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“I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one
another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one
connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.”

~ Ellen DeGeneres

We all know, deep down, that we are all connected. But is this notion of being connected
only a magical feeling or is it concrete fact? Quantum mechanics or the study of the
micro-world states illustrates that what we think of reality, is not so. Our human brains
trick us into believing in the idea of separation when in truth, nothing is truly separated —
including human beings.

The Perception of Separation

As a species that grew and evolved to become one of the Earth’s most dominating forces, we
came to believe that we were its greatest glory. Surely this thinking has slowly evaporated,
but it still holds weight in today’s culture. But when we look into the atomic world with a
magnifying lens, it becomes evident that we are not exactly what we thought we were. Our
atoms and electrons are no more important or significant than the makeup of the oak
tree outside your window, blowing in the wind. In fact, we are much less different from
even the chair you sit on while you read this.

The tricky part in all of this knowledge and wisdom that quantum mechanics has imparted to
us, is that we don’t know where to draw the line. Primarily because the physiology of our
brains prevents us from truly experiencing the universe as it is. Our perception
is our reality; but it is not the universe’s.

The Basics of Quantum Theory

In order to truly understand what is happening at a sub-atomic level when we think of
someone or when we feel the lightness of love for another; we must first bridge the gap
between the micro-world and the macro-world. This is much easier said than done, because
the micro-world operates under significantly different laws. String Theory states that our
universe is made up of tiny little string particles and waves. These strings are the building
blocks of the universe we experience, and make up the multiverse and the 11 dimensions
that exist in the multiverse.

Quantum Entanglement’s Spooky Actions

So how do these tiny strings that bind the book of life, correlate to how we experience
consciousness and affect the physical realm?

It was in 1935, that Albert Einstein and his coworkers discovered quantum entanglement
lurking in the equations of quantum mechanics, and came realized how “spooky” and strange
it truly was. This lead to the EPR paradox introduced
by Einstein, Poldolsky and Rosen. The EPR paradox stated that the only ways of
explaining the effects of quantum entanglement were to assume the universe is nonlocal,
or that the true basis of physics is hidden (also known as a hidden-variable
theory). What nonlocality means in this case, is that events occurring to entangled objects are
linked even when the events cannot communicate through spacetime, spacetime having the
speed of light as a limiting velocity.

Nonlocality is also known as spooky action at a distance (Einstein’s famous phrase for
describing the phenomenon).

Think about it this way, when two atoms that come into contact with each other, they
experience a sort of “unconditional bond” with one another. That spans an infinite
amount of space, as far as we are capable of observing.

This discovery was so bizarre that even Albert Einstein went to his grave thinking
that Quantum Entanglement was not real and simply a bizarre calculation of the universe’s
workings.

Since Einstein’s days, there have been a multitude of experiments to test the validity of
quantum entanglement, many of which supported the theory that when two particles come
into contact, if one’s direction is changed, so too will the other.

In 2011, Nicolas Gisin at University of Geneva was one of the first humans to witness
that very thing, a form of communication that went beyond the realm of space and
time. Where there would typically be a medium like air or space for the atom to
communicate what it was doing; during quantum entanglement there is no medium,
communication is instantaneous. Through Gisin’s work in Switzerland, humans were
physically capable of witnessing quantum entanglement through the use of photon particles
for one of the first times in human history.
So What Does This Mean For Humans?
Senior scientist at Princeton University, Dr.Roger Nelson began a 14-year long study and
organization called The Global Consciousness Project (GCP). The GCP uses
electromagnetically-shielded computers (called “eggs”) placed in over 60 countries around
the world that generate random numbers. Imagine that each computer (egg) is flipping a
coin and trying to guess the outcome. With heads being counted as “1’s” and tails as “0’s”.
Each time they guess correctly, they consider it a “hit”. The computers do this 100 times
every second.

Based on probability, you would imagine that with enough attempts, the computers
would break even at 50/50. And up until the catastrophic and rattling events of 9/11, that’s
what was occurring. Randomness created by quantum physics, to the best of its ability.

After 9/11 occurred, the numbers that were once supposed to behave randomly, started
working in unison. All of a sudden the “1’s” and “0’s” were coinciding and working in
sync. In fact, the GCP’s results were so far above chance it’s actually kind of shocking.
Over the 426 pre-determined events measured in the entirety of the project, the recorded
probability of a hit were greater than 1 in 2, far more than probability could explain. Their
hits were measuring in at an overall probability of 1 in a million.

Reminding the world and skeptics alike, that even quantum physics shows itself in
the leastlikely of places.

So what this means on a psychological and philosophical field, is that what we once thought
was a figment of our imagination is much more real than we could’ve ever imagined. When
you touch someone’s heart, emotionally becoming attached to someone, something
occurs. Your atoms, the building blocks of your presence in the universe become
entangled.

Sure, most physicists will tell you it’s impossible to feel this entanglement, this “spooky”
connection to another living being. But when you reflect on a past love or a mother’s
inexplicable knowledge of their child in danger; then you really have to stop and look at
the evidence. There is proof that we are all connected, and it has more to do with the creation
of the universe than the simple fact that we are all humans.

It’s not magic, it’s quantum mechanics.

To Learn More About Quantum Mechanics (References)

1. Limar, I. (2011) C.G. Jung’s Synchronicity

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2. Ried, M. (June 13, 2014) Einstein vs quantum mechanics, and why he’d be
a convert today. http://phys.org/news/2014-06-einstein-quantum-mechanics-hed-
today.html
3. Grover, T. (February 21 2013) Entanglement
Monotonicity. http://www.condmatjournalclub.org/?p=2328
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8. The reality is not as obvious and
simple as we like to think.
9. Some of the things that we accept as true and take at face value are notoriously
wrong.
10. Scientists and philosophers have made every effort to change our common
perceptions of it. The 10 examples below will show you what I mean.
11. 1. Big Freeze.
12. Big Freeze is the theory of the final state that our universe is heading toward. The
universe has a limited supply of energy. According to this theory, when that energy
finally runs out, the universe will devolve into a frozen state. The thermal energy
produced by the motion of the particles will gradually wear out, which means that
eventually, this particle motion will slow down and, presumably, one day, everything
will stop.
13. 2. Solipsism.
14. Solipsism is a philosophical theory, which asserts that nothing exists but the
individual’s consciousness. At first, it seems silly, but if you think about it, it really
is impossible to verify anything but your own consciousness.
15. To check this out, take a moment to recall all the dreams that you have experienced
in your life. Is it not possible that everything around you is nothing but an
incredibly intricate dream? But, you may say, there are people and things around us
that we cannot doubt because we can hear, see, smell, taste and feel them, right? Yes,
and no. People who take LSD, for example, say that they can touch the most
convincing hallucinations, but we do not claim that their visions are a “reality”.
Your dreams can simulate sensations as well. After all, what you perceive is just a
product of the information processing that takes place in different sections of your
brain.
16. As a result, which parts of existence can we not doubt? Probably none. Each of us
can only be sure of their own thoughts.
17. 3. Idealism
18. George Berkeley, the father of Idealism, argued that everything exists as an idea in
someone’s mind. Berkley discovered that some of his peers considered his theory to
be stupid. The story goes that one of his opponents kicked a stone with his eyes closed
and said, “I disprove it thus!”
19. The idea was that if the stone really only existed in his imagination, he could not have
kicked it with his eyes closed. The way Berkeley refuted this is hard to understand,
especially in these days. He argued that there was an omnipotent and omnipresent
God who was able to see everything simultaneously.
20. 4. Plato and the Logos.
21. Everybody has heard of Plato. He is one of the
world’s most famous philosophers. Like all philosophers, he had a few things to say
about the nature of reality. He argued that beyond our perceived reality, there lies a
world of “perfect” forms. Everything that we see is just a shade, an imitation of
how things truly are. To learn more about these ideas, read about Plato’s Allegory of
the Cave, which is a sort of the ‘Matrix‘ in its ancient version.
22. Plato argued that by studying philosophy, we have a chance of catching a glimpse of
how things truly are and discovering the perfect forms of everything we perceive.
23. In addition to this stunning statement, Plato, being a monist, said that everything is
made of a single substance. This means (according to him) that everything – from
stars in the sky to the dust under your bed – consists of the same basic material, but in
a different form. With the discovery of atoms and molecules, it has been proven true
to an extent.
24. 5. Presentism.
25. Time is something that we perceive as a reality. Of course, we usually divide it into
the past, present and future. Presentism argues that the past and the future are
imagined concepts while only the present is real.
26. In other words, today’s breakfast and every word of this article will cease to exist
after you finish reading it until you open it to read it again. The future is just as
imaginary because the time cannot exist before and after it happened, as claimed
by St. Augustine.
27. 6. Eternalism.
28. Eternalism is the exact opposite of presentism. This is a philosophical theory that
says that time is multi-layered. All layers of the time exist simultaneously, but the
measurement is determined by the observer. What they see depends on which point
they are looking at.
29. Thus, dinosaurs, Queen Victoria and Justin Bieber all exist simultaneously but can
only be observed from a specific location. If one takes this view of reality, then the
future is hopeless and the deterministic free will is illusory.
30. 7. The Brain in a Jar
31. The “brain in a jar” thought experiment is a question discussed by thinkers and
scientists who, like most people, believe that one’s understanding of reality
depends solely on their subjective feelings.
32. So, what is the essence of this thought experiment? Imagine that you are just a brain
in a jar that is run by aliens or mad scientists. How would you know? And can you
truly deny the possibility that this is your reality?
33. This is a modern interpretation of Descartes’ evil demon problem. This thought
experiment leads to the same conclusion: we cannot confirm the actual existence of
anything except our consciousness. If this seems to sound reminiscent of the
movie “The Matrix“, it is only because this idea was part of the very basis of the
story. Unfortunately, in reality, we have no red pills…
34. 8. The Multiverse Theory

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37. Anyone who has not spent the last ten years on a desert island has heard of “the
multiverse” or parallel universes at least once. As many of us have seen, parallel
words, in theory, are worlds very similar to ours, with little (or in some cases, large)
changes or differences. The multiverse theory speculates that there could exist an
infinite number of these alternate realities.
38. What’s the point? In a parallel reality, you may be living in the opposite corner of the
world or may have already died in a car crash. In another one, you might have never
even been born because your parents never met. The probabilities are endless.
39. 9. Fictional realism.
40. This is probably the most fascinating branch of the multiverse theory. Superman is
real. Yes, some of you would probably choose a different story, for argument’s sake,
Harry Potter might be real too. This branch of the theory argues that given an infinite
number of universes, everything must exist somewhere. So, all of our favorite
fiction and fantasy may be descriptive of an alternate universe, one where all the right
pieces came into place to make it happen.
41. 10. Phenomenalism.
42. Everyone is interested in what happens to things when we aren’t looking at them.
Scientists have carefully studied this problem and some of them came to a simple
conclusion – they disappear. Well, not quite like this. Phenomenalist philosophers
 believe that objects only exist as a phenomenon of consciousness. So, your laptop is
only here while you are aware of it and believe in its existence, but when you turn
away from it, it ceases to exist until you or someone else interacts with it. There is no
existence without perception. This is the root of phenomenalism.
43. Which of these mind-blowing theories about the nature of reality appeal to you most
of all? Share your thoughts in the comments below.