[SimonTam]

Haven't seen the movie or read the book, but I caution you to compare anything said by John Gray with your own common sense.

Just so you know, Inside Edition did an investigative piece on John Gray in late 2003. His doctorate was obtained from Columbia Pacific University. CPU was an unaccredited school located in California in the late 70s and into the 90s. While CPU had state-approval, it is widely accepted opinion that just about any diploma mill could have received state approval during most of those years. During 20 years of operation, CPU never obtained accreditation by any accreditor accepted by the DOE.

To go back even further, John Gray received his BA and MA from Maharishi European Research University in Switzerland. As far as I know, the school was shut down in Switzerland, however, it was recreated in Fairfield, IA as the Maharishi University of Management. From my understanding, the local populace has a very low opinion of the school.

Dr. John Hagelin, on the other hand, does have legitimate degrees. He has an MA and Ph.D from Harvard. He was a contributing scientist on many articles on quantum physics string theory. However, contrary to what he might say, he was not the originator of the theory. Also, many of the scientists associated with string theory are now distancing themselves from him because of his theories linking transcendental mediation and the Maharishi's teachings to quantum physics.