As "A Trip To Infinity" (2022 release; 79 min) opens, we are introduced to a group of smart, very smart talking heads including mathematicians, physicists, cosmologists, etc. And they start talking about what infinity is. One of them, applied mathematician Steven Strogatz, explains it by way of the story of The Infinite Hotel, as a cartoon plays out what Strogatz is talking about. At this point we are 10 minutes into the movie.
Couple of comments: this is co-directed by veteran documentarian Jon Halperin (who also co=wrote and co-produced this) and newcomer Drew Takahashi. The movie is divided into 9 Chapters and a Conclusion. There is of course no plot to speak of, and along the way we are confronted with seemingly simple questions like "can you go beyond infinity?", "is infinity real or a human invention", etc. The talking heads provide their perspectives, and I haven't a clue whether what they way is true or not. The fascinating thing is that their mind-bending musings are all accompanied by a montage of some sort, at times quite literally (see: The Infinite Hotel),at times very abstract. The original score is an intriguing electronic collage by newcomer Efrim Manuel Menuck. Can't wait to hear more where that came from. Bottom line: this is not your average documentary. I quite enjoyed it for what it was.
"A Trip To Infinity" premiered on Netflix earlier this week. If you are in the mood for something different altogether and don't mind that your brain might get scrambled a bit along the way, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.
A Trip to Infinity
2022
Documentary
A Trip to Infinity
2022
Documentary
Keywords: mathematicianscience and technology
Plot summary
Does infinity exist? Can we experience the Infinite? In an animated film (created by artists from 10 countries) the world's most cutting-edge scientists and mathematicians go in search of the infinite and its mind-bending implications for the universe.
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Mind-bending musings about infinity (and beyond?)
Nice Visuals, Weak on Content
As seems to be the norm for Netflix type so-called 'documentaries', visual presentation trumps content depth, breadth and clarity.
Too much on-and-on ramblings on common and minor aspects, and some screen time are just downright irrelevant and totally time wasting - like literally waiting for the train to pass as the interviewee just sat there.
Pertinent and more complex concepts on the other hand are quickly glossed over or just left hanging.
The whole attempt seems to hinge on decorating narratives around the visuals rather than the other way round. Visual quotas seem to be the priority regardless of relevance.
Overall - weak. Only for the very casual viewer of this otherwise highly interesting topic.
For viewers who are already familiar with the rudimentaries of 'infinity' from much better documentaries, give this a miss. Not worth your finite conscious time.
Definition of pseudo science
Quantum is how humans like to compartmentalize and count things. Mother Nature does not do this. She works though Fields, Pressure mediations, centrifugal divergence, and centrifugal convergence. You cannot explain this universe with particles and bumping particles. Quantum does not refer to anything in nature. Quantum is a unit of compartmentalization so that mathematicians who fame themselves to be "scientists" can count things. If they can't count it, they don't believe in it. Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. Atomists = Materialists = Scientism worshiping cult of bumping particles.