Yes, indeed. The universe and its laws are elegant, particularly when viewed from a slightly different perspective than the one you are used to...
In case you arrived late to the party... Quantum physics tells us that we only ever see one state of a particle that could have expressed any of several other mutually-exclusive states. It goes on to say that these particles exist in an entirely different way when they are not being observed. This causes a major and previously-assumed-to-be-unsolvable problem for those who'd like to know about the true nature of things.
The science of physics has drifted away from observation and into math to try to move beyond this problem. I ask - have we really learned all we can from observation? Perhaps it is simply time to alter what we are observing...
Rather than assume that the stuff of the universe is collapsing from wave state to particle state, and then reverting back to wave state when we aren't looking, why not take the perspective that our consciousness is simply only able to interface with 'reality' in a limited way? Rather than spend time trying to figure out the rules that govern the stuff (which we know we cannot observe in its 'true' state), why not spend time studying the interface (consciousness) and the the mechanisms and rules that govern it? Ten-dimensional string theories may generate great math, but they don't generate great testable hypotheses. Consciousness, as a phenomenon, has and does generate testable hypotheses.
Beyond the observer problem (a place few dare to go) is the problem of state selection. Of all the possible states of a system that we could experience, how is the state that we actually experience chosen? Again, if we shift our focus away from the behavior of things 'out there', and look to the dynamics of perception and cognition, we may begin to approach a logical and rule-based answer to this problem. Perception and cognition are already acknowledged mechanisms for deciding what from 'out there' will end up in conscious experience; why should they be excluded from a role in the state selection proces?
It has been suggested that state selection is accomplished by some type of differential(s); the nature of that differential(s) has been the product of speculation, as it has usually involved hypothetical constructs. What if the differentials are completely contained within the mechanisms of consciousness? What would they look like? How would they manifest themselves in our everyday experiences?
And the question at the heart of my investigation... How could we harness them?
