Believe in a world of 'stuff out there'? That's all run by 'natural law'? You might want to think again.
We viscerally 'feel' the physical world 'out there' - that's how our brains get us to take things seriously. Our brains are also really good at finding patterns and meaning. But of course, first and foremost, all of this - our sensed physical reality and its patterns - is an incredible construction of our brain's neural gymnastics. 'Yeah, yeah' you want to say 'but even so: it's all is still out there in the real world, right?' To which my only question is: Dude, really? Let me know when you find a way to even make coherent sense of that. After all, your brain is the one doing the talking...
How quantum mechanics fits in with idealism (aka 'the world is all in your mind')
Blog post from April 8, 2013
Reality is frequently inaccurate.
Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
If I'm lucky, you're already convinced, as a general principle, that what we call the 'physical world' is a complete fabrication of your mind (Quantum fans: here I still mean that independently of of quantum mechanics) If so, then yippee! You can skip to the section below on where I think quantum mechanics actually does fit in with this picture. That's the point of this post anyway.
Reality is frequently inaccurate.
Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
If I'm lucky, you're already convinced, as a general principle, that what we call the 'physical world' is a complete fabrication of your mind (Quantum fans: here I still mean that independently of of quantum mechanics) If so, then yippee! You can skip to the section below on where I think quantum mechanics actually does fit in with this picture. That's the point of this post anyway.
