Quantum spirituality 2006 Film
Theme: Quantum mechanics teaches that we make our own reality 2007 Film
Theme: Quantum mechanics teaches that we can be what we want to be. All we have to do is think it. Not such a big secret
1993 1989 “The physical world is a creation of the observer” –Deepak Chopra The gurus of quantum mysticism
1975 “There is an essential harmony between the spirit of Eastern wisdom and Western science”
-Fritjof Capra TM and the Unified Field
Theories locate a single, universal, unified field of intelligence at the basis of all forms and phenomena in the universe. -- TM Website
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi John Hagelin
Dr. Hagelin is . . . among the elite cadre of physicists who have fulfilled Einstein’s dream of a “theory of everything” through their mathematical formulation of the Unified Field. 3-time presidential -- TM Website candidate Wave-particle duality
Both slits One slit open: wave open: particle Nature of reality seems to depend on what you decide to measure Spooky action at a distance
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“Collapsed” wave function after detection Electron source A
Wave function Electron before detection detectors Hit observed at A Screen
Faster than light? A holistic universe? Distribution of electron hits
Particles always observed. Described statistically by wave function. No wave-particle duality. Return to reductionism
No unified field (yet)
Standard model Newtonian Deism world machine
To be consistent with science and Christian tradition, God must be able to act
✓without visibly violating natural laws ✓while allowing human free will Guiding evolution
Random event
The finger of God
Not Darwinism but Intelligent Design Quantum Theology Everything in universe is not predetermined Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Electron in Any place in volume of 10 m/s Earth in 6 atom seconds
A place for God to act?
The finger of God ✓1 gram of matter has 1024 electrons, protons, neutrons ✓Visible universe has 1080 ✓ Want God to act on human scale
Need some amplification mechanism Amplifying God’s action ✓Not all material systems are chaotic ✓Large time delay in most cases ✓Humans can thwart Emergence Social science
Each science Psychology has own set of principles Neuroscience
Bottom-up Top-down Biology causality?causality Chemistry
Many body physics
Elementary particle physics Way for God to act?
Omega Point God Top-down causality Complex systems No evidence
Simple systems The whole is the sum of its parts “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” –Philip K. Dick