On this show, Professor Bruce Rosenblum of the University of California -Santa Cruz, and co-author of the best-selling book, Quantum Enigma -Physics Encounters Consciousness,(www.quantumenigma.com), talks with host Philip Mereton (www.heavenattheendofscience.com) about the origin and meaning of science’s most heralded theory, quantum mechanics. On this show the listener will learn that the world is not made of hard, massy stuff, but something much stranger — a mathematical equation that needs consciousness to become something. The quantum enigma remains an intriguing mystery still awaiting a solution. Listen to the Show...
Modern science teaches that consciousness arose from matter, mindless stuff. But can the opposite be true? Perhaps consciousness is at the root of experience. On this show we talk with Richard Smoley, one the world’s foremost authorities on mystical philosophy, and author of The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe. Needless to say, Mr. Smoley provides a unique perspective on the role of consciousness in the make-up of our world. Listen to the Show...
Modern scientists are looking for the God particle to fill out their standard model of the cosmos. Christians are waiting for the return of their own God to complete their vision of a new world. For both scientists and Christians the missing piece to the puzzle remains elusive. But are these quests really that different? Tampa Bay minister Louis Kaloger joins us to discuss this topic and others on today’s show. Listen to the Show...
In War of the Worldviews, Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow (perhaps best known for co-authoring The Grand Design with Stephen Hawking) debate, through dueling essays, the question of whether a spiritual consciousness should play a part in our current scientific worldview. Mr. Mlodinow adopts the staunch materialistic standpoint, constantly arguing that only what can tested, weighed and measured is real. According to him, this invisible spiritual element, advanced by Mr. Chopra, is simply an illusion; a nice thought without scientific credibility. Taking out his ruler and compass, Mr. Mlodinow finds he cannot measure “consciousness” and therefore concludes it does not exist. One of Mr. Mlodinow’s often repeated attacks in his essays is that metaphysics and philosophy are worthless, too malleable, and of no use for science. What is real is what we see, and what we see is a world independent of our brains. Who needs metaphysics? He...
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The multiverse — the notion that our universe is simply one among trillions— is currently in vogue in modern cosmology. The multiverse is the subject of the best-selling books, The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, and The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene, as well as others by popular science writers, John Barrow and John Gribbin. It is the topic of numerous articles in the leading scientific magazines, and has even caught the attention of The Wall Street Journal, which has published an excerpt from The Grand Design, interviewed Brian Greene on the topic, and published John Gribbin’s review of The Hidden Reality. As is so often the case, the difficulty is in determining whether this latest cosmological theory warrants our attention. The answer is yes. To begin with, the multiverse is important because it is the product of today’s scientific thought leaders, which is to say...
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