In the July issue of Scientific American, there's an interesting article dealing with why is it that sub-atomic particles appear to operate is such a haphazard random manner,and yet when we look at the larger world, cause and effect and general predictability seem to be the order of the day? Since all mega-matter is composed of sub-atomic particles, how could this be the case?

One relatively new theory that has gained some following amongst physicists is that what we see with mega-matter is sort of an "averaging" of the activity of sub-atomic particles as we see the results from a "distance". I'm going to use an example that's not found in the article and use lightning instead, which we all have observed.

Imagine a stationary cloud (A) that has lightning bolts eminating from it and hitting a lightning rod (B). What does the lightning look like? Well, we know it can vary significantly, so accurately predicting the exact course it may take is essentially impossible. It could be straight or it could be zig-zag in a multitude of differing ways.

Remember when you were younger and you saw a model of the atom whereas there would be this nice concise nucleus with protons and neutrons, and then we'd see these electrons flying around the nucleus in a circular pattern? Nice picture, but it's highly inaccurate. Instead, we know that the electron's path is highly unpredictable and quite erratic. IOW, we may be able to tell what pattern it took but not what pattern it may take next.

But, according to this relatively recent theory that's gaining some popularity, if we were to look at the cloud/lightning rod strikes over let's say 1000 times, the average would appear from a distance to be a generally straight but thicker line. So, with this analogy, a single lightning strike symbolizes the erratic action of a single sub-atomic particle, but the thicker straight line symbolizes the appearance of mega-matter as being more regular.

If this model were to be accurage, it creates doubt about the concept of parallel universes, which largely was built on the idea that quatnum mechanics behaves in a similar way with mega-matter as it does with sub-atomic particles. Therefore, maybe there's only one real you .

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Hi Metis

Thanks for updating us with the new theory. Did you ever see the Docu film "what the bleep do we know" It was made in 2004, I think, and soon became regarded as one of the best docu films ever made and It made a lasting impression on the way I look at the world and myself.
It's about Quantum mechanics and how when scientists look closely into matter it disappears.
If you would like to see it heres a link What the bleep do we know

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The second one is also good..... What the Bleep: Down the Rabbit Hole.

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Yes, I did see it and I thought it was quite well done. Thanks.

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This I haven't seen, so thanks for the heads-up.

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Why would having parallel universes be important?

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Following the release of what the bleep,there was a meeting in San Fransisco between the scientists involved and some Kabbalists, heres a film made about it ups and downs in San fransisco

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If they exist, which is seriously under question as I mentioned in another thread, they really are not likely to have any significant impact on us today in terms of our day to day experiences in regards to creating anything different than what we already live through.

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"The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge."-- Einstein

I wonder (instinctually, without scientific basis!) if "all possibilities" already exist, yet we won't be able to investigate/understand multiple existences until we're "capable" of handling that kind of information. Perhaps some things are "hidden" for a reason???? Just speculating, of course.....

Maybe. The one thing I've learned over the many years is to never assume all things follow our "logical" beliefs. IOW, it seems that the more we know, the more we know we really don't know.

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