Sunday, 28 June 2020

New Scientist. Essential Guide N°1. (4🌟)

New Scientist. Essential Guide N°1. The Nature of Reality. How Mathematics, Physics and Consciousness combine to define our world.

Articles by Brian Green, Stephen Hawkin, Roger Penrose, Jan Westerhoff, Donald Hoffman and Nick Bostrom.

Einstein's general theory of relativity explains the reality we perceive, (stars, light etc) and some we cannot perceive but know are there (black holes, black energy etc). Quantum physics deals with sub atomic particles and describes a different reality than the one we know. Quantum fields, particles, waves behave in ways which are not explained by Einstein's theory. How can this be? How can the quantum reality be different from "ours"? Also, does reality really exist, or is it manufactured by our brains? What is consciousness and free will? And how could they exist if we are all made of atoms and quantum particles?

Enlightening read. I wish I had a wider background in sciences to understand more, but I think I got the main ideas. Not sure I could explain them to anyone though but they are there, in my brain.

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