I wasn't nearly as baffled by the science in the movie as I was by the behavior of the characters (including the aliens) in the film. It's summed up by the fir

I wasn't nearly as baffled by the science in the movie as I was by the behavior of the characters (including the aliens) in the film. It's summed up by the first article you've shared simply: "Nobody, at any time, acts remotely like a scientist" That's more of what baffled me, because, as your second link points out, the movie isn't really about science, but about mythology, life and death. The movie is supposed to be about human issues, but misses the mark when it comes to the behavior of the humans in the film.