ACCORDING to one of the weirder interpretations of quantum theory, electrons and the other subatomic particles that make up creation don't really come into existence -- taking on definite positions in time and space -- until they are beheld by a conscious observer. Extending this notion to a cosmic scale, the most radical proponents of what has come to be called the anthropic cosmological principle argue for a dizzying symbiosis in which the universe gives rise to conscious beings who in turn give rise to the universe through the act of observation...read all
Monday, November 12, 2007
Bright Air, Brilliant Fire
George Johnson's 1992 review of nobel prize winning scientist Gerald Edelman's book Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On the Matter of the Mind.
