7 – Bell’s Theorem …
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010In 1964, the Irish physicist John Stewart Bell challenged scientific orthodoxy with a Theorem that has been called “The most profound discovery in science”.
The basic premise of the Theorem is that for any given natural system – atom, molecule, cell, human being, solar system, galaxy, Universe – to attain and sustain a relative level of stability and cohesiveness amidst the constant changes of its internal and external environments, every one of its component elements, notwithstanding distance nor level of complexity, must be intimately & instantaneously interconnected with all the other elements in the system and with the system as a whole.
This is a monumental insight into the essence of Nature … of Life itself.
Firstly, it gives a deadly blow to the limitations imposed by Relativity, which presumes that nothing can travel faster than the speed of Light. Secondly, it explains how Hydrogen atoms can be so intimately interconnected from one end of our Universe to the other, that they can all adopt and sustain the same obviously advantageous structure of a nucleus and one electron, which has allowed them to grow into the most abundant element in our Universe. The Theorem also explains why we, human beings, billions of us, regardless of how distant we might be from one another, can also be so intimately interconnected as to share the same will to live, and the same need to love and be loved, and the same advantageous knowledge to be able to configure myriad elements into cohesive, self-reflective, self-generating and adaptable organic systems, which has allowed us to become, amidst the constant changes of our internal and external environments, the dominant and most ingenious species in our planet.
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