Turning Science Fiction Into Science Fact

This is why I love science fiction. Fifty-some years ago, a physics-major envisioned the following...

"There were no constants for the psi-drive. Everything was a variable, a function of many components depending on the potential gradients and on each other. The setting for 'ahead' could become that for 'reverse' under new conditions, and there was the uncertainty principle to reckon with, the uncaused chaos of individual electrons, flattened probability curves, the unimaginable complexity..."

In a flash, you can see how one might extend the individual's ability to navigate the differentials between what is known/observed and unknown/unobserved (Smearland) to something larger.

A presentient peek at things to come? He was dead-on about an ever-changing set of baseline differentials...

I think I've mentioned that I enjoy a good speculation. Something crossed my path about a year ago that may shed some light on how we might eventually turn this piece of science fiction into science fact. More on that research in a future post.

Training and Obstacles

Eight-martini results: "results so good that your perception of reality is shattered and all you can do is go to a bar and drink eight martinis to regain your senses"

I should be pretty hard to shock by now. Trust me. I know how this works, so not too much should surprise me.

Today's training exercise was focused on operating within time constraints and overriding familiarity with the target environment. The target this time is a novel item - something with which I have had no previous experience or exposure. However, the target item must conform to certain predetermined criteria designed (in theory) to make it more difficult to locate.

Outcome: Target item located within the parameters of the training exercise. And while the target item conformed to the predetermined criteria, it also had few unexpected implications.

Target item: The 5th Dimension: Channels to a New Reality, by Sheila Petersen-Lowary. (Cover quote from Evan Harris Walker.)

Yeah, and when they say 'channels', they mean psychic spokesperson for 'spiritual entities'. It's hard enough to be taken seriously when all of quantum physics has been co-opted for ambiguous and ill-defined New Age 'truths', but if the concept of a 5th dimension falls...

Do you see now why I need a drink, or eight?

That #@&* Secret Again

Today I happened to be visiting someone and what do I overhear emanating from a box in the corner... Oprah is going to be discussing "The Secret". That's right. Oprah will be discussing (again, apparently) that book/DVD sensation "The Secret" that is sweeping through metaphysical groups across the nation.

For those of you who are not familiar with the "The Secret", let me summarize. In the style of "What the Bleep", this movie presents the metaphysical/spiritual Law of Attraction. (Hello again, Fred Alan Wolf.) For those not familiar with the premise of the Law of Attraction, here it is - "you get what you think about, your thoughts determine your destiny." (Here in Smearland, we would say your thoughts determine your destination in the multiverse, but no need to nitpick.)

Heaven help me, I had to watch. And here's why...

Here is something that resonates with so many people as being true, something they can see and experience as a more accurate description of reality. Okay. If this thing is so obvious and so true, perhaps it reflects some physical, natural laws, as opposed to some metaphysical, spiritual laws. The terms 'metaphysical' and 'spiritual' imply something that is outside the realm of science. Something that should be approached with emotion and intuition instead of logic and intellect. And I think we've illustrated here the exact place in science where these ideas fit.

Don't get me wrong - I'm glad millions of people are positively impacted by what has been given to them under the guise of 'spiritual law'.

But I want to take the science to the next level. That's what will usher in your promised "new era for humankind"!