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Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick  I would like to start this thread with the idea that the universe is self aware.
To me the universe is not only alive but self aware as well.that the entire
universe is composed of energy,and absolutly zero else,and that this energy is
alive and has intelligence,that this energy is a product of mind,and to all intents
and purposes are one of the same.As we are also part of this energy flow,it
would bewise of us to make use of this free source of power?
more later.
what do you thinkfolks. |
According to what seems to be the conventional wisdom in Quantum Mechanics, a conscious observer is necessary for reality to exist. This concept is expounded on in the "The Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness," (2006), by UC-Santa Cruz physics professors Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner. See related site:
www.quantumenigma.com
Bernard d'Espagnat, theoretical physicist and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality, stated that,
The doctrine that the world is made up of objects whose existence is independent of human consciousness turns out to be in conflict with quantum mechanics and with facts established by experiment."
As for a theory of when humans developed consciousness, psychologist Julian Jaynes, theorized in his book, "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" (1976), that ancient peoples were not conscious (did not possess an introspective mind-space). Instead their behavior was directed by auditory hallucinations, which they interpreted as the voice of their chief, king, or the gods. Jaynes argued that the change from this mode of thinking (which he called the bicameral mind) to consciousness occurred over a period of centuries about three thousand years ago and was based on the development of metaphorical language and the emergence of writing.
see the website:
http://www.erikweijers.nl/pages/tran...sciousness.php
So bearing the above ideas in mind, did space-time and matter exist prior to the emergence of human consciousnes? Or for that matter, prior to life itself which supposedly began in some 'primordial soup'?
And continuing on, prior to the emergence of humans and human consciousness, what existed 14 billion years ago? No one was around then to observe anything? But we see evidence of something that apparently happened 14 billion years ago, i.e., the cosmic background radiation from the big bang.
So, maybe the universe is 'self-aware' then, and the universe observed itself?
This is not a new idea, Prof. Henry Stapp of Lawrence Berkeley Lab and Martin Rees, Cambridge cosmologist, have speculated on this concept.
Quote from Rees,
"In the beginning there were only probabilities. The universe could only come into existence if someone observed it. It does not matter that the observers turned up several billion years later. The universe exists because we are aware of it."
So...that's my take - for now - on the subject of consciousness, Quantum Mechanics, and the 'self-aware' universe.
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