One of the fundamental extrapolations from quantum mechanics is that thoughts are things. In fact, all matter is nothing more than our materialized thoughts. This can be traced all the way back to Heisenburg's Uncertaintly Principle which introduced the world to the reality of the quantum leap made by electrons.
It's funny to think that just a little over a hundred years ago, despite the work of Mendel, Miescher, and Morgan, everyone thought it absurd to think of a human gene as something real that we could actually "pluck" out of our body. A gene, everyone knew, was as insubstantial as a thought.
Today we think of thoughts the same way that we used to think of a human gene. But Heisenburg showed us that absolutely nothing in our material world is certain and, many quantum scientists believe, we are close to discovering exactly what thoughts are and how we use them. Just as we discovered what a human gene is and unlocked almost all the amazing mysteries surrounding it.
(For example, did you know that if you physically strung together all the DNA contained in your cells into a single strand, that strand would reach the moon and, perhaps, come all the way back to earth? Is that wild or what?)
I know exactly what we are and why we're here...and where we're headed. The only thing to keep in mind is that everything I know is subject to revision...especially what I know about the truth!
I don't see any conflict, at all, with spirituality and science (not that you implied that, George). In fact, quantum physics reinforces what I know about many religions. Didn't Jesus say, in the Bible, (I'm paraphrasing a bit here) "The most important thing about a prayer is that you believe it to be so"?
We are all walking "creation machines." That can no longer be denied, only ignored. And I find that completely freeing! Quantum physics teaches us that the proper way to say the old cliche is "I'll see it when I believe it" (not the other way around).
For example, reproducable experiments prove that light takes the form (whether wave or photon) in which it is percieved. The observer creates light's form! What are the implications there?
And what is matter, really? Did you know that matter is so insubstantial, that we can't really touch anything? The illusion of touch is really just magnetic repulsion created by the negatively charge electrons in the atoms. For example, you're not actually sitting on that chair right now...you're hovering one angstrom above it (that's 1/1,000,000 of a milimeter above it).
Why is matter insubstantial? Because if you blew an atom up to the size of a large cathedral, the nucleus would be the size of a fly in that cathedral. The rest is just empty space. That's matter, my friend; 99.9% empty space.
So what is matter? It's just our thoughts and perceptions. So, how important are our thoughts (and, even more so, the attitudes and paradigms that shape them?) That's a huge reason I am so passionate about my father's work.
There is so much more to discuss. Any thoughts?
Greg Kuhn
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