What Is it Like to Be a Bat? perceptional experiences. While it is possible to imagine what it would be like to fly, navigate by sonar, hang upside down and eat insects like a bat, that is not the same as a bat's perspective. Nagel claims that even if humans were able to metamorphose gradually into bats, their brains would not have been wired as a bat's from birth; therefore, they would only be able to experience the life and behaviors of a bat, rather than the mindset. Such is the difference between subjective and objective points of view. According to Nagel, "our own mental activity is the
Who Does She Think She Is your average documentary." There have been more mixed reviews, one magazine saying that the film has “revelatory moments” but also provides too restrictive a definition of “artist” and at times was “clumsily” composed. "The New York Times" called the film an answer to the call of “self-expression in the face of biological imperatives and cultural programming.” "The Village Voice" has called it “a call to arms.”. According to "The Huffington Post", despite the films feminist stance, it produces and engaging story. Who Does She Think She Is Who Does She Think She Is? is a 2008 American documentary film directed