Science

Essays pertaining to science and the philosophical ramifications of scientific laws and theories.
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jackrabbit

From the smallest particle to the largest galactic formation, a web of electrical circuitry connects and unifies all of nature, organizing galaxies, energizing stars, giving birth to planets and, on our own world, controlling weather and animating biological organisms. There are no isolated islands in an electric universe.
David Talbott and Wallace Thornhill
Thunderbolts of the Gods

A little scientific background

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jackrabbit

Resonance is everywhere. It is defined: The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system''s natural frequency. A more detailed explanation is found on the wikipedia resonance page.

We've been taught that all physical phenomenona is energy, including physical matter, but I haven't read explained exactly what energy is.

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jackrabbit

How far do you have to walk from your home to perceive that your are in nature? Do you have to leave your home to be in nature? Do you have to drive to the national park in the mountains? I''m going to shake the idea of nature up like a martini (not stirred). \r\n\r\nNature is defined as : 1. A wild primitive state of being (e.g. the environment or the outdoors; foods; herbs), especially in its essential form, untainted by human or synthetic chemical influence.\r\n2.

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jackrabbit

Science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience. For thousands of years humans have continuously strove to unravel the mysteries of the world around us. "True" science is based a process, the scientific method, which I will outline the normal modern interpretation.

The Scientific Method (according to wikipedia)

Multiple steps are needed in scientific method, ranging from our experience to our imagination, back and forth.

It is unavoidable that performing a measurement on a system changes its state. Measurement can be as simple as looking. Therefore what information that is received by the observer regarding a system is at least partially created by the observer. If the observer had not chosen to observe then the state of the system would have been different. Continued observation of the same system will result eventually in the system being altered into a pattern which resonates with the observer's expectations.

Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance fields is a powerful idea undergone extensive scientific investigation and has been found to be a viable theory. I highly recommend reading his books on the subject. The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature (1988) and Seven Experiments That Could Change the World(1999)

Here's an some pertinent excerpts from the Wikipedia article linked to above:

Morphic field

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