Philosophy with a difference and interesting stories too
I believe that it is. A statement with respect to the 1887 Michelson and Morley Ether experiment seem to support these words. It remains a universally contentious debate to this day.
I believe that you will find that the information contained in the following document is challenging. It questions certain contemporary physics beliefs. As a layperson I have conducted a great deal of research in respect to this topic. As you would expect I have critics.
This is my theory
Also see this important qualifying post
You will find that I put a lot of effort into composing this document. I suggest that you might find it compatible with the information contained in the Introduction to Bohm’s Infinite Potential theory post.
In the link below you will find where I have compared three sub-quantum models of reality. These include my Awareness model. I originally composed this document so that I could demonstrate to my readers that my Awareness model has merit. By this I mean in comparison to the other two physics models as described. You may consider this to be the case as well.
Also see this important qualifying post
This is from a combined philosophical and physics perspective
Prologue
My message today is primarily centered upon understanding reality. This is through the intuition, skill and bravery of one man. The physicist’s name is David Bohm. Bohm is a British physicist that died in 1992.
I am a Bohm devotee. I refer to myself as being a Divergence Theorist. This means me thinking and writing about a given subject from a number of different approaches.
In these respects the three links that follow are provided for you to consider. They all incorporate themes of “combined” temporal and ontological lines of cosmological thinking. They all feed back to Bohm’s views about “cosmological reality” and the meaning of life. This is as they relate to his views about his Infinite Potential theory. My ideas are broadly similar to Bohm’s but with the emphasis on philosophy.
The three links:
1) The Life and Times of David Bohm
2) A short video trailer about David Bohm and his famous theory of the “Infinite-Potential”
3) Behind the scenes of the film
The contents of these might give you a reasonable idea as to what follows.
The manner in which the” Infinite-Potential” might be seen to “influence all things” in the universe.
I cite three examples. These are ones that I have conceptualized, worked with and previously posted.
These examples and the two supplements provide leads and ideas as to how I believe temporal and ontological things and systems might “work” within the wider world around us (our reality).
It can be shown that we do not live in isolated systems
Is this a sound manner in which to understand the mind and brain nexus?
Going backwards in time before your eyes
Supplement to the above, number 1
Illustratively demonstrating what might be the existence of the “Infinite Potential”
This is from a two dimensional perspective that follows. The illustration is demonstrated and supported by text further below.
A) The Planck line separates quantum (temporal) from sub-quantum (ontological) phenomena. It represents the smallest informational phenomena that physicists can observe, measure, anticipate and “adequately” describe. Mass-less fundamental particles exist in this area. One such example is an electron..
B) Below the Planck line is where Quantum Mechanics theory steps in (all the weird things that are known to happen in physics such as that all things and events are somehow connected to each other. Furthermore it acts as though the Universe has its own consciousness and can think). It is information immediately around the Planck Line that I conceptualize as being the two dimensional “zone” of the “Infinite Potential”. This is neither firmly ontological or temporal. This is represented by our whole of life experiences. This includes being alive.
C) The dotted lines below Quantum Mechanics (B as illustrated above) are representational of things and events that are more weird than other things happening in the universe (as represented by Quantum Mechanics). This lower level physics is the deepest level of physics and is sometimes referred to by Physicists as being informational physics. Human consciousness, intuition and the rules of nature might be seen as examples of phenomena at this level.
D) Above the Planck line (A) is the quantum levels of physics (temporal) where things and events can be observed and measured. These levels embrace materialist (meaning observable and testable) objects and movement. For example these include various effects of movement as described in Einstein’s relativity theories.
E) E in the illustration symbolizes all that “IS” in the universe. It also symbolizes how things might “fit” in relationship to it. I will explain this in the following paragraphs:
Connections in physics is known as entanglement theory. Entanglement theory is also linked to the concept of universal non-locality (something like a universal “without time” ether in the universe).
Quantum theory includes phenomena entitled non-locality (entanglement theory). Non-locality embraces and influences and effects all things and events in both the quantum (D level in the above diagram) as well as those at the B and C levels in the same diagram. (The C level might be considered to be the “home” of non-locality).
The “home” of non-locality might also be seen as the home of Bohm’s “Infinite-Potential”. This was broadly discussed in section B above.
From a temporal perspective non-locality can be demonstrated via the famous double slit experiment in physics. Conversely the laminar flow experiment demonstrates the temporal nature (“the wider practical”) world around us of reality. The following quotation relating to entropy further illustrates how this relationship might work in the manner that it does. It is complicated to understand. I do not fully understand it either.
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“The second law of thermodynamics which ultimately states that the entropy (lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder) of the universe is always increasing. That means that in any process that takes place the end result is that the entropy of the universe increases (like through the ontological laws of nature). In fact a better definition of what entropy is not just that it’s disorder but a better idea of what entropy is the amount of energy that cannot be converted back into work (like subtle influences such as consciousness). So basically as entropy increases the availability of energy to do (temporal) work decreases.”
Source of quote from transcript
Supplement to the above, number 2
In considering these points you might care to know what Einstein feels about religiosity. You might agree that they seem to concur with Bohm’s ideas. This is pertinent to his Infinite Potential theory.
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“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery — even if mixed with fear — that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity. In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man… I am satisfied with the mystery of life’s eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence — as well as the humble attempt to understand even a tiny portion of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.”
Einstein seems to be saying that in order to “practically” introduce his sense of religiosity one should consider:
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My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds…”. [I suggest that this is in order for us to attain a greater appreciation of the ontological and temporal features of the wider universe (reality). I also say Bohm’s Infinite Potential].
Within the contemporary international physics community there seems to becoming the realization that there are difficulties with the mostly accepted Standard Model of Physics. This is as demonstrated by links one and two (Nature Magazine and Oxford University respectively).
If this proves to be the case this might raise the question as to whether Bohm’s Infinite Potential theory might “fill” this type of “mysterious” gap. This includes its origins, intent and meaning.
I have ideas about this area of debate. This is my philosophical position:
The Awareness Model of Cosmological Reality1
1] At its deepest level, reality consists of awareness and everything that we can perceive and observe consists of patterns of information in that awareness.
2] In the beginning, the awareness may have contained no patterns of information, but if so, we can suppose it had a capacity to create random patterns.
3] As random patterns were created, a proportion would have had structures that would allow them to be linked into more complex patterns. We can suppose that the awareness allowed this to occur and that complex patterns could better persist than the simpler ones.
4] Then over time patterns could emerge and evolve of increasing complexity.
5] We suppose this eventually led to a set of patterns with the right features to produce the universe in which we find ourselves. Eg. replication of patterns responsible for creating 3 dimensional space could produce the phenomenon of a universe expanding from a big bang.
6] We cannot perceive or observe anything outside our universe, however if physical objects consist of patterns of information within a deeper level of awareness, then that awareness might constitute a kind concurrent fourth dimension.
7] After dying the patterns of information corresponding to our physical body must fade away. But how about the patterns of information corresponding to our mental activity? Could they continue to persist within the deeper level awareness even after our physical body no longer exists?
8] Is our personal awareness linked to or produced by the deeper awareness?
9] Is this deeper awareness akin to David Bohm’s Quantum “Infinite Potential” model?
© for items 1 to 9 above John Raymond 2015
For greater physics detail also see this link.
From my general investigations I consider that there are four such slants.
All four seem to be in accordance with the British Science Council’s definition of science. These are:-
1] Positivist Science
Positivist science as promoted by mainstream science advocates that observed phenomena is the only phenomena that deserves scientific discussion and analysis, It ignores any underlying mechanism that is needed to support its position as being of no value or worth. This is more especially so phenomena that is commonly referred to as being metaphysical (not discovered or understood by science yet). This means that positivist science does not seek to prove abstract ideas, laws or principles that may exist beyond observable ‘facts’. Nature, consciousness, telepathy and visually observable fractal patterns that exist in many things that surround us fall into this category too. They also include many of our body organs. Positivist science does not attempt to give any significance to the human condition because it is a methodology of absolutism. What positivist scientists are really saying is that such phenomena cannot be incorporated into any scientific structure and as such is without value or worth and is therefore scientifically meaningless.
2] Instrumentalist Science
Instrumentalist science uses research methodologies that regard scientific theories as merely tools to interpret research experimental results with metaphysical phenomena being regarded as being of a limited value and therefore disposable. This means that instrumentalist science does not attempt to seriously consider the nature and workings of holistic reality as we might commonly understand and perceive it to be.
3] Realistic Science
Realistic science can be likened to positivist science but unlike in the case of positive science with realistic science the act of observation exists independently of any individualised (narrow) form of observation i.e. such as observing an apple. This means that realistic science is postulating that we human beings are merely one type of phenomenon that is part of (say immeasurably entangled with) some sort of wider holistic reality phenomena and therefore we are inseparable from this whole. This is holistic phenomena that we cannot stand aside from in order to understand unless we incorporate ourselves within the research methodology (including associated experiments relating thereto ) as well.
4] Noetic Science
Noetic Science research regards scientific theories as tools to help identify and describe the inert metaphysical mysteries of holistic reality and therefore such research is led by imagination and intuition. Noetic science allows for a 4D tesseract (hypercube) construct that can cater for the more accurate description of how holistic reality works and what the mechanisms are that produce all things. *This means phenomena that cause the creation of a holistic network of all things that are implicit (experientially metaphysical and mechanically unknowable or measurable) as well as phenomena that is mechanically knowable and measurable. These include materialistic and mechanically related things and events that we take for granted as we go about our daily lives.
*Broadly along the lines of my thought blog entitled ‘Consider this idea about thoughts’
As you might understand, I prefer to work with a Noetic type model that include the ideas cited in this contemporary video
I look at the four descriptive zones that broadly constitute the human mind and brain nexus. This is in relationship to our informational decision making processes.
This blog is in two sections. Section one that follows depicts the illustrative processes pertinent to the systematisation of random ontological information. This is information into packets and patterns of mechanical [logical] information. This system-process is the means by which decisions and types of decisions are made. Section two, immediately thereafter, provides elementary information as to how the system works as an integrated process.*
Notes with respect to the workings and meaning of the “Four Dimensional Mind-Brain Operating Function”
A. What the illustrative process seeks to do is:-
1. Bring together the four descriptive ‘zones’ that largely constitute the human mind and brain nexus and how they might connect with each other with respect to our normal daily lives. These four zones are the Logical, Analytical, Fact Based Quantitive Zone (top left), The Organised Sequential Planned Detail Zone (bottom left), the Holistic Intuitive Integration Synthesising zone (top right) and the Interpersonal Feelings Based Kinestetic Emotional Zone (bottom right). All of these zones are packets of information that are interconnected as though they are somehow attached to a stochastic neural network (NN). This is akin to the human mind-brain operational nexus system (process).
2. Broadly demonstrate how the NN and process system works and how it might be a useful tool in the understanding of how human thought construction might take place in the manner that it does. This includes human behaviour types that may emanate therefrom.
B. How the NN and Process system works:-
1. The square box represents the complete system. The system is informational, indicative and fluid. It is a system that works by means of the process of collating, integrating and assimilating information on behalf of its owner with respect to their condition, activities and aspirations at any given time or location in their lives including when they are sleeping.
The upper left A, lower left B, Lower right C and upper right D represent the inherent learned knowledge and experiential experiences of the system as has been and is lived by its owner. This includes ontologically. One may assume from this that the Cerebral Mode Thinking Processes, Right Mode Thinking Processes , Limbic Mind Thinking Processess and Left Mode Thinking Processes are potential mind-brain informational tendencies and influences on standby, to be ‘absorbed’ by the informational system as shown in the illustration. This is information that might be useful for its owner in deciding to do this or that at any given time with respect to his/her hopes, expectations and desires in life.
The outer circle represents the symbolic separation of these described tendencies and influences. These tendencies and influences are like short-lived informational fluctuations within the system that are waiting to be called upon by the wider system to do something on behalf of its owner. All decisions to do something by the NN system process can be seen as being packages of diversified information of subtle tendencies and influences (these tendencies and influences can also be seen as either energy or potential energy).
The lower dotted line under the circle represents the presence of the human mind (M) within the NN system. The M draws upon the random information between itself and the subtle tendencies and influences of the wider NN system as described beyond the outer line. The mind then packages them into bundles of patterns of information that might be useful for the benefit of its owner. These respective bundles might also be seen as packages and patterns of information on standby to do something. They also contain ontological information that might include any hidden hopes, dreams and desires its owner might have.
Below this dotted line are the four zones as described in section A. All of these have separate informational tendencies or influences to think and behave in some way that can be brought to bear on behalf of its owner. All of these four informational tendencies and influences are broadly scattered across the whole of the NN process. They exist as small informational nodes that can collectively bundle themselves into patterns of information (something meaningful and specific) on behalf of their owner. This can also mean collectively potentially waiting to do something on behalf of their owner. Patterns of tendencies and influences are stronger and more meaningful than single informational nodes ( a single node might be an idea whereas a pattern of nodes is more likely to be a collection of ideas).
The closed circle of the illustration is divided into four equal zones across the horizontal and vertical plane. You will notice that the Holistic Intuitive Integrating Synthesising zone and the Interpersonal Feeling Kinesthetic Emotional zones are jointly adjacent to the Right Mode Thinking Processes tendencies and influences on the right perimeter of the square.
From this example you might see how the influences and tendencies relating to the other two zones, from an anti-clockwise perspective, align themselves with the Left Mode Thinking Processes and the Cerebral Mode Thinking Processes respectively.
By considering the alignment of each of these four zone quantities (blocks of specific NN influences and tendencies) with each of their adjacent modes of thinking processes you will probably notice how the whole of the NN processes (also embracing M) provide a descriptive snapshot of the wider system. It also appears to show how and why the Four Dimensional Brain-Mind Operating Function seems to provide sound insight into the wider human NN condition.**
**If the words in this presentation seem to you to have a degree of validity I introduce you to this David Bohm documentary trailer to the full Infinite Potential video. In doing this try to understand the philosophical commentary thereto rather than the physics debate therein. Some of the science is complicated and not designed to be fully understood by lay persons, including me.
C. How decisions are made to do something:-
This is the operational (mechanical) aspect of the hypothesis. Upper left section A and lower left section B should be considered as being mechanically static. The moving part of the NN process system is represented by the three-pointed star depicted in the illustration. You will note how I have separated it from the mind area of the nexus (system and process). This is because at this point the M only contains random information that has no specific (without time) meaning. This three pointed star ‘plucks’ loose information from M. It is also representative of the workings of the human brain (not the brain itself) that is perpetually operating within the wider NN process system.
The star is attached to an axle as illustrated in the diagram. In this sense, the axle is the heart of the human brain setup. Subtle informational fluctuations exist within and between the four zones areas that send and receive tendency and influence impulses from one or more of the zones. This could significantly include them all if any given set of adverse circumstances that its owner is experiencing deems this as being instinctively necessary. This includes the degree of power of these tendencies and influences as well. For example if its owner’s life or family were being threatened that severely agitated the NN system process somehow. The brain (the axle) has three primary tendency and influence impulses. These are the reptilian impulse (the dominant implicit impulse of the system), the Neocortex and the Limbic impulses.
The star is not rigid, but is subtly, and sometimes violently, swaying and flexing back and forth throughout the four-zone NN process system. However, this is not in the mind zone, which remains mechanically static at all times. This movement relates to the hopes, desires and expectations, (whether emotionally ontological or not) of its owner at any given time or circumstance. It is the primary tendencies and influences of the human brain that always move and process packages and patterns of raw information from within the system, including M. This collated information is to address the expectations of its owner. This includes to merely think about something in some type of way or another.
I briefly summarise the key contents of this document as follows:-
1. The complete illustration relates to information contained within it that represents its owner’s normal daily circumstances. It also illustrates the diverse range of operational tendencies and influences that might apply with any given owner who makes a decision to do something in their lives.
2. I have shown how the moving three pointed star representing the human brain operates with respect to the wider NN process system. This is in relation to the axle of the stars that I refer to as being informationally representative of the human brain. I have briefly cited the three primary tendencies and influences of this brain as they are represented with the rest of the system by means of the star.
3. I have shown how the symbolic axle brain and its attached stars moves backwards and forwards as its owner feels the need to do something in their daily lives. This is in respect to the four informational zones as discussed in section A as well as the associated brain axis. This combined arrangement, including the three influences and tendencies of each arm of the star (Reptilian, Limbic and Neocortex) is also representative of the complete mind, brain and decision making process nexus of the illustration.
4. Allied comments:-
It is my belief that the Logical, Analytical and Fact Based Quantitative and the Organised Sequential Planned Detailed zones of the NN process system are the explicit [rational] influences, tendencies and effects of the system. I include the Neocortex and Limbic system sections in this as well. I consider that the remainder of the NN system process as illustrated and describe as being the implicit (ontological) influences and tendencies of the system. These are influences and tendencies that cannot be scientifically measured but they can be informationally demonstrated. This includes what I consider to be the primary influence and tendency of the NN process system that is the reptilian influence and tendency.
5. I have decided that it is not appropriate for me to attempt to describe the wider workings of MacLean’s Triune mind/brain model. It is far too detailed to do so within this short discussion document. This video and this presentation may help you to better understand MacLean’s theory.
*I have not explained in detail all operating functions of the system, nor their wider operating potential.
The information herein can also be linked to this Infinite Potential post.
I wrote the following article in 2014. Ontological ideas were plucked from it by an internationally respected environmentalist for a slide show presentation to an international environment conference in Brussels in the same year
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“I believe that every aspect of reality, including nature and our role within it, are simply experiences and groups of experiences that mean something. This includes whether we understand what is going on around us or not. I believe that collective intelligence and collective awareness are different experiences. I also believe that we have allowed these two different types of experiences to evolve in a manner that they are not mutually complimentary to each other. I feel that within this process we have failed to take notice of the well organised hierarchy structures that ants, bees, bats and similar have effectively built their lives around. We have ignored the over arching rules of nature.
It is my opinion that we have encouraged our cultures to become ones that are driven almost solely by cultural intelligence as distinct from them being a working blend of both cultural awareness (an experience unto itself) and cultural intelligence (another experience unto itself).
It seems to me that this wide spread repression of collective awareness has led to individual awareness becoming similarly repressed.
I feel that the problem with the complex arrangements that we have allowed to evolve around ourselves within culture is that we have inadvertently created too many intersections of communication relating to both our individual and collective environment. All these communication junctions are experiences from which we make decisions of one form or another which in turn become another cog in the wider realm of competing collective intelligence. I believe it is because of this process human beings have effectively become confused and perplexed, perplexed on multiple levels according to individual interpretation of what is most likely to be good or bad in life. This means that the successful integration of ideas emanating from both the experiences of collective intelligence and collective awareness becomes problematic, and as such, so does the nature of the experiences that we are having, or expecting to have at any given time.
It follows from these words that individuals are compelled to decide between similarly valued alternatives or mutually exclusive alternatives. I believe that the integration of both collective intelligence as well as collective awareness is critical in terms of how we see and relate to each other and this includes the environment.
I believe that our ineffective melding of cultural intelligence and collective awareness should be replaced by a mutually complimentary model of science* that seeks to connect to the wider momentum of nature with as few explanations along the way that is possible. I believe that we should be relating back to the role of individual and collective thoughts (experiences). Nature is an experience. The universe is an experience. Reality is an experience. We are an experience that is derivative of the experience of reality.”
If the words in this presentation seem to you to have a degree of validity I introduce you to this David Bohm documentary trailer to the full Infinite Potential video. In doing this try to understand the philosophical commentary thereto rather than the physics debate therein. Some of the science is complicated and not designed to be fully understood by lay persons, including me. The information herein can also be linked to this Infinite Potential post.