Wednesday, March 15, 2006

New Age Physics

Bad news for those hoping to find the higher spiritual plane, it looks like even the goofy world of quantum physics can get by without new age wisdom:

...As Dr. Albert pointed out, Wigner framed the process in strict mathematical and probabilistic terms. "The desires and intentions of the observer had nothing to do with it," he said.

In other words, reality is out of our control. It's all atoms and the void....

From The New York Times

1 Comments:

Blogger Diligent Blogger said...

So wishes don't come true on a quantum particle level? Somehow, I don't think this is going to faze the new agers one bit. These are the same people who have demanded horoscopes be in every newspaper and have successfully spread the Wiccan belief from its real paperback origins.

12:54 PM  

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