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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