move to Nigeria?
shanedk 1 year ago
@TheOptimistPrime
You're responding to a closed account about arrogance and being immature.
The irony.
It burns.
Next.
vspqbd 1 year ago
he calls himself a "philosopher" what the hell?
Ilikenuman 1 year ago
Which Louis? XIV or XV?
I'm suspecting you are referring to XIV, since he lived long enough to do it..
Albukhshi 1 year ago
THANK U
dojabee 1 year ago
@TheOptimistPrime lol. I would too if I thought being rich was a measure of success.
fibbsabaddy 1 year ago
@fibbsabaddy
Reminds me of how people will point to Warren Buffet and use his success as a reason to listen to him.
Yet how many of those people know that he lost about half of his stock portfolio as a result of the financial collapse?
Compared to people who were smart, invested in gold, or used Harry Browne's advise, and gained (e.g. Like ShaneDK and others).
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
@TheOptimistPrime
"I'm very hard now." --Dr. Rabbit, in a youtube poop.
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
@TheOptimistPrime "Yabba dabba doo." --Fred Flinstone.
Just as meaningful.
shanedk 1 year ago
@TheOptimistPrime I prefer the quote, "We should not pretend to understand the world by reading Carl Jung."
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk
Speaking of Carl Jung, what do you think of the MBTI?
Does it work?
Or is it BS?
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
@Surhotchaperchlorome BS, along with Myers-Briggs and other personality tests. No better than astrology.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk Im just curious...since you believe psychometric testing of personality cannot capture anything relevant...what about psychometric testing of intelligence? Like IQ tests or multiple intelligence tests?
idontgiveashit0930 1 year ago
@idontgiveashit0930 They're somewhat better, but still problematic. Your results on an IQ test can vary 20 points in either direction based on all sorts of factors.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk
That's a rather wide range of error.
So if SAT's, according to you, are a measure of how good a person's education is,
what is IQ a measure of?
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
@Surhotchaperchlorome How well they can take IQ tests.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk
Really?
That's it?
Seriously?
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
@shanedk
Awesome.
Thanks, Shane. :)
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
@TheOptimistPrime Before you do, you might want to read the book, "200% of Nothing" and learn how there's no reason to think it's anything other than random chance.
shanedk 1 year ago
@TheOptimistPrime The money would have only rolled in if you thought about it though. lol
fibbsabaddy 1 year ago
Although the film "The Secret" is heavy-handed and creud, I actually think there's something to it, purely through personal experimentation, cos I'm an open-minded skeptic. I think this video is heavy handed too and teriibly smug, and it only really deals with the film's interpretation of LOA and not LOA itself. LOA is an old, old theory that tries to explain a fundamental aspect of how reality works. It's a spiritual / philosophical idea and not a scientific thing, so don't snap a gut over it.
fizzyfox 1 year ago
@fizzyfox Watch the first vid. He lays it to waste. It is psudo science. Positive thoughts lead to positive actions. It is the actions that get what you want. The rest is coincidence
fibbsabaddy 1 year ago
Whoever made this video needs to watch The Secret
guttywurx 1 year ago
@guttywurx I watched that horrible cheese-eater all the way through TWICE, thank you very much. It's extremely painful to the intellect...
shanedk 1 year ago
The secret and all the new age shit is making a whole generation to get lost into this mambo jambo. It's very sad. Thanks for put some light over bogus! Keep on it!!
messaprop 1 year ago
Another thought:
If they really believed in The Law of Attraction, then why tell us?
Why not use that ability to become rich/famous and end poverty and give us all happiness?
Why sell videos to people telling us about it?
If they really believed it, couldn't they just "visualize" us doing it right and that would happen?
They're con artists; that's all there is to it.
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
So how bad was that movie, "The Secret"?
Was it as bad as Hovind's Thesis?
Or worse?
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
@Surhotchaperchlorome I couldn't even make it through 5 or 10 minutes at a time. That head-exploding scene? That's how I REALLY felt.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk
God...That bad huh?
Damn.
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
cont. 2
If people simply did what you suggest and "made their wishes, goals, and desires fit the universe" as they understood it at the time, we'd never have gotten anywhere.
Advancement does not come from limiting dreams and desires. Quite the opposite.
WideWorldOfWisdom 1 year ago
@WideWorldOfWisdom You are WRONG. That is HOW we make progress. That is the ONLY way we make progress.
Whatever dreams, goals, and desires you might have, you MUST make them work in a way consistent with the universe to bring them into fruition. Otherwise, you get in a situation like so many people trying to make airplanes who refused to reconsider their theory of aerodynamics. The ones who made their theory fit the universe--the Wrights--were the first ones to get an airplane off the ground.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk Damn dude. Obsess much? I didn't say you could get a plane to fly without respecting aerodynamics. All I'm saying is that if no one ever dared to dream to fly, it wouldn't have happened.
People could have easily limited their desires to what they felt the universe had dealt them and been content with "If God had wanted us to fly he'd have given us wings." It is only through NOT being content with the simple nature of things that technology is created.
WideWorldOfWisdom 1 year ago
@WideWorldOfWisdom No, that is NOT what you said, and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in this video said ANYTHING against having a dream to fly. YOU took issue with the fact that I said that people had to make that dream fit the universe. That is HOW we are able to fly. Now, like any woo, when you're caught out you resort to a strawman to try and save face.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk Jeez. You can see what I said. And I wasn't even attacking you. What's with the tone? How do you have a discussion with anyone by carrying on like that? Did you just see the word "disagree" and jump into autopilot "attack the idiot rubes who don't know their ass from a hole in the ground because I'm so much smarter than everyone" mode?
WideWorldOfWisdom 1 year ago
@WideWorldOfWisdom You said, "If people simply did what you suggest and "made their wishes, goals, and desires fit the universe" as they understood it at the time, we'd never have gotten anywhere." THAT'S what you said. Then you tried to change it.
The fact is, our dreams and desires ARE limited. If we want to fly, we have to figure out a clever way how within those limitations. You were WRONG, PATHETICALLY wrong. DEAL with it.
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk Wow. You sure do have a real need to be right all the time.
WideWorldOfWisdom 1 year ago
@WideWorldOfWisdom Nice deflection. With a heaping side order of projection.
shanedk 1 year ago
cont. 1
As you said, they worked hard...yes they did so within a framework of their capabilities at the time, and tried their best to figure how the universe worked...but focus was only given to learning about the universe so that we might better learn to wield it's power and do things we weren't sure were possible...not to discover where we should draw the limit on our wishes and goals.
WideWorldOfWisdom 1 year ago
"...make our wishes, goals, and desires fit the universe."
This is the part I don't necessarily agree with. I think this is more just a poor choice of words, as I wouldn't think you'd actually believe what that seems to imply. All those advancements that have led to us having a much higher standard of living did not come from people simply limiting their desires and settling for how they thought the universe worked.
WideWorldOfWisdom 1 year ago
Hey, I loved that part when Shane's head blew up. (PS: I hope it didn't blow up for real...)
UnmaskedTuxedo 1 year ago
@UnmaskedTuxedo Believe me, while sitting through The Secret, it FELT like it did...
shanedk 1 year ago
@shanedk
Ouch!
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jwilla11 1 year ago
Not in the United States.
shanedk 1 year ago
Actually, I would say "both."
shanedk 2 years ago
There is more than pure bogosity to LoA. Most of it is bogosity, but not all. Your outlook on a situation, your frame of mind affects how you perceive the situation. Believing that your out look changes the situation is bogus. It is fact that your outlook changes how you understand a situation. This change in understanding has far reaching affects, this is the seed of truth for LoA.
SpamSpamNEggs 2 years ago
Every scam has to be based on something everybody knows. This is it for theirs.
shanedk 2 years ago
I've only seen it happen once, when I corrected a 9/11 truther. Though it was on the number of people who died. He said it was over 3 million, when it's really over 3 thousand. Easy mistake to make I guess.
Omnywrench 2 years ago
Great episode. I had never heard of this "law", but from what I've seen its a load of ass in a basket. I especially liked your speech at the end, though the piano music made it kinda cheesy.
Omnywrench 2 years ago
4:32 onward is pure win.
Surhotchaperchlorome 2 years ago
it is not the attitude of change that creates results, it is the enactment of the solutions that you devised when you motivate yourself to solving a problem that creates real-world results. Unfortunately for the new-age hippies, they're obsessed with their imaginative "fields of positivity" and "the great flow of life energy" so that they don't see that words and thoughts don't make any real difference, actions resulting from those words and thoughts do.
Good vids shane.
seanthedonconsidine 2 years ago
I could argue many points, but one thing he says towards the end is more bizarre than anything in The Secret --the poor of today are better off than the rich in the past. So it's better to be a refugee in a starving country today than a wealthy aristocrat 500 years ago? This is simply a blind faith in "progress." At least if we believe in the LOA, we are taking responsibility for our lives, rather than putting our faith in either authority figures or abstract principles like progress or science.
lchris33 2 years ago
The wealthy aristocrat had all of the same problems that the refugee has--except that the refugee has at least the hope that charitable people from elsewhere will come to help him.
It's not blind faith. It's reality. But you LoA people have a real problem with that, don't you?
shanedk 2 years ago
He wasn't specific enough. The poor in THIS country are better off than the rich in the past.
NAARandom 2 years ago
(pt. 7) Many adherents of LOA have also criticized "The Secret". This book/dvd is not "The Bible" for serious spiritual philosophers & metaphysicist. I consider "The Secret" to be the "Straw Man" of metaphysics. "Bogosity Ep. 6 "Debunking The Secret" may be a more accurate title for your video since that's really the only presentation you cite & critique. No? BTW, I say all of this w/ complete respect for diversity & disagreement in the realm of ideas. I feel no need to direspect ANYONE. Peace!
Metacreation 2 years ago
i guess the crux of criticism for this LoA idea is whether or not it's adherents think our thoughts can cause a physical change in the universe. That is do our thoughts have any power beyond the changing of one's own subliminal or lucid actions. This includes the action of communication, again subliminal or lucid, which can affect surrounding individual's thoughts and thereby their actions. In short are we dealing with a yet undiscovered force beyond psychological understanding.
RomanLions 2 years ago
shanedk,
is this a criticism of "The Law of Attraction" or a criticism of "The Secret's" presentation of the LOA? Since true skepticism is all about the promotion of critical thinking rather than the promotion of a particular doctrine, it may be more balanced if your videos acknowledged the plethora of writings on the LOA that have existed decades prior to the secret. By the way, I'm not arguing that the LOA is true BECAUSE it's an old idea, but I am pointing out the fact that.....see pt. 2
Metacreation 2 years ago
(pt. 2) there are many different formulations of the LOA, most of which are far more sophisticated and balanced than what we see in "The Secret". I have spoken with many people who believe in the "creative power of thought" that hate "The Secret" and its oversimplified/exaggerated presentation. I, personally, used to refer to the phrase "Law of Attraction" quite often UNTIL "The Secret" came out. I immediately changed my language because "The Secret" may have done a great job at.....see pt. 3
Metacreation 2 years ago
(pt. 3) popularizing the LOA, but it did so at the expense of the idea's intellectual credibility in my opinion. Now, I try to avoid the phrase "LOA" because I don't want people to say "Oh yeah, The Secret!" I don't think we know everything there is to know about the creative power of thought, but I do believe that the majority of what we call "experience" is the by-product of the relationship we have to our own thoughts, biases, & assumptions. I do side with many people who....see pt. 4
Metacreation 2 years ago
(pt. 4) believe that we can radically alter the quality of our existence by doing serious philosophical work on our belief systems, personal attitudes, and mental conditioning. I have helped many people, including myself, improve their lives by showing them how to adopt more empowering attitudes towards life. I know you probably don't have a problem with that idea which is exactly why I feel it is important for me to point out that there are many metaphysical thinkers who have used....see pt. 5
Metacreation 2 years ago
(pt. 5) the phrase "Law of Attraction" to refer to this kind of approach to life rather than the whole "flip over a bus with mind power" version of the LOA that contemporary pop-culture has become fascinated with. In philosophy, there is a principle referred to as "The causal principle." However, there are many different formulations of the principle and thus a valid argument against one isn't necessarily valid against them all. The same is true with LOA. You have definitely ....see pt. 6
Metacreation 2 years ago
(pt. 6) pointed out some of the oversimplified & exaggerated aspects of "The Secret", but in fairness to critical thinkers, who do approach the LOA with intelligence and common sense, it needs to be stated that your LOA series only addresses what I believe is the weakest presentation of the LOA. EVERY philosophy, including yours & mine, has an oversimplified "pop culture" book, film, etc. that is very easy to debunk. For people who use the LOA, "The Secret" may be THAT book. ....see pt. 7
Metacreation 2 years ago
Also, how did the woman get cancer in the first place.. Did she want it SO bad that she actually got it? The Law of Attraction is a fucking joke.
OlyJeebus 2 years ago 18
@OlyJeebus , She could argue that she had a bad emotion and that caused the cancer which made her feel bad....
arpee9216 7 months ago
After the ending: *standing ovation* Bravo, Shane, BRAVO!
Kakarot21591 2 years ago 3
That's the longest scroll of end credits so far.
GumbaMasta 2 years ago
If the brain creates a super cool magic wave every time you have a thought (that travels thru the universe attracting stuff), why do you need very precise and sensitive machines to messure brain waves?
razzihel 2 years ago 3
Stop impeding the "stream of well-being", Shane!
It flows! :>
hugesinker 2 years ago 2
I know a secret, if you don't want to die from dehydration drink some water.
Can I have my 9,000 dollars please.
DaveDodo007 2 years ago 2
Bleusoul89 made a comment towards me then deleted it. Why, why, why????
Skeptics should be on the attack!! Have you seen what's been happening with James Arthur Ray?? 3 people dead, and Ray's looking like the new version of the reverend Jim Jones!
In some sense, I apologize to shanedk. I believe in The Secret, but I absolutely DON'T think it's the airy-fairy thing that so many people are making it out to be.
Shane, you may not be the narcissist I make you out to be, hahaaaaa....
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
I enjoyed watching your video. Everything you say is true. That's the funny thing about the nature of our existence and the power of our own minds: what we believe is like a lens that colors all perceptions. It is astonishing, really. You are absolutely right in your convictions and you always will be because you are the creator of your reality, whether you like it or not. I suspect that this very statement bugs you, but it remains true that we will all see what we are programmed to see.
jjmoehringer 2 years ago
Excellent point. I've noticed that when a skeptic is asked WHY these people have written and discussed "The Secret" they invariably come up with "It's a, uh, SCAM to make money!" or "They're just really stupid!" Their minds HAVE TO see something fraudulent in it, otherwise it rocks their foundation of their skepticism.
"Oprah doesn't believe in it, she's just, uh, scamming her fans to add to her billions!"
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
I meant to say "..it rocks THE foundation of their skepticism." I hate it when I don't proofread, haha...
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Bleuesoul89 2 years ago
I think about Jessica Alba every day, so when the hell is she gonna show up!?
The Secret is full of lulz
Saber0003 2 years ago 18
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People who trash "The Secret" usually think that things magically appear in their living room. That's not what it's about.
And --
"The Secret" is just a modern title for a very old philosophy. Read "The Science of Getting Rich" (a classic published in 1910) and you'll see the same concepts.
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
I know thats not what the secret entails. Its supposed to bring opportunities to you that you can then act upon. The problem is(using my Jessica Alba statement as an example) the opportunity to meet/date/fuck Jessica Alba will never present itself because 1. Even if I did meet her, she's married. And 2. Shes not going to be attracted to me just because I will it.
The Secret is a placebo effect. Because I'm expecting good things to happen to me, I'll be more likely to search for those things.
Saber0003 2 years ago 2
People are not meant to CONTROL others. If Jessica Alba were single and open to dating you, so be it. It's opening our minds to the best possible result, in harmony with the world around us.
A great book I'm picking up today: SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND by T. Harv Eker. It's "The Secret" in a different form. Harv is a self-made millionaire who realized that wealth begins in the mind. I don't know about you, but I tend to listen to people who walk the walk!
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
Never did I say anyone would be controlled.
Anyways, the only secret these guys have to getting rich, is peddling this supposed secret to gullible people like yourself. If you buy into this you're probably doomed to fall prey to many more get rich quick schemes in the future.
Not everyone can be rich.
Saber0003 2 years ago 3
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What would you call putting your attention on wanting to have sex with a married, unavailable woman? It's possessive control.
Skeptics like yourself almost uniformly come up with the same closed-minded responses.
Like I said, I'll listen to what millionaires and other hugely successful people have to say. The higher up the ladder you go, the more people discuss the incredible power of thoughts/mind.
Most people would rather put their attention on McDonald's and instant gratification.
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
"What would you call putting your attention on wanting to have sex with a married, unavailable woman? It's possessive control."
No, I would call it a fantasy, much like your 'plans' to get rich.
"Skeptics like yourself almost uniformly come up with the same closed-minded responses. "
Because there is no proof that merely thinking about money will bring you any opportunities to get money that you couldn't have already gotten.
All my real arguments are being ignored, so I'm not returning.
Saber0003 2 years ago 2
but on the secret thats what they say it is and how it works you genie in a fucking lamp so they lie in the secret just like they say if your thinking about cancer talking about it your going to create more cancer cells it bullshit the law of attraction is false
Bleuesoul89 2 years ago 2
good commercial about libertarianism! the music was a little overdone, though.
Evilanious 2 years ago
I love you.
VincentBlouin 2 years ago
I agree with much of this vid. Either way, it is well made and very funny. Thank you.
soupdragon42 2 years ago
fatso, what whas the name of the second wallmart pill? its a tetracyclid right?
dejstil1974 2 years ago
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since what you want is someone to talk with, and the antibioticos $4 dollars in wall mart pharmacy killing the black plague... no. no. you just feel angry because you are a bogus believer wanna be. and you need debate. eat your bowl of nuts and well I wont answer more because what you want is to feel less lonely, but I cant become your friend eventually becasuse of the pitch of your voice. Ill leave you in your oscurantism and maybe one day youll study and become smart in reallity. bye dude!
dejstil1974 2 years ago
"and the antibioticos $4 dollars in wall mart pharmacy killing the black plague... no. no."
Yes, yes. Both doxycyclene and tetracyclene are on the Wal-Mart Pharmacy $4 list, and both will successfully CURE Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague. FOUR DOLLARS.
Idiot.
shanedk 2 years ago
I love how the dude who can't make a coherent sentence and seems to know nothing about pharmaceuticals, a field he supposedly works in, criticizes others as not being "smart in reality". He types like my cousin did when he was six.
Virgil0211 2 years ago
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look fatty.
look, well, I wont write more here because its boring now but if you ever get cancer... you will know what chemo is all about.shot after shot, while your stomach, bones and rest of the body debilitates, youll see. youll see its a rollercoaster.
you look like a classic high blood pressure person, how many times do you have to change your dosis? a rollercoaster my friend. I wont talk about dosis because you are not a doctor or scientist, but think about it, and youll see what I mean.
dejstil1974 2 years ago
"I wont write more here because its boring now but if you ever get cancer... you will know what chemo is all about."
I have one cousin who died from cancer and another who survived it. Fuck you.
shanedk 2 years ago
"I have one cousin who died from cancer and another who survived it. Fuck you. "
In the words of my generation: "P3WNT!"
Virgil0211 2 years ago
possibly even pizz00nt
ViralMessiah 2 years ago
many people can read about medicine, doesnt mean then ARE doctors. second, Im not a doctor, Im chemistry ingeneer and I work in the field of pharmacy. believe me, you can read a lot but you need to be a doctor at least to undearstand many things. you look like a paranoic attacking things like they are black magic, reading and even thinking you undearstand is just wishful thinking, you should study science or chemistry and that would make you sound credible. EAT MORE FISH LESS HAMBURGERS!
dejstil1974 2 years ago
Again, BOGUS ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY!!!
The STUDIES SHOW people--REAL people--STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS of REAL people--living longer, happier lives BECAUSE OF CHEMOTHERAPY. NO amount of your bleating and no amount of logical fallacies you can conjure up will change reality.
shanedk 2 years ago
CHEMO KILLS AND YOURE AN IDIOT!stupid american!UNDEARSTAND IDIOT, YOUR JUST AN angry NORTHamerican. you are not a doctor, are you even related to sciences to talk even? what entitles you? your wikipedia knowledge? the movie was good, and actual people who works in science here at the lab have told me is kind of nice.and some others will see the secret just cause you have this annoying way that shows insecurity in your statements, IDIOT, we work trying to save people, but we are realistic!
dejstil1974 2 years ago
"you are not a doctor, are you even related to sciences to talk even?"
Invalid argument from authority.
"what entitles you? your wikipedia knowledge?"
I can read JAMA, the New England Journal of Medicine, etc. YOU ARE WRONG. And if you really are a doctor, then I am VERY afraid for your patients!
shanedk 2 years ago
chemo is terrible, chances are you killing more than helping, and sir... believe me, I know, I work in the field of pharmaceutics? and sometimes people who work in alternative fields such as something called Chinese breathing or energy something tend to heal in areas where we cant. easy as that, and the movie was fun. Ill practice and see if it work for me. thats the best way of knowing if it works, ill let you know. byt the way... this is called "research"
dejstil1974 2 years ago
"chemo is terrible, chances are you killing more than helping"
That is ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE, by EVERY piece of available data. You are insulting, and you are a very despicable person.
shanedk 2 years ago
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another thing,gandhi was a woogie too, he believed in all this metaphysical shit. also,you should read our numbers here in Merck, find me one pill that solves or cures... really without secondary effects. how many people chemo really cures? go find. we live in a world where science has become a religion. Ill go rent this particular video, sounds like what we need right now. something that evocates the invisible from which many discoveries have come. thanks for your recommendation.
dejstil1974 2 years ago
Chemotherapy has allowed MANY cancer sufferers to live long and fulfilling lives after their diagnosis.
Or how about this: you can get a prescription for a $4 antibiotic at the Wal-Mart pharmacy that will 100% CURE the black plague! Think of it--$4 to 100% cure LOTS of illnesses that would have killed the richest person in the world 100 years ago!
shanedk 2 years ago
you sound like some sort of believer of this thing of the law of attraction... you are too boring too. dont dismiss anything if you dont have proof.
to be a skeptic you NEED to have an open mind AND not just proof of what exist... but PROOF that DOESNT EXIST. dont be so boring, I coudlnt finish the video and instead Im renting the secret... sounds more appealing than your speach, I bet the movie must be at least interesting and wont make my head hurt from your pitchie voice... you bogie woogie.
dejstil1974 2 years ago
You are my fucking hero.
legolds 2 years ago
Maybe you should stop focusing on the bogus ideas and they will just go away.
badmantra 2 years ago 5
Bravo! Subscribed.
Seansafk 2 years ago 5
:')
Beautiful speech.
Surhotchaperchlorome 2 years ago 5
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shanedk, what you've said in your video shows you have very little understanding of the law of attraction. i mean that without any offense, but your understanding is more than lacking and so ur point is inaccurate. namaste
ShaolinHero1 2 years ago
What is misunderstood? what was lacking? what was inaccurate?
mattgilson 2 years ago
These people sound like scientologists.
Surhotchaperchlorome 2 years ago
"Scientology" is the study of "Science" and "Tology"! How dare you speak of it in such a sarcastic way!!!
HaHa!!
One of the first self-help books I ever read was "Dianetics" a long, long time ago. It outlined the basis of Scientology. Unless I missed something, there was nothing earth-shattering about it. It struck me as a weird form of psychotherapy, nothing more.
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
:P
It's not so much that as it is the cultish nature and the beliefs of aliens in mainstream parts of that are about belief in aliens (no joke).
Surhotchaperchlorome 2 years ago
I saw a press conference with Spielberg and Cruise talking about "War of the Worlds" and somebody brought up the connection between Scientology and aliens and Cruise laughed it off. Maybe he was too embarrassed to talk about it!
I'm going to find the video again. I know it's on YouTube somewhere.
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
let me know when you find it, i want to see it lol.
raizen4 2 years ago
To raizen4:
It's titled
Tom Cruise Steven Spielberg interv. War of the Worlds
There's something strange about the "real life" Tom Cruise. I can't quite put my finger on it. The way he laughs and gestures seems kind of phony.
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
Have these people been imprisoned for dispensing bogus medical advice such as "watch funny videos and don't seek out cancer treatment and you'll be healed"? Anyone who swallows that nonsense and subsequently dies has in effect been lead to their death. One could argue these scum are murdering people with their bogus "secret" for a buck.
554466551 2 years ago 2
We have thoughts, feelings and actions AND AN ABILITY TO CHANGE THEM. It's more than physical, it's META-physical!
Do you think the difference between Warren Buffett and a bum in the street is just luck and genes? No, it's the difference between thoughts, feelings and actions. And if you don't think a man like Buffett relies on INTUITION (clearly beyond the realm of the skeptic) then you're misguided.
You think it's all left-brained????
Don't trust what I'm saying. Read it for yourself.
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
You're retarded.
mecher3k 2 years ago
Thank you. You've proved to me, just like with the modern day republican, that you don't have any intelligent responses, just the ability to call people names. Do you know how "retarded" that makes YOU???
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
and you are not retarde because you think differently? just learn to respeact ppls thoughts, and yours will be respeacted, nobody is rigth and wrong.
raizen4 2 years ago
Um yes people can be right or wrong. And no I won't respect retard's thoughts.
mecher3k 2 years ago
To raizen4: Thanks for defending me against that "retard" comment. I like what you said. Nobody is right or wrong. I have trouble with that sometimes. My father is the type of guy who says "this is the way it is and you're an idiot if you think otherwise." I have to be careful not to become him! A lot of skeptics don't have room for any other perception. I don't think I've ever heard ONE say "Oh, that's an interesting point." There's usually a lot of negativity and sarcasm. See Part 2
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
Part 2 - Someone was trashing Obama for spending too much money and all I said was "What about the TRILLIONS Bush spent in Iraq?"
The response to me was "You, sir, are a moron."
I HATE that. Not one ounce of intelligence behind it. I love talking to people who have flexible minds. Usually women are the most receptive and fascinating.
We don't have to agree on anything that's said, let's just be OPEN to new concepts and ideas.
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
Well, if that was your comment... Bush being wrong doesn't in any way exculpate Obama if he is indeed crossing the line. It's kinda like saying "What about Hitler?" to a berating of Charles Manson. So, logically, the argument is kinda fallacious. But he didn't have to be so harsh, vague, and rude.
ChaosCalligraphy 2 years ago
I think my comment was a little more in detail. Republicans have been wringing their hands saying "look at what this evil Obama is doing" while conveniently forgetting about the trillions Bush spent in Iraq. My main point was that Obama is trying to help by initiating programs HERE as opposed to repaving the roads in Baghdad.
To tell you the truth, I try to stay non-partisan (I voted for Bush) but many Republicans seem like pompous asses of late.
FigurinItOut 2 years ago
Australian comedy show The Chaser's War on Everything had a great sketch parodying "The Secret". It'savailable on YouTube, and you can find it by searching 'Chaser's War Secret'. (Or just visualise it.)
Well worth a look.
AnonymousDiv0 2 years ago
very moving final words, very touching music also.
myxini2 2 years ago
Love the rant, the passion, and, of course, the logic behind this video.
I despise apathy, and that's what "The Secret" is all about.
TheBronzeDog 3 years ago
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marine63 3 years ago
THANK YOU! I was forced to watch this turd of a movie in class and I was beginning to think the whole world had gone insane. It's nice to see that some people still use thier brains once in a while.
piecesdramaqn86 3 years ago 2
Geez, what lame-brained teacher did that? Any chance of you getting this shown to get the other side in?
shanedk 3 years ago
I still say I can manifest cheesecake...IF I click my heels together!
OnwardsAndUpwards777 3 years ago
The secret is the biggest Ego based idea ever created, its only porpuse was to blind the mainstream from the truth, they are slaves...
vegnagunL 3 years ago
To vegnagunt: Why are you suddenly talking about porpoises?! I didn't see any dolphins in this video!!!!
Ohhhh, PURPOSE! Sorry.
Just having some fun. :) Ho, ho, ho, hee, hee!
OnwardsAndUpwards777 3 years ago
X.X ?
vegnagunL 3 years ago
What does XX mean? I have the feeling you're calling me a BOOB!
OnwardsAndUpwards777 3 years ago