Tag: Brian Greene

• The nature of reality isn’t what you think it is, continued

  Last November I wrote this post, which suggested (to me anyhow) that what we perceive as reality was anything but this. Since that post, I have been delving more into the subject, which is getting clearer and weirder every day. What’s weirdest about all this learning and research is that the exact sorts of people…

  Mark

  February 8, 2019

  Metaphysics, Sociology

  Astral planes, Ayn Rand, Brian Greene, Consciousness, Objectivism, Quantum Physics, Reality, Schrödinger’s cat, Virtual reality

• The universe through a straw

  National Public Radio has been running a series called This I Believe. The series gives ordinary people like you and I the opportunity to tell the world what we believe and why. The series is always insightful and worth your time. Even if you cannot agree with the person’s beliefs, you should be moved by…

  Mark

  November 14, 2006

  Best of Occam’s Razor, Philosophy

  Brian Greene, Karma

• From Physics to Metaphysics

  I read Brian Greene’s book The Fabric of the Cosmos for a number of reasons. First I had at best a hazy idea of Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity. For once really wanted to fully understand them. Second, I had heard about string theory (well, really superstring theory) and the uncertainty principle. I…

  Mark

  August 12, 2004

  Best of Occam’s Razor, Metaphysics

  Brian Greene

• Our Wild, Wild Universe

  Back in March I mentioned that I was going to read Brian Greene’s book The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality. Brian Greene is a physicist currently working in the area of string theory. Fortunately for the rest of us he is also a man who can demystify modern physics…

  Mark

  July 25, 2004

  Technology

  Brian Greene, Physics, Quantum Physics, String Theory