Science At The Crossroads

Quantum Mechanics. Western Science or Eastern Religion?

"The last few decades have witnessed tremendous advances in the scientific understanding of the human brain and the human body as a whole. Furthermore, with the advent of the new genetics, neuroscience's knowledge of the workings of biological organisms is now brought to the subtlest level of individual genes. This has resulted in unforeseen technological possibilities of even manipulating the very codes of life, thereby giving rise to the likelihood of creating entirely new realities for humanity as a whole..." Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama.


"How come it is, that the further in you go, the bigger it gets?" Terence McKenna


One of the things I find really fascinating about current Western Scientific theory is how much it sounds like Eastern Religious thinking. Quantum Mechanics is a case in point. As Niels Bohr so famously noted:

"If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet."

"And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn't yet understood the first thing about it."

The implications of Quantum Theory are reality changing. Nothing will ever be quite the same again. The phrase "Everything you know is wrong" just about sums it up. Best not to think about it then. Put the grey matter on hold and watch retards on reality shows, interspaced with high intensity mass media sales pitches.

As Bill Hicks used to say:

"The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride?....."

I'm going for a lie down. I'm feeling very dizzy.

Peace
Migz