[MD] Quantum Enigma

[MarshaV]

Btw, the full title of this book is 'Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness'.  

"The worldview demanded by quantum theory is, to borrow the words of J. B. S. Haldane, 
not only queerer than we suppose but queerer than we _can_  suppose.  Most of us share 
some commonsense intuitions.  For example, it is not just common sense that one object 
cannot  be in two far apart places at once?  And surely, what happens here is not affected 
by what happens at the _same time_ someplace very far away.  And does it not go without 
saying that there is a real world "out there," whether or not we look at it?  Quantum 
mechanics challenges each of these intuition by having observation actually _create_ 
the physical reality observed."

To me, and Bo too, the MoQ and Quantum theory are, well,,, a quantum leap beyond 
intellectual patterns, and indicates not just expanded rationality, but a totally new pattern 
of understanding, a paradigm jolt into a new level.   
     (Rosenblum & Kuttner,'Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness', 2006)     





On Sep 20, 2010, at 12:19 PM, MarshaV wrote:

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> I do not know what is called the bit that may begin a chapter, but I thought this was an interesting beginning to Chapter One:
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>         Though what you're saying is correct, presenting this
>         material to nonscientists is the intellectual equivalent 
>         of allowing children to play with loaded guns.
>          ---A colleague's objection to our physics course,
>              "The Quantum Enigma"
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>          (Rosenblum & Kuttner,'Quantum Enigma',2006)     
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