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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few decades, the idea that our universe could be one of many alternate universes within a giant multiverse has grown from a sci-fi fantasy into a legitimate theoretical possibility. Several theories of physics and astronomy have hypothesized the existence of a multiverse made of many parallel universes. One obvious question that arises, then, is exactly how many of these parallel universes might there be.
In a new study, Stanford physicists Andrei Linde and Vitaly Vanchurin have calculated the number of all possible universes, coming up with an answer of 10^10^16. If that number sounds large, the scientists explain that it would have been even more humongous, except that we observers are limited in our ability to distinguish more universes; otherwise, there could be as many as 10^10^10^7 universes.
To work these numbers out, Linde and Vanchurin looked back to the time shortly after the Big Bang, which they view as a quantum process that generated lots of quantum fluctuations. Then during the period of inflation, the universe grew rapidly and these quantum fluctuations were "frozen" into classical perturbations in distinct regions. Today, each of these regions could be a different universe, having its own distinct laws of low energy physics.(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few decades, the idea that our universe could be one of... more
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more from the minds of Wayne Dyer,David Wiicock, Amit Goswami and more.
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any thoughts?
if no... i'll just travel to the fifth dimension in which you did have thoughts and talk about it there.any thoughts?
if no... i'll just travel to the fifth dimension in which you did... more
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Rethinking Einstein:
View the slideshow at the link.
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Read this, it is brilliant.
"Biodynamics has been considered by some as the first modern ecological farming system. The approach is similar to organic but with the unicity of the use of fermented herbal and mineral preparations as compost and astronomical planting calendar based on the Rudolf Steiner philosophy.
Back in early 1924, Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, who later became one of the early leaders in biodynamic agriculture, was anxious to find ways to build bridges between active participation and the carrying out of life purposes without being derailed by personal ambition, illusions and petty jealousies. These were the negative qualities his mentor, Rudolf Steiner, had named as the main inner hindrances."
This is the passage I love the most:
"On a train from Stuttgart, Germany to Dornach, Switzerland he asked Steiner, 'How can it happen that the spiritual impulse, and especially the inner schooling, for which you are constantly providing stimulus and guidance, bear so little fruit? Why do the people concerned give so little evidence of spiritual experience, in spite of all their efforts? Why, worst of all, is the will for action, for the carrying out of these impulses, so weak?'
Steiner’s rejoinder surprised him, 'This is a problem of nutrition. Nutrition as it is today does not supply the strength necessary for manifesting the spirit in physical life. A bridge can no longer be built from thinking to will and action. Food plants no longer contain the forces people need for this.' ”
More at the link.
This philosophy encompasses farming and spiritual self actualization, both interconnected.
Mineral and herbal preparations create a change at a microscopic level but transforms the soil achieving outstanding results.
Here is the passage that says it all:
" ...a microscopic change at a point can effect large scale changes in the medium. But we are so used to the notion that a bigger shift requires a bigger hammer that it seems very strange to expect profound results from the minuscule application..."
Beautiful!
Steiner took inspiration from :
“Thinking … is no more and no less an organ of perception than the eye or ear. Just as the eye perceives colours and the ear sounds, so thinking perceives ideas.”
He believed there were no essential limits to human knowledge.
Join Organic:
http://current.com/groups/organicgreen/Read this, it is brilliant.
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How could bees of little brain come up with anything as complex as a dance language? The answer could lie not in biology but in six-dimensional math and the bizarre world of quantum mechanics.How could bees of little brain come up with anything as complex as a dance language?... more
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Time doesn’t exist. The universe isn’t really expanding. And if you want a theory of quantum gravity, look to the man who inspired Einstein, says Julian Barbour.Time doesn’t exist. The universe isn’t really expanding. And if you want a theory... more
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First photons, atoms and molecules. Now physicists want to create a quantum superposition of a virus, which will allow them to perform Schrodinger's Cat experiment for real.
One of the great challenges for quantum physicists is to find quantum behaviour in macroscopic objects. There are obvious examples of quantum behaviour on a large scale, such as superconductivity and superfluidity, but physicists want more....First photons, atoms and molecules. Now physicists want to create a quantum... more
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Scientists shed light on cells inner workings by synthesizing gold. This provides the missing link between atoms and nanoparticle behavior, these multi-electrons could serve as light emitting sources in nanoscale optoelectronics and in energy transfer pairs. Higly fluorescent gold nanoclusters have been synthesized for use in sub cellular imaging.Scientists shed light on cells inner workings by synthesizing gold. This provides... more
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Wow, now how cool is that? My inner Geek is all happy!
Here's the article...
THERE is a simple rule of computing that holds true even in the weird quantum world: increase the number of units of information available and you boost computing power. Raising the number of quantum bits, or qubits, carries an even greater reward – every additional qubit doubles the computing power.
But raising the number of qubits has proven tricky because of the difficulty of reliably producing entangled particles. Now a team has designed a system that should fire out barrages of entangled photons with machine-gun regularity.
Existing methods of producing entangled photons tend to spew out photons more or less randomly, says Terry Rudolph at Imperial College London. "People have produced six entangled photons but they come out at times we cannot control," he says. "Ultimately that isn't going to help us build a proper quantum computer."
Rudolph and Netanel Lindner at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have designed the blueprint for a system that fires out large numbers of entangled photons on demand. They call it a "photonic machine gun" (Physical Review Letters, DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.113602).
At the heart of the gadget is a quantum dot - a nanoscale crystal within a semiconducting device - chilled to a low temperature. When a short, strong pulse of light hits the dot, one of the electrons inside is raised to an excited state. As it "relaxes" back to its resting energy state it throws out a photon.
"We can manipulate the electron in such a way that it is entangled with the photon," Rudolph says. Excite the same electron again and it spews out a second photon that is also entangled with the electron, and therefore with the first photon too. Repeat the process many times and a string of entangled photons emerges, ready to inject into a quantum computer.
They say that a practical version could be built within a few years. "It's only within the last year or so that the [nanofabrication] technology has made this feasible," Rudolph says.
The quantum machine-gun idea has generated a buzz among researchers. "It's a superb piece of work," says Andrew White at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. "I think this is one of the most exciting theoretical proposals I've read in five years - it will be a revolutionary advance for photonic quantum computing."
What do you think? happy to find quantum and computer in the same breath? Or not so much? lolWow, now how cool is that? My inner Geek is all happy!
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awareness of what we are
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I find it endearing to witness the outpour of love from the more often apathetic public. What caused such a discharge of the 'love' energy? What is media attention or perhaps a true vibrational connection between people as a whole?
Studies in current quantum physics would suggest that this Unified Field is so interconnected that one invariably influence another. *The beat of a butterflies wings in China stirs the entire field, sending tornadoes/hurricanes* As was stated by Laura Ling, "...we could feel your love all the way in North Korea...", this holds an unparalleled assumption that WE as humans are capable of vibrational frequency distribution, especially when a large mass participates. This type of 'healing life force' is within all of us and is the main reason some would seek to manipulate the masses and direct this output.
Be vigilant with causes similar to these, for the pain and suffering of these courageous women is felt by many an unsung song daily! Remember that injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere! Free the World from the grips of the world corporations, re-align when your 'saviours' deceive or intentionally mislead as these puppet dictators were 'propped up' for situations just as these. How many more innocent people will toil fruitlessly to abolish inequality by combating the 'symptoms' of unethical geo-political practices?
Is one more what it will take for you, the final straw...or a hundred more...millions?
Project your 'vibes' for the betterment of all life at every moment of conscious awareness!
Wake up, sheeple. The time has come! Here and Now!I find it endearing to witness the outpour of love from the more often apathetic... more
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http://www.biogetica.com - This video discusses ancient wisdom from Vedic Yogic Shamanistic Christian Chi-Gung Reiki and Kaballah traditions that describes the human experience to consist of 5 bodies layers koshas or dimensions. This ancient wisdom is in line with the latest findings in quantum physics and materials science that now understand that matter exists by virtue of vibration. Chakras and Meridians exist on all these 5 bodies. Subtle mental or emotional changes bring about changes in the physical sphere. An effective and lasting method of healing must work on all layers simultaneously as lingering mental /emotional disturbances will cause physical manifestations of dis-ease to resurface.http://www.biogetica.com - This video discusses ancient wisdom from Vedic Yogic... more
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Not only does God exist, but he intervenes in our lives – at least according to Francis Collins, the former head of the human genome project.
Collins recruits quantum physics to make his religious case, and has set up a website called Biologos. The site is funded by the Templeton Foundation, which seeks to find common ground between science and religion.
Laudable aim or not, the argument seems an odd one for Collins to make, given that he's such a renowned scientist and led such a pioneering project, one grounded so deeply in the principles of scientific enquiry and discipline.
Odd, because it undermines the case that science alone can explain how and when the world came to be. Collins sort of agrees, in his book The Language of God, but says that the Bible explains the "why" we came to exist. Fair enough. But he goes a stage further – and for me strays into the realms of mumbo-jumbo.
Genesis and the big bang
Many scientists reconcile their belief in God with the overwhelming scientific evidence for evolution by holding that God set the universe in motion through the big bang, then stood back and let the laws of nature – including evolution – do the rest. Genesis, they believe, is an allegory explaining how evolution unfolded.
Organisations such as the international Clergy Letter Project have backed these kinds of explanations to help religious people reconcile their beliefs with acceptance of evolution, at the same time distancing mainstream religion from the those who believe in the literal story of creation in Genesis.
But for Collins, the idea of a disinterested God who stands back and lets nature – and evolution – take its course is too much. Where does this leave divine intervention, and how can prayers do any good if God doesn't intervene? To resolve his dichotomy, Collins delves into abstruse quantum mechanical physics to argue that God does still intervene, but in ways undetectable to scientists, maybe through tiny, subtle nudges to nature's designs.
God's influence?
"With quantum mechanical uncertainty and the chaotic unpredictability of complex systems," Collins writes, "the world is now understood to have a certain freedom in its future development."
This means, he goes on:
"It is thus perfectly possible that God might influence the creation in subtle ways that are unrecognisable to scientific observation. In this way, modern science opens the door to divine action without the need for law-breaking miracles," says Collins.
"Given the impossibility of absolute prediction or explanation, the laws of nature no longer preclude God's action in the world. Our perception of the world opens once again to the possibility of divine interaction."
So, because God somehow tinkers in a quantumy type way, it's worth praying for divine guidance and intervention. To me, and to other scientists and commentators, Collins is straying into pseudo-scientific speculation simply to keep God in the earthly frame. Believing in God in the first place is by definition a leap of faith, and one that many scientists and many non-scientists are, after careful and reasonable thought, unwilling to take. For those who have trouble accepting that we're a product of pure chance, there is the option of believing that God set everything in motion.
Food for worms
But the idea that God can undetectably intervene when he wants to is having your cake and eating it. It disappoints me that such a gifted scientist could make this argument.
For the rest of us stuck with the realities of nature, and our inexorable fate as food for the worms, we have to struggle on alone trying to understand what we can and improve the quality and fairness of human existence through more mundane endeavours within the laws of nature. As Collins himself says, we can never know or predict everything through science. Absolutely true. To think otherwise is delusional.Not only does God exist, but he intervenes in our lives – at least according to... more
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A team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light — photons — on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards long-sought-after quantum technologies, including super-powerful quantum computers and ultra-precise measurements.A team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University has demonstrated exquisite... more
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VISIONS OF THE FUTURE In this new three-part series, leading theoretical physicist and futurist Dr Michio Kaku explores the cutting edge science of today, tomorrow, and beyond. He argues that humankind is at a turning point in history. In this century, we are going to make the historic transition from the 'Age of Discovery' to the 'Age of Mastery', a period in which we will move from being passive observers of nature to its active choreographers. This will give us not only unparalleled possibilities but also great responsibilities.VISIONS OF THE FUTURE In this new three-part series, leading theoretical physicist and... more
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One of the best articles I've read in a very long time. Scientists are finally "cracking the code" to our existence via the study how cells and electrons act in time. Some travel back in time to work. We may be on the cusp of discovering the Ancient answer to what we are on a quantum level.
Very well written article.
Here's an excerpt:
Not only does quantum phenomena occur in living systems, but the basic processes of life we take for granted rely on the transfer of information backward in time. Life is so magical because it cheats.
Although the mechanisms by which a living cell can prevent decoherence by dampening its own chemical “noise” remain utterly mysterious, findings such as Engels' conclusively demonstrate that room-temperature quantum computing is possible (and knowing how something works isn’t always necessary in order to use it). And Engel’s group isn’t the only team to detect it: other laboratories have implicated a phenomenon called electron tunneling (micro-teleportation, in which an electron disappears in one location and instantaneously appears somewhere else without having traveled the intermediate distance) at work behind a range of organic phenomena, from our sense of smell and the activities of our enzymes to the neutralization of free radicals with anti-oxidants… possibly even consciousness itself. Paul Davies (Arizona State University) and JohnJoe McFadden (The University of Surrey) have independently suggested that computation in the netherworld of quantum coherence might explain how the earliest self-replicating molecules overcame the inestimable odds against them –- life’s very existence may be the consequence and continued operation of a quantum computer. We may ultimately have to accept our human quest for qubit calculation as a kind of biomimicry, rather than something new and unique.One of the best articles I've read in a very long time. Scientists are finally... more
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"If we ever manage to build a working quantum computer, the first killer app might be online poker. Thanks to the counter-intuitive rules of quantum mechanics, players will be able to use mind-boggling strategies like betting and folding simultaneously (see Quantum poker: Are the chips down or not?).
Poker wouldn't be the first game to have been revolutionised by computers. Artificial intelligence researchers have taught computers to play a wide range of strategic games well enough to compete with skilful human players – and in a few cases, they've beaten them convincingly...
Checkers:
We first reported on a computer that could play checkers, also known as draughts, way back in 1957, and researchers have continued to improve their computerised adversaries ever since. They may have been more successful than the checkers fans would have liked.
By the 1990s, the world's best checkers-playing computer program was Chinook, developed by computer scientist Jonathan Schaeffer. Initially, Chinook wasn't good enough to take the laurels from human world champion Marion Tinsley, but thanks to continuing improvements it went on to win the world championship in 1994 and was "retired" in 1996 in order to give the humans a chance.
But then Schaeffer delivered a killer blow. In 2007, he proved that the game always ends in a draw if neither player makes a mistake, and released an updated version of Chinook that cannot be beaten. This is one case where the complaint that computers have taken the fun out of the game really might be justified."
Read about the other games like chess, poker, and tic-tac-toe at the link."If we ever manage to build a working quantum computer, the first killer app might be... more
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