Synopsis
Throughout human history, thoughts, values and
behaviours have been coloured by language and the prevailing view of
the universe. With the advent of Quantum Mechanics, relativity,
non-Euclidean geometries, non-Aristotelian logic and General Semantics,
the scientific view of the world has changed dramatically from just a
few decades ago. Nonetheless, human thinking is still deeply rooted in
the cosmology of the middle ages. This is the book to change your way
of perceiving yourself - and the universe. Some say it's materialistic,
others call it scientific and still others insist it's mystical. It is
all of these - and none. The book for the 21st Century, complete with
exercises. Picks up where "Prometheus Rising" left off. Some say it's
materialistic, others call it scientific and still others insist it's
mystical. It is all of these - and none.
Part One: How Do We Know What We Know,
If We Know Anything?
A Parable About a Parable............25
The Problem of "Deep Reality"............28
Husband/Wife & Wave/Particle Dualities............39
Our "Selves" & Our "Universes"............47
How Many Heads Do You Have?............53
The Flight From Reason & The Cult of Instruments............59
Strange Loops & the Infinite Regress............65
Part Two: Speaking About the Unspeakable
Quantum Logic............75
How George Carlin Made Legal History............80
Fussy Mutts & a City With Two Names............85
What Equals the Universe?............88
The Creation of Reality-Tunnels............91
E and E-Prime............97
Part Three: The Observer-Created Universe
The Farmer & The Thief............ 11
Psychosomatic Synergy............ 120
Moon of Ice............ 127
Taking the Mystery Out of "Miracles"............ 132
Part Four: Schroedinger's Cat and Einstein's Mouse
Multiple Selves & Information Systems ............147
Multiple Universes............159
Star Makers?............167
Wigner's Friend, or Whodunit?............178
Part Five: The Non-Local Self
Hidden Variables & the Invisible World............187
Quantum Futurism............196
Trajectories—The Journal of Futurism & Heresy.............203