A Glorious Accident (1993– ) User Reviews

Absolutely brilliant!

[Arr_qulla · 9/10 · 28 February 2015]

A Glorious Accident (Een schitterend ongeluk)

Absolutely brilliant!

I saw this by accident (glorious?) on TV more than 20 years ago and I was stunned. I think it changed the way I view this world in present day.

It is truly a pleasure to listen these scientists and philosophers sharing their thoughts and theories about life and everything.

I enjoyed all of the episodes but what really stayed in my mind for years to come was the one with Rupert Sheldrake.

After seeing this series I have searched and studied what else these personalities have done. I also have bought books written by them.

The episodes are in tube for everybody to see. . . and everybody should!

One of the most interesting documentaries ever made

[giovanni24-1 · 10/10 · 22 August 2006]

One of the most interesting shows ever aired on public television (WNET, New York) was Wim Kayzer's interviews with six leading intellectuals who represented both the mainstream academic (Stephen J. Gould, Freeman Dyson and Stephen Toulmin) and more or less, as it were, "eccentric" outside the box groundbreaking intellectuals (Oliver Sacks and Rupert Sheldrake). Kayzer interviews each of them (and philosopher Daniel Dennett) individually and then has the entire group sit in a kind of round-table seminar that he moderates and lets the ideas fly.

In IMHO it is unconscionable that there has never been a DVD release of this unique and amazing historical experiment in intellectual dialogue. And while Kayzer's book pretty much reproduces the dialogues, seeing is believing.