Totally OT: Quantum Mechanics proof for the existence of a Supreme Conciousness?

Craig Black cblack at ara.com
Thu Feb 14 09:12:21 PST 2008


"Bill Baxter" <dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote in message 
news:fp1s4l$28uh$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Craig Black wrote:
>> I apologize for the inappropriate post, but I read this material last 
>> night and am still buzzing about it.  I just have to share it.  I 
>> personally am an agnostic, so not trying to preach anything, but I 
>> thought this was very interesting.  I didn't realize that modern science 
>> has such a solid theory about consciousness.  Namely, that there is only 
>> one conscious mind in the universe, and that matter is the result of 
>> observations of that mind.  At the subatomic level, there are only 
>> possibilities that require a mind to bring into actual reality.  And that 
>> mind is not Many but One.  The universe essentially consists of a single 
>> Indivisible Mind from which matter emmanates.
>>
>> Are these the ramblings of a deluded philosopher or religious cult? 
>> Nope. The conclusions that result due to observations and discoveries 
>> made by Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Niels Bohr, all 
>> pioneers of quantum mechanics.
>
> ... and then re-interpreted by a deluded philosopher / religious cult.
>
>> http://www.integralscience.org/ConsciousQM.html
>
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist.  :-)
>
>
> I really enjoyed the book "The Dancing Wu Li Masters" when I read it 10 
> years ago or so.  I think there are a number of books of the same ilk that 
> try to tie quantum mechanics to things like consciousness or mysticism. 
> It's interesting but from what I've seen there isn't anything like a 
> "solid theory of consciousness" that's got any scientific rigor to it. 
> But my data is about 10 years old.  Things do change.
>
> --bb

I would like to hear more about your perspective on this matter.  It is all 
very new to me.  And like I said I am completely agnostic. I have heard that 
Schrodinger stated that, "The number of minds in the universe is One."  What 
is your take on this?

-Craig






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