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Superstring Theory

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

At least since the time of Einstein, physicists have been looking for a theory of everything.  Einstein unified space and time with his theory of relativity.  He also unified mass and energy.  Most of his life was spent looking for a theory of everything.

Most physicists are divided between two worlds, studying the world of the very large with relativity, and studying the world of the very small with quantum physics.  The two groups do not agree with each other.  The theories of the very large, and the theories of the very small do not give a theory of everything.  While looking for a theory of everything, physicists discovered superstring theory.  It is now the leading contender for a theory of everything.

Superstring theory seems to unite the forces (gravity, electromagnetism, strong and weak force), and all the subatomic particles.  According to superstring, tiny vibrations of energy or strings are more basic than the forces and particles.  In “The Elegant Universe”, Michael Green says,”The moment you encounter string theory and realize that almost all of the major developments in physics over the last hundred years emerge – and emerge with such elegance – from such a simple starting point, you realize that this incredible compelling theory is in a class of its own.”

Superstring also includes extra dimensions to the universe.  This is called hyperspace.  According to the theory, strings in eleven or more dimensions can create the contents of the universe.

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Quantum Vacuum And Hologram

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

The Quantum Vacuum is an “interconnecting network of light waves”.  The interconnected points contain significant amounts of information. This is very similar to a hologram which is created from lasers.  Some physicists say that the universe is like a hologram.  The interconnected or interference patterns of lasers contain the 3D image of the hologram.

Physicist David Bohm saw the apparent separate parts of the universe as united at a deeper level.  Each part contains the whole universe just like with a hologram.  Bohm used the term holomovement for the universe because it seems to flow from light to matter.

Physicist Lee Smolin has a similar view of the universe, “It is not enough to say that the world is a hologram.  The world must be a network of holograms, each of which contains coded within it information about the relationships between the others.”  He also said, “the history of a universe is nothing but the flow of information.”

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Quantum Vacuum

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

There is an area of the universe that physicists call the Quantum Vacuum (QV) or Zero Point Field (ZPF).  This area should be void like a vacuum, or at least be totally inactive as we expect at zero degrees.  However, it appears that this area contains a mass of particles  that are known as virtual particles because they pop in and out of existence.  Experiments have been performed that change the virtual particles into real particles that have been measured.  This is called Casimir forces.

The particles in the QV are photons.  A photon is actually two particles, an electron and a positron.  An electron has positive mass, and a positron has negative mass, and is considered antimatter.  The electron and positron can come together and cancel each other, and become a photon again.  This process of appearance and cancellation happens in the QV.

The QV is also known as the Dirac Sea because physicist Paul Dirac predicted antimatter particles, and saw the QV as a combination of antimatter (positron), matter (electron), and light (photon).  Later, physicists proved that he was correct.

Ervin Lazlo explains that living organisms have this same relationship with the QV, moving between a real and virtual world.  Our particles pop in and out of existence.

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Non-Local Communication

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

In this post, I will present 3 experiments about non-local communication from the book.

The first experiment was performed by Dr. William Tiller (scientist/professor).  In this experiment, four people placed intentions in a black box.  In one case, the intention was to increase the pH of a solution.  The black box with the intention in it is placed near the test substance.  The results showed changes in the pH of water, and increase of enzyme activity.

The next experiment was performed at Princeton University.  The researchers used a random event generator (REG).  It simulated the flipping of a coin a multitude of times.  In the experiment, a volunteer attempted to influence how many times heads or tails came up.  The results were significantly different than the chance of 50% heads or tails.  The results were more significant than drug trials for common drugs.

The third experiment was performed by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake who is famous for his theories about morphic resonance.  His experiment showed non-local communication between a dog and the dog’s owner.  The results showed that dogs know when their owner is returning home several minutes before the owner arrives.  The dogs tuned into the conscious decision of the owner even before the owner got into the car for the return trip.

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Entangled Universe

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

It seems that everything in our world is separate, but quantum physics tells a different story.  Everything is composed of particles and particles can be a wave or a particle.  The qualities of a particle are unknown.  This is known as Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle.  Particles only have a probability until we measure them.

Until we measure a particle, it can have multiple states.  This is called superposition.  Erwin Schrodinger did a famous thought experiment about this.  A cat could be placed in a box that contained a substance that could kill it.  The release of the substance is random, like radioactive decay.  If it is released the cat dies; otherwise the cat lives.  Until the box is opened, and the cat is observed, it is in multiple states, alive and dead.

Einstein didn’t like this uncertainty and tried to disprove it.  He linked two particles in a way that is called entanglement.  In this case, the particles have equal and opposite spin.  The state of either is not known until one of them is measured (superposition).  Observing one of them causes it have a definite state, and the other one will then also have a definite opposite state.  No matter how far apart they are, it seems like they have instant communication.  Einstein called this “spooky action at a distance.”

Mystics believe that this shows that separation of objects is just an illusion, and everything in the universe is connected and one.

The famous physicist, David Bohm, believed that everything in the universe is one unified whole.  He called this “implicate order”.  He named the seeming separateness, “explicate order”.  To Bohm, the entangled particles don’t have instant communication.  They are just one and the same.

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Cellular Consciousness

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

Biologists used to think that our genes define us, but after the results of the human genome project were analyzed, they realized this is not so.  The regulatory sequence of the genome seems to be more important.

Bruce Lipton discovered that cellular control is not within the DNA, but is in the cell membrane.  Control is dictated by the cell environment, the bloodstream.  Molecules, like hormones, send messages to the cell membrane through the membrane receptors.  This information is sent to the whole body.  Adrenaline, for example could be transmitted to the receptors because of something fearful.

Lipton also discovered that not everyone reacts to an event in the same way.  What is fearful to some people is not fearful to everyone.  So it is the interpretation of the event that controls the cell.  He calls this “biology of belief”.  This matches the idea that consciousness creates matter, reality.

Another example of conscious reaction to the environment was discovered by researcher John Cairns with E. Coli.  In his experiment, the E. Coli mutated in order to use the only food source available to them in the experiment, which was lactose.  E. Coli normally cannot use lactose.

It seems that all atoms, molecules, bacteria, and cells are conscious and intelligent.  This information creates and controls life.

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Cellular Intelligence

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

Some scientists believe that only humans have consciousness (intelligence).

The author of “Punk Science” asks, how do dumb molecules know what to do? Cells are the basis of life. The author writes, ” Cellular activity is extraodinarily precise and complex, but miraculously organizes itself. Nobody knows how this self-organizing complexity exists and sustains itself.”

The embryo is a single cell. It develops from a single cell into a complex human. Somehow the cells figure out what part of the body to make, and what shape that part should have.

The author reports that a professor (Harold Saxton Burr) in the 1950′s, ” found that an electromagnetic field in the shape of a salamander could be detected around a salamander egg even before it is fertilized.” This seems to show that consciousness creates matter.

She also reports on the work of Fritz Albert Popp regarding cells and photons. He discovered that light (photons) is emitted when cells divide. He calls this “biophoton emissions”. “The biophoton emission pattern of a cell while it is dividing is identical to the type of pattern that the chromosomes form.” It seems that there is a high degree of intelligence in cells.

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Consciousness Changes Reality

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

Physicists used to think that the atom was solid.  They now know that it is mostly empty space with a nucleus and protons, neutrons, and electrons.  They also now know that these particles are not solid either.  They are waves with only a probability of location until they are measured (observed).

The author of “Punk Science” says this is called wave-particle duality.  She says that the phrase physicists use for this is “consciousness collapses the wave function”.  The author quotes Richard Feynman (Nobel Prize physicist)with regard to this strange behavior.

“The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes Nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense.  And it agrees fully with experiment.  So I hope you can accept Nature as she is – absurd.”

This discovery showed that our consciousness affects matter and changes reality.  Physicist, Amit Goswami says that everything is consciousness.  Several other physicists agree.

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Observation is Consciousness

Continuing my discussion of the book, “Punk Science”.

Quantum physicists are discovering that the universe is very similar to what the mystics and metaphysicians have been saying for many years.

They are researching consciousness.  Some of them say that consciousness is just brain activity, but others say that consciousness is basic to the universe.

The reductionists believe that the universe and us are just a machine with many parts.  They study the parts and think they know everything about the machine.

The “new scientists” see the universe and us as more than the sum of the parts, and consciousness is basic to everything.  Quantum physicists have proved that observation has a great affect on matter, and observation is consciousness.

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