Week Two: Physics

I wanted to research a bit deeper into the Bohr-Einstein debate, spurred on by our own debate over the use (in my opinion, misuse) of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in Kristina Wirtz's dissertation preface, Speaking a Sacred World: Discursive Practices of Skepticism and Faith in Cuban Santeria.  Simply put, the act of observation influences the things we observe.  I'm not sure how Wirtz continued to invoke the Heisenberg uncertainty principle throughout the rest of her paper, but the act of my reading her preface somehow influenced it.

Anyways...the Bohr-Einstein debate wasn't just about proving or disproving quantum theory.  It questioned whether or not consciousness has "a role to play at the material level of reality", and if quantum physics is the science of mysticism.

Here's the best of what I've dug up so far.

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  1. Ashlynn108!May 21, 2019 at 10:44 AM

    "quantum physics is the science of mysticism" I love the wording of that.
    I truly believe it is as well. There is so much we don't understand from a western perspective and so much we cannot see with the human eye. Every energy influencing each other makes me think of sacred geometry, the concept of the flower of life. How everything is connect...how every ripple affect which is created will affect something else. I love basking in this "mysticism".

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  2. Nucleus NutritionMay 28, 2019 at 3:25 AM

    The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle can be viewed as a form of rational mysticism. Consciousness as a source of influence makes sense, especially when it is interacting with energy. The idea that God plays dice is rational to me since people play dice and people were made by God. The idea of chance and probability is something I experience everyday. Everyday is both rational and mystical.

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