Quantum Leaps in Quantum Mechanics and Society
Blurring the lines between Spirituality and Science
Sep 6, 2007
What do we know about reality, about consciousness, about the power of the human mind, about the collective, and about our purpose and what we are capable of?
Quantum mechanics, quantum theory, psychology and the social sciences are trying to address some of these questions. Quantum mechanics has recently become a field of study that's drawn attention to common people who are not well versed in physics. Books like Brian Greene's "Fabric of the Cosmos" and Jim Al-Khalili's "Quantum: A guide for the perplexed" have become extremely popular sellers at many bookstores like Barnes & Noble and B. Dalton.
Human consciousness and our place in the world are becoming ever more fascinating to a culture where religion is becoming less significant as science progresses and enters more into humans' daily lives.
A popular documentary movie entitled, "What the bleep? Down the rabbit hole Quantum Edition" has created a mass interest in the subject matter of quantum mechanics, physics, cognitive psychology and other human science studies. TV networks such as Discovery and TLC have given the public access to vast amounts of scientific rhetoric in the theories that surround these phenomena.
The majority of information that is presented to the general public however is "dumbed down" quite a bit. Jargon and scientific gobbledygook is removed from discussion, so as to give the reader or viewer just a glimpse of the material -- to provide a general overview.
Quantum mechanics and other theoretical sciences are very arbitrary and there is no real way to apply practical methods that we shall easily understand, because much of it defies what our senses naturally tell us about how the world practically operates on a macro level. So, in a sense, the work is by no means "real" or "concrete." But it is very interesting to read about and try to understand, but very difficult to conceptualize as well. It is probably best to review material on your own, as reading this won't give you any type of resolve of ignorance in the topics.
Some avenues of the topics seem far-fetched, and probably shouldn't be directly compared to any one particular discipline. JZ Knight is one example. She claims to be able to channel a being called Ramtha. Knight has made quite a name for herself, and a profit in the process. She runs schools of enlightenment and has opened herself up to scientific studies despite such seemingly far-fetched claims. But who knows?
Spirituality and Science have both been pondered upon throughout the ages as ways of explaining both our purpose and explaining the universe. They have for so long been separated by religious and factious lines, but they now seem to be crossing over into each other.
