Posts Tagged ‘State’
!People v. The State of Illusion
Trailer for the soon-to-be released film People v. The State of Illusion, a film by Austin Vickers. The movie includes appearances by Dr. Thomas Moore, Dr. Candace Pert, Debbie Ford, Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Robert Jahn, Dr. Peter Senge, Brenda Dunne, and Dr. Michael Vandermark, and is an exploration into the science of perception, thought, and imagination. The film was directed by award-winning Director Scott Cervine.
Consciousness Part 2 – (Quantum, Waves, State reduction, Parallel Universes, Big Bang, Mind of God).
A number of views and ideas which took some time to put together. I have included great Video clips, Photos, and Music. I hope it’s enjoyed by all. Credits to the following Scientists, Mathematicians, Philosophers, Composers and Musicians :- Rob Bryanton www.youtube.com www.tenthdimension.com For lyrics go to http www.youtube.com Sir Roger Penrose. Prof Stephen Hawking. Rob Bryanton. BBC (World incl Hard Talk)). Queen. NASA. Dawkins. Einstein. Sagan. Newton. Galileo. Kaku. Janice Acquah. Richard Stevens. Dr. Quantum.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Collapsing the State Vector Metaphor
The spatial metaphor which is used to understand time, and which figures in expressions such as ‘the past is behind me now’, and ‘the deadline is approaching’ also (I think) provides the template for how we think about ‘determinism’ and ‘free will’. We imagine we can choose events in the future as we choose paths across a field whereas the past is understood as fixed as the path that we have already walked is fixed. This spatial metaphor, in which the future is a 2 dimensional plane and the past a 1 dimensional line, is not just present in casual speech but also demarcates and structures some of the language of science. For example, the famous Shroedinger’s Cat thought experiment in quantum physics describes the point at which the box is opened as the ‘collapsing of the state vector’; prior to this moment the future holds two possible outcomes, visualised as ‘vectors’, or paths across a 2 dimensional planar surface. At the moment of ‘decision making’ these vectors are conceived of as collapsing into a single 1 dimensional line that recedes into the past behind us. Map of Free Will (Texas): maps.google.co.uk
Video Rating: 5 / 5