1 00:00:03,521 --> 00:00:08,042 Athenes Theory Of Everything 2 00:00:08,042 --> 00:00:12,263 The following documentory presents new developments in Neuroscience 3 00:00:12,263 --> 00:00:18,092 and a solution to the many current unsolved problems in physics. 4 00:00:18,092 --> 00:00:21,391 While it keeps clear of metaphysical correlations 5 00:00:21,391 --> 00:00:24,920 and is solely focused on scientificaly verifiable data, 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:33,227 it also has philosophical reprecassions pertaining to life, death and the origin of the universe. 7 00:00:33,227 --> 00:00:36,763 Due to it’s many layers and density in presentation, 8 00:00:36,763 --> 00:00:41,212 it may require multiple viewings to fully comprehend its implications, 9 00:00:41,212 --> 00:00:43,789 even though considerable effort has been made, 10 00:00:43,789 --> 00:00:48,689 to simplify the complex scientific concepts that are discussed. 11 00:00:48,689 --> 00:00:51,375 Furthermore I would like to thank the author 12 00:00:51,375 --> 00:00:54,547 for allowing me to follow and report on his work 13 00:00:54,547 --> 00:00:57,560 as he wanted to remain dedicated to his research 14 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,868 and avoid becoming involved in its media coverage. 15 00:01:08,083 --> 00:01:11,172 written & researched by Athene 16 00:01:11,172 --> 00:01:14,048 edited & narrated by Reese015 17 00:01:14,048 --> 00:01:16,270 music by Professor Kliq 18 00:01:19,162 --> 00:01:21,185 Chapter 1 19 00:01:21,185 --> 00:01:24,211 God is in the Neurons 20 00:01:30,181 --> 00:01:36,431 The human brain is a network of approximately one hundred billion neurons. 21 00:01:36,431 --> 00:01:39,723 Different experiences create different neural connections 22 00:01:39,723 --> 00:01:42,565 which bring about different emotions. 23 00:01:42,565 --> 00:01:45,358 And depending on which neurons get stimulated 24 00:01:45,358 --> 00:01:48,369 certain connections become stronger and more efficient 25 00:01:48,369 --> 00:01:51,258 while others may become weaker. 26 00:01:51,258 --> 00:01:53,657 This is what’s called neural placicity. 27 00:01:53,657 --> 00:01:55,999 Someone who trains to be a muscisian 28 00:01:55,999 --> 00:01:58,308 will create stronger neural connections that link 29 00:01:58,308 --> 00:02:03,465 the two hemispheres of the brain in order to be musically creative. 30 00:02:03,465 --> 00:02:08,836 Virtually any sort of talent or skill can be created through training. 31 00:02:08,836 --> 00:02:11,830 Rudiger Gamm, who was a self-admitted ’hopeless student’, 32 00:02:11,830 --> 00:02:15,616 used to fail at basic maths and went on to train his abilities 33 00:02:15,616 --> 00:02:18,297 and became a famous ’human calculator’ 34 00:02:18,297 --> 00:02:22,815 capable of performing extremely complex mathematics. 35 00:02:23,814 --> 00:02:27,452 Rationality and emotional resilience work the same way. 36 00:02:27,452 --> 00:02:31,310 These are neural connections that can be strengthened. 37 00:02:31,310 --> 00:02:38,087 Whatever you are doing at any time, you are physically modifying your brain to become better at it. 38 00:02:38,087 --> 00:02:41,929 Since this is such a foundational mechanism of the brain, 39 00:02:41,929 --> 00:02:46,893 being self-aware can greatly enrich our life experience. 40 00:02:51,031 --> 00:02:56,255 Part 1: Social Neuroscience 41 00:02:58,102 --> 00:03:02,126 Specific neurons and neurotransmitters, such as norepinephrine, 42 00:03:02,126 --> 00:03:09,664 trigger a defensive state when we feel that our thoughts have to be protected from the influence of others. 43 00:03:09,664 --> 00:03:13,255 If we are then confronted with with differences in opinion, 44 00:03:13,255 --> 00:03:16,963 the chemicals that are released in the brain are the same ones 45 00:03:16,963 --> 00:03:21,920 that try to ensure our survival in dangerous situations. 46 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,409 In this defensive state, 47 00:03:24,409 --> 00:03:29,034 the more primitive part of the brain interferes with rational thinking 48 00:03:29,034 --> 00:03:33,040 and the limbic system can knock out most of our working memory, 49 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,402 physically causing ’narrow-mindedness’. 50 00:03:36,402 --> 00:03:41,068 We see this in the politics of fear, in the strategy of poker players 51 00:03:41,068 --> 00:03:45,763 or simply when someone is stubborn in a discussion. 52 00:03:45,763 --> 00:03:48,405 No matter how valuable an idea is, 53 00:03:48,405 --> 00:03:53,545 the brain has trouble processing it when it is in such a state. 54 00:03:53,545 --> 00:03:57,543 On a neural level, it reacts as if we’re being threatened, 55 00:03:57,543 --> 00:04:00,993 even if this threat come from harmless opinions or facts 56 00:04:00,993 --> 00:04:06,759 that we may otherwise find helpful and could rationally agree with. 57 00:04:18,049 --> 00:04:22,180 But when we express ourselves and our views are appreciated, 58 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:25,510 these ’defence chemicals’ decrease in the brain 59 00:04:25,510 --> 00:04:29,581 and dopamine neurotransmission activates the reward neurons, 60 00:04:29,581 --> 00:04:33,901 making us feel empowered and increasing our self-esteem. 61 00:04:33,901 --> 00:04:38,114 Our beliefs have a profound impact on our body chemistry, 62 00:04:38,114 --> 00:04:41,840 this is why placebos can be so effective. 63 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:47,366 Self-esteem or self-belief is closely linked to the neurotransmitter serotonin. 64 00:04:47,366 --> 00:04:50,368 When the lack of it takes on severe proportions, 65 00:04:50,368 --> 00:04:56,720 it often leads to depression, self-destructive behavior or even suicide. 66 00:04:57,428 --> 00:05:02,655 Social validation increases the levels of dopamin and serotonin in the brain 67 00:05:02,655 --> 00:05:10,306 and allows us to let go of emotional fixations and become self-aware more easily. 68 00:05:17,828 --> 00:05:21,118 Part 2 69 00:05:21,118 --> 00:05:24,188 Part 2: Mirror Neurons & Consciousness 70 00:05:25,066 --> 00:05:29,842 Social psychology often looks at the basic human need to fit in 71 00:05:29,842 --> 00:05:34,421 and calls this the normative social influence. 72 00:05:34,421 --> 00:05:41,451 When we grow up our moral and ethical compass is almost entirely forged by our environment. 73 00:05:41,451 --> 00:05:48,765 So our actions are often a result of the validation we get from society. 74 00:05:48,765 --> 00:05:50,764 But new developments in neuro-science 75 00:05:50,764 --> 00:05:57,094 are giving us a better understanding of culture and identity. 76 00:05:57,094 --> 00:06:03,146 Recent neurological research has confirmed the existance of empathetic mirror neurons. 77 00:06:03,146 --> 00:06:08,449 When we experience an emotion or perform an action, specific neurons fire. 78 00:06:08,449 --> 00:06:13,275 But when we observe someone else performing this action, or when we imagine it, 79 00:06:13,275 --> 00:06:20,064 many of the same neurons will fire again, as if we were performing the action ourselves. 80 00:06:20,064 --> 00:06:26,661 These empathy neurons connect us to other people allowing us to feel what others feel. 81 00:06:26,661 --> 00:06:30,269 And since these neurons respond to our imagination, 82 00:06:30,269 --> 00:06:35,417 we can experience emotional feedback as if it came from someone else. 83 00:06:35,417 --> 00:06:40,161 This system is what allows us to self-reflect. 84 00:06:41,869 --> 00:06:45,813 The mirror neuron does not know the difference between it and others 85 00:06:45,813 --> 00:06:52,077 and is the reason why we are so dependant on social validation and why we want to fit in. 86 00:06:52,077 --> 00:06:59,753 We are in a constant duality between how we see ourselves and how others see us. 87 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:04,415 This can result int confusion in terms of identity and self-esteem. 88 00:07:04,415 --> 00:07:07,975 And brain scans show that we experience these negative emotions 89 00:07:07,975 --> 00:07:11,441 even before we are aware of them. 90 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:18,125 But when we are self-aware, we can alter misplaced emotions, 91 00:07:18,125 --> 00:07:21,604 because we control the thoughts that cause them. 92 00:07:21,604 --> 00:07:27,130 This is a neural chemical consequence of how memories become labile when retrieved 93 00:07:27,130 --> 00:07:31,379 and how they are restored through protein synthesis. 94 00:07:31,379 --> 00:07:36,067 Self-observing profoundly changes the way our brain works. 95 00:07:36,067 --> 00:07:39,436 It activates the self-regulating neo-cortical regions 96 00:07:39,436 --> 00:07:44,576 which give us an incredible amount of control over our feelings. 97 00:07:44,576 --> 00:07:50,927 Every time we do this, our rationality and emotional resilience are strenghened. 98 00:07:50,927 --> 00:07:56,766 When we are not being self-aware, most of our thoughts and actions are impulsive 99 00:07:56,766 --> 00:08:03,847 and the idea that we are randomly reacting and not making concious choices is instinctively frustrating. 100 00:08:03,847 --> 00:08:07,946 The brain resolves this by creating explanations for our behavior 101 00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:12,897 and physically rewriting it into our memories, through memory reconsolidation 102 00:08:12,897 --> 00:08:17,087 making us believe, that we were in control of our actions. 103 00:08:17,087 --> 00:08:20,525 This is also called backward-rationalization 104 00:08:20,525 --> 00:08:27,648 and it can leave most of our negative emotions unresolved and ready to be triggered at any time. 105 00:08:27,648 --> 00:08:31,301 They become a constant fuel to our confusion as our brain 106 00:08:31,301 --> 00:08:37,125 will keep trying to justify why we behaved irrationally. 107 00:08:40,511 --> 00:08:44,916 All this complex and almost schizophrenic subconscious behaviour 108 00:08:44,916 --> 00:08:50,092 is the result of a vastly parallel distributed system in our brain. 109 00:08:50,092 --> 00:08:53,783 There is no specific center of consciousness. 110 00:08:53,783 --> 00:08:59,782 The appearance of a unity is in fact each of these separate circuits being enabled and being expressed 111 00:08:59,782 --> 00:09:02,755 at one particular moment in time. 112 00:09:02,755 --> 00:09:07,581 Our experiences are constantly changing our neural connections, 113 00:09:07,581 --> 00:09:12,175 physically altering the parallel system that is our consciousness. 114 00:09:12,175 --> 00:09:18,204 Direct modifications to this can have surreal consequences that bring into question 115 00:09:18,204 --> 00:09:22,044 what and where consciousness really is. 116 00:09:23,737 --> 00:09:28,315 If your left cerebral hemisphere were to be disconnected form the right, 117 00:09:28,315 --> 00:09:31,239 as is the case in split-brain patients, 118 00:09:31,239 --> 00:09:35,236 you would normally still be able to talk and think from the left hemisphere, 119 00:09:35,236 --> 00:09:40,360 while your right hemisphere would have very limited cognitive capacities. 120 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,140 Your left brain will not miss the right part, 121 00:09:43,140 --> 00:09:47,352 even though this profoundly changes your perception. 122 00:09:47,352 --> 00:09:53,888 One consequence of this is that you can no longer describe the right half of someones face. 123 00:09:53,888 --> 00:09:58,063 But you will never mention it, you will never see it as a problem, 124 00:09:58,063 --> 00:10:02,953 or even realise that something has changed. 125 00:10:02,953 --> 00:10:06,913 Since this affects more than just your perception of the real world, 126 00:10:06,913 --> 00:10:11,585 and also applies to your mental images, it is not just a sensory-problem, 127 00:10:11,585 --> 00:10:17,296 but a fundamental change in your consciousness. 128 00:10:25,215 --> 00:10:28,940 Part 3 129 00:10:28,940 --> 00:10:32,268 Part 3: God Is In The Neurons 130 00:10:32,268 --> 00:10:34,611 Each neuron has a voltage 131 00:10:34,611 --> 00:10:38,942 which can change when ions flow in or out of the cell. 132 00:10:38,942 --> 00:10:42,019 Once a neuron voltage has reached a certain level, 133 00:10:42,019 --> 00:10:44,856 it will fire an electrical signal to other cells, 134 00:10:44,856 --> 00:10:47,293 which will repeat the process. 135 00:10:47,293 --> 00:10:50,569 When many neurons fire at the same time, we can measure 136 00:10:50,569 --> 00:10:54,302 these changes in the form of the wave. 137 00:10:54,302 --> 00:10:57,973 Brainwaves underpin almost everything going on in our minds, 138 00:10:57,973 --> 00:11:02,486 including memory attention and even intelligence. 139 00:11:02,486 --> 00:11:09,654 As they oscillate on different frequencies they get classified in bands such as alpha, beta and gamma. 140 00:11:09,654 --> 00:11:13,459 Each are associated with different task. 141 00:11:13,459 --> 00:11:17,731 Brainwaves allow braincells to tune in to the frequency corresponding 142 00:11:17,731 --> 00:11:21,537 to their particular task, while ignoring irrelevant signals, 143 00:11:21,537 --> 00:11:27,357 similar to how radio homes in different waves to pick up radio stations. 144 00:11:27,357 --> 00:11:30,825 The transfer of information between neurons becomes optimal 145 00:11:30,825 --> 00:11:33,556 when their activity is synchronized. 146 00:11:33,556 --> 00:11:37,773 This is the same reason why we experience cognitive dissonance, 147 00:11:37,773 --> 00:11:44,356 the frustration caused by simultaneously holding in contradictory ideas. 148 00:11:46,649 --> 00:11:53,760 Will is merely the drive to reduce dissonance between each of our neural circuits. 149 00:11:55,866 --> 00:11:58,683 Evolution can be seen as the same process, 150 00:11:58,683 --> 00:12:03,498 where nature tries to adapt, or 'resonate' with its environment. 151 00:12:03,498 --> 00:12:07,443 By doing so, it evolves to the point where it becomes self-aware 152 00:12:07,443 --> 00:12:11,437 and begin to ponder its own existence. 153 00:12:11,437 --> 00:12:14,507 When person faces a paradox or wanting purpose 154 00:12:14,507 --> 00:12:17,735 while thinking that human existence is meaningless, 155 00:12:17,735 --> 00:12:20,745 cognitive dissonance occurs. 156 00:12:20,745 --> 00:12:25,297 Throughout history, this has led many to reach for spiritual and religious guidance, 157 00:12:25,297 --> 00:12:36,229 challenging science, as it failed to give answers existential questions, such as: "Why or what am I?" 158 00:12:44,065 --> 00:12:46,818 Part 4 159 00:12:46,818 --> 00:12:49,843 Part 4: I am Athene 160 00:12:49,843 --> 00:12:59,269 "The mirror neuron does not know the difference between it and others". 161 00:13:06,656 --> 00:13:12,909 The left cerebral hemisphere is largely responsible for creating a coherent belief system, 162 00:13:12,909 --> 00:13:18,678 in order to maintain a sense of continuity towards our lives. 163 00:13:18,678 --> 00:13:23,879 New experiences get folded into the pre-existing belief system. 164 00:13:23,879 --> 00:13:28,571 When they don't fit, they are simply denied. 165 00:13:28,571 --> 00:13:35,317 Counter-balancing this is the right cerebral hemisphere, which has the opposite tendency. 166 00:13:35,317 --> 00:13:38,933 Whereas the left hemisphere tries to preserve the model, 167 00:13:38,933 --> 00:13:43,932 the right hemisphere is constantly challenging the status quo. 168 00:13:43,932 --> 00:13:46,735 When the discrepant anomalies become too large, 169 00:13:46,735 --> 00:13:51,030 the right hemisphere forces a revision in our world view. 170 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:54,153 However, when our beliefs are too strong, 171 00:13:54,153 --> 00:14:00,225 the right hemisphere may not succeed in overriding our denial. 172 00:14:03,841 --> 00:14:08,713 This can create a profound confusion when mirroring others. 173 00:14:08,713 --> 00:14:12,280 When the neural connections that physically define our belief system 174 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:17,538 are not strongly developed or active, then our consciousness, the unity of all the separate 175 00:14:17,538 --> 00:14:24,660 active circuits at that moment, may consist mainly of activity relates to our mirror neurons. 176 00:14:24,660 --> 00:14:26,831 Just as when we experience hunger, 177 00:14:26,831 --> 00:14:34,125 our consciousness consists mostly of other neural interactions for consuming food. 178 00:14:34,125 --> 00:14:40,611 This is not the result of some core “self” giving commands to different cerebral areas. 179 00:14:40,611 --> 00:14:49,510 All the different parts of the brain become active and inactive and interact without a core. 180 00:14:49,510 --> 00:14:55,807 Just as the pixels on a screen can express themselves as a recognizible image when in unity, 181 00:14:55,807 --> 00:15:01,686 the convergence of neural interaction expresses itself as consciousness. 182 00:15:01,686 --> 00:15:05,721 At every moment we are, in fact, a different image. 183 00:15:05,721 --> 00:15:11,613 A different entity when mirroring, when hungry, when watching this video. 184 00:15:11,613 --> 00:15:17,803 Every second we become different persons as we go through different states. 185 00:15:17,803 --> 00:15:24,001 When we use our mirror neurons to look at ourselves, we may construct the idea of identity. 186 00:15:24,001 --> 00:15:32,183 But if we do this with our scientific understandings, we see something completely different. 187 00:15:32,183 --> 00:15:39,438 The neural synergies that produce our oscillating consciousness go far beyond our own neurons. 188 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:44,394 We are equally the result of cerebral hemispheres interacting electrochemically, 189 00:15:44,394 --> 00:15:50,059 as we are of the senses connecting our neurons to other neurons in our environment. 190 00:15:50,059 --> 00:15:55,892 Nothing is external. This is not a hypothetical philosophy, 191 00:15:55,892 --> 00:15:58,498 it is the basic property of mirror neurons, 192 00:15:58,498 --> 00:16:03,138 which allow us to understand outselves through others. 193 00:16:03,138 --> 00:16:07,191 Seeing this neural activity as your own, while excluding the environment, 194 00:16:07,191 --> 00:16:10,305 would be a misconception. 195 00:16:13,260 --> 00:16:18,161 Our superorganismal features are also reflected in evolution, 196 00:16:18,161 --> 00:16:23,183 where our survival as primates relied on our collective abilities. 197 00:16:23,183 --> 00:16:28,777 Over time, the neocortical regions evolved to permit the modulation of primitive instincts 198 00:16:28,777 --> 00:16:35,529 and the overriding of hedonistic impulses for the benefit of the group. 199 00:16:35,529 --> 00:16:42,126 Our selfish genes have come to promote reciprocal social behaviors in superorganismal structures, 200 00:16:42,126 --> 00:16:48,034 effectively discarding the notion of "survival of the fittest". 201 00:16:48,034 --> 00:16:52,931 The brain`s neural activity resonates most coherently when there is no dissonance between 202 00:16:52,931 --> 00:16:59,048 these advanced new cerebral regions and the older more primitive ones. 203 00:16:59,048 --> 00:17:03,655 What we traditionally call “selfish tendencies” is only a narrow interpretation of 204 00:17:03,655 --> 00:17:07,681 what self-serving behavior entrails, wherein human characteristics are 205 00:17:07,681 --> 00:17:16,167 perceived through the flawed paradigm of identity… instead of through a scientific view on what we are: 206 00:17:16,167 --> 00:17:22,684 a momentaly expression of an ever-changing unity with no center. 207 00:17:22,684 --> 00:17:27,602 The psychological consequences of this as an objective belief system allow 208 00:17:27,602 --> 00:17:31,278 self-awareness without attachment to the imagined self, 209 00:17:31,278 --> 00:17:35,654 causing dramatic increases in mental clarity, social conscience, 210 00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:42,790 self-regulation and what`s often described as 'being in the moment'. 211 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:56,171 The common cultural belief has mostly been that we need a narrative, 212 00:17:56,171 --> 00:18:01,196 a diachronic view on our life, to establish moral values. 213 00:18:01,196 --> 00:18:05,700 But with our current understandings of the empathic and social nature of the brain, 214 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:11,423 we now know that scientific view, with no attachment to our identity or “story”, 215 00:18:11,423 --> 00:18:19,230 yields a far more accurate, meaningful and ethical paradigm than our anecdotal values. 216 00:18:21,815 --> 00:18:25,716 This is logical, since our traditional tendency to define ourselves 217 00:18:25,716 --> 00:18:29,800 as imaginary individualistic constants neurally wires 218 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:34,340 and designs the brain towards dysfunctional cognitive processes, 219 00:18:34,340 --> 00:18:42,209 such as compulsive labeling and the psychological need to impose expectations. 220 00:18:45,963 --> 00:18:50,656 Practical labeling underpins all forms of interactions in our daily lives. 221 00:18:50,656 --> 00:18:56,819 But by psychologically labeling the self as internal and the environment as external, 222 00:18:56,819 --> 00:19:06,159 we constrain our own neurochemical processes and experience a deluded disconnection. 223 00:19:10,990 --> 00:19:15,630 Growth and its evolutionary side-effects, such as happiness and fulfilment, 224 00:19:15,630 --> 00:19:21,386 are stimulated when we are not being labeled in our interactions. 225 00:19:21,386 --> 00:19:26,924 We may have many different views and disagree with one another in practical terms, 226 00:19:26,924 --> 00:19:30,708 but interactions that nevertheless accept us for who we are, 227 00:19:30,708 --> 00:19:34,908 without judgment, are neuropsychological catalysts that wire 228 00:19:34,908 --> 00:19:44,230 the human brain to acknowledge others and accept rationally verified belief systems without dissonance. 229 00:19:44,230 --> 00:19:49,578 Stimulating this type of neural activity and interaction alleviates the need for distraction 230 00:19:49,578 --> 00:19:57,163 or entertainment and creates cycles of constructive behavior in our environment. 231 00:19:57,163 --> 00:20:01,758 Sociologists have established that phenomena such as obesity and smoking, 232 00:20:01,758 --> 00:20:06,922 emotions and ideas, spread and ripple through society in much the same way 233 00:20:06,922 --> 00:20:15,201 that electric signals of neurons are transferred when their activity is synchronized. 234 00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:24,407 We are a global network of neurochemical reactions. 235 00:20:24,407 --> 00:20:28,366 And the self-amplifying cycle of acceptance and acknowledgment, 236 00:20:28,366 --> 00:20:31,876 sustained by the daily choices in our interactions, 237 00:20:31,876 --> 00:20:36,066 is the chain-reaction that will ultimatly define our collective ability 238 00:20:36,066 --> 00:20:45,121 to overcome imagined differences and look at life in the grand scheme of things. 239 00:20:54,183 --> 00:21:03,272 You have been watching: God is in the Neurons 240 00:21:03,272 --> 00:21:11,750 Next up: The Grand Scheme of Things 241 00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:14,178 based on research by Athene 242 00:21:14,178 --> 00:21:17,341 edited and narrated by Reese015 243 00:21:17,341 --> 00:21:23,188 music by Professor Kliq 244 00:21:25,757 --> 00:21:29,097 Throughout Chiren's ongoing research, I have made a simplified 245 00:21:29,097 --> 00:21:32,758 but comprehensive overview of his current findings. 246 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:40,694 This is my interpretation of the first few months of his work of unifying quantum physics and relativity. 247 00:21:40,694 --> 00:21:45,510 While it may, at times be difficult to follow due to the subject matter's complexity, 248 00:21:45,510 --> 00:21:52,681 it also has some philosophical implications, which are addressed in the epilogue. 249 00:21:52,681 --> 00:21:56,714 Over the past century, many groundbreaking discoveries have led to 250 00:21:56,714 --> 00:22:01,230 scientific paradigm shifts in our understanding of the world. 251 00:22:01,230 --> 00:22:07,032 Einstein's theory of relativity revealed how time and space are the same fabric, 252 00:22:07,032 --> 00:22:09,711 while Niels Bohr's research helped us understand 253 00:22:09,711 --> 00:22:13,094 the building blocks of matter trough quantum physics, 254 00:22:13,094 --> 00:22:18,492 a realm that only exists as "an abstract physical description". 255 00:22:18,492 --> 00:22:22,421 Afterwards Lui De Broglie discovered all matter, 256 00:22:22,421 --> 00:22:28,588 and not just photons or electrons has quantized wave/particle-duality. 257 00:22:28,588 --> 00:22:33,138 These breakthroughs have led to new schools of thought about the nature of reality 258 00:22:33,138 --> 00:22:38,198 and inspired popular metaphysical and pseudoscientific theories, 259 00:22:38,198 --> 00:22:44,651 such as the human mind being able to command the universe through positive thinking. 260 00:22:44,651 --> 00:22:52,752 However attractive, these theories have no verifiable evidence and can slow down scientific progress. 261 00:22:57,766 --> 00:23:03,738 Einstein's law of special and general relativity applied in modern day technologies, 262 00:23:03,738 --> 00:23:09,930 such as GPS satellites, where the accuracy of calculations would drift more than 7 miles per day 263 00:23:09,930 --> 00:23:16,296 if consequences such as time dilation would not be taken into account. 264 00:23:16,296 --> 00:23:22,434 Time dilation is best illustrated by how moving clocks run slower. 265 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:24,300 Other implications of relativity are: 266 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:32,079 length contraction, meaning that object in motion decrease in length and the relativity of simultaneity, 267 00:23:32,079 --> 00:23:35,592 it is impossible to say in an absolute sense, 268 00:23:35,592 --> 00:23:42,688 whether to events occur at the same time when they are separated in space. 269 00:23:42,688 --> 00:23:46,038 Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. 270 00:23:46,038 --> 00:23:50,526 This means that is a bar of ten light-seconds long would be pushed forward, 271 00:23:50,526 --> 00:23:57,200 it would take ten second before the action can take place on the other side. 272 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:04,305 Without this time interval of ten seconds, the bar does not exist in its entirety. 273 00:24:04,305 --> 00:24:11,815 This is not due to our limitations as observers, but due to an inherent consequence of relativity, 274 00:24:11,815 --> 00:24:19,166 where time and space are interconnected and can not exists without each other. 275 00:24:21,658 --> 00:24:27,254 Quantum physics provides a mathematical description of much of the wave/particle-duality 276 00:24:27,254 --> 00:24:30,705 and interactions of energy and matter. 277 00:24:30,705 --> 00:24:37,522 It departs from classical physics, primarily at the atomic and sub-atomic scales. 278 00:24:37,522 --> 00:24:43,578 The mathematical formulations are abstract and the implications are often non-intuitive. 279 00:24:43,578 --> 00:24:50,701 A quantum is the minimum unit of any physical entity involved in an interaction. 280 00:24:50,701 --> 00:24:55,396 The elementary particles are the basic building blocks of the universe. 281 00:24:55,396 --> 00:24:59,796 They are the particles which all other particles are made of. 282 00:24:59,796 --> 00:25:04,224 While, in classical physics we can always split things into smaller bits, 283 00:25:04,224 --> 00:25:10,997 for a quanta this is impossible. As a result, the quantum world presents many unique phenomena 284 00:25:10,997 --> 00:25:14,042 that can not be explained through classical laws, 285 00:25:14,042 --> 00:25:22,352 such as quantum entanglement, the photoelectric effect. Compton scattering and many more. 286 00:25:22,352 --> 00:25:26,906 There are many exotic interpretations of our quantized world. 287 00:25:26,906 --> 00:25:31,143 The most widely accepted among physicists include the Copenhagen interpretation 288 00:25:31,143 --> 00:25:34,106 and the many-worlds interpretation. 289 00:25:34,106 --> 00:25:37,985 Current trends show substantial competition from alternative interpretations, 290 00:25:37,985 --> 00:25:42,186 such as the holographic universe. 291 00:25:50,155 --> 00:25:52,166 Part 1 292 00:25:52,166 --> 00:25:56,970 Part 1: De Broglie's Equations 293 00:25:56,970 --> 00:26:01,834 While both quantum physics and Einstein's laws of relativity are essential to 294 00:26:01,834 --> 00:26:04,713 our scientific understandings of the universe, 295 00:26:04,713 --> 00:26:10,888 there are many unresolved scientific problems and, thus far, no unifying theory. 296 00:26:10,888 --> 00:26:12,971 Some of the current questions are: 297 00:26:12,971 --> 00:26:17,116 - Why is there more observable matter than antimatter in the universe? 298 00:26:17,116 --> 00:26:20,242 - What is the nature of the arrow of time? 299 00:26:20,242 --> 00:26:23,360 - What is the origin of mass? 300 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:29,332 One of the most important keys to finding the answer to these problems are De Broglie's equations, 301 00:26:29,332 --> 00:26:33,643 for which he was awarded the Noble Prize in physics. 302 00:26:33,643 --> 00:26:38,278 This formula shows how all matter has a wave/particle-duality, 303 00:26:38,278 --> 00:26:41,745 meaning that there are moments in which it behaves as a wave 304 00:26:41,745 --> 00:26:45,408 and others where it behaves as a particle. 305 00:26:45,408 --> 00:26:49,385 The formula combines Einstein's famous E=mc^2 (c squared) equation 306 00:26:49,385 --> 00:26:52,974 with the quantized nature of energy. 307 00:26:52,974 --> 00:26:56,241 Experimental evidence includes the interference pattern 308 00:26:56,241 --> 00:27:01,259 of C60 fullerene molecules in a double-slit experiment. 309 00:27:04,013 --> 00:27:09,015 The fact that our consciousness itself seems to be made up out of quantized particles 310 00:27:09,015 --> 00:27:12,585 has been the subject of many mystical theories. 311 00:27:12,585 --> 00:27:18,261 And while the relation between quantum mechanics and consciousness is unlikely to be as magical 312 00:27:18,261 --> 00:27:27,217 as recent esoteric movies and literature claim, there is nevertheless a profound implication. 313 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:42,643 As De Broglie's equations apply to all matter, we can fundamentally establish that C equals hf, 314 00:27:42,643 --> 00:27:48,933 where C stands for consciousness, h for the constant of planck and f for frequency. 315 00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:53,403 C is responsible for what we experience as the now, 316 00:27:53,403 --> 00:27:57,573 a quantized or minimum unit of and interaction. 317 00:27:57,573 --> 00:28:04,182 The sum of all moments C uptil the current moment is what shapes concept of life. 318 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:07,420 This is not a philosophical or theoretical statement 319 00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:12,912 but an inherent consequence of all matter and energy being quantized. 320 00:28:12,912 --> 00:28:21,463 The formula shows how life and death are abstract constructions of C(now). 321 00:28:21,463 --> 00:28:27,949 Another conseqeunce of De Broglie's equations is that the rate at which matter or energy fluctuates 322 00:28:27,949 --> 00:28:35,693 and acts like a wave or a particle is relative to the frequency of the frame of reference. 323 00:28:35,693 --> 00:28:39,829 Increases in frequency due to velocity are relative to others 324 00:28:39,829 --> 00:28:43,910 and bring about phenomena such as time dilation. 325 00:28:43,910 --> 00:28:50,146 The underlying reason is the uneffected experience of time relative to the reference frame 326 00:28:50,146 --> 00:28:57,157 where space and time are properties of quanta and not the other way around. 327 00:29:03,820 --> 00:29:05,172 Part 2 328 00:29:05,172 --> 00:29:11,105 Part 2: Antimatter and Unperturbed Time 329 00:29:11,105 --> 00:29:17,251 Large Hadron Collider (Switzerland) 330 00:29:20,098 --> 00:29:27,561 Antiparticles are created everywhere in the universe where high-energy particle collisions take place. 331 00:29:27,561 --> 00:29:32,867 This process is artifically simulated in particle accelerators. 332 00:29:32,867 --> 00:29:38,119 When matter is created, antimatter is created simultaneously, 333 00:29:38,119 --> 00:29:45,833 hence why the lack of antimatter is one of the biggest unsolved questions in physics to date. 334 00:29:45,833 --> 00:29:52,318 When we trap antiparticles through electromagnetic fields, we can study their properties. 335 00:29:52,318 --> 00:29:57,322 The quantum state of particles and antiparticles can be interchanged by applying 336 00:29:57,322 --> 00:30:01,603 the charge conjugation [C], parity [P], and time reversal [T] operators. 337 00:30:01,603 --> 00:30:02,659 To clarify: 338 00:30:02,659 --> 00:30:08,270 If a physicist whose body was made of antimatter, would do experiments in a laboratory 339 00:30:08,270 --> 00:30:12,626 also made of antimatter, using chemicals and substances made of antiparticles, 340 00:30:12,626 --> 00:30:18,543 he would find almost exactly the same results as his matter counterpart. 341 00:30:18,543 --> 00:30:24,669 But when they would merge, immense energy would be released proportional to their mass. 342 00:30:24,669 --> 00:30:29,647 Very recently, Fermilab discovered how quanta such as mesons are switching 343 00:30:29,647 --> 00:30:35,573 3 trillion times per second from matter to antimatter. 344 00:30:35,573 --> 00:30:39,851 When we study the universe from a quantized frame of reference C, 345 00:30:39,851 --> 00:30:45,675 we have to take into account all experimental evidence that applies to quanta. 346 00:30:45,675 --> 00:30:51,759 This includes how matter and antimatter are created simultanously in particle accelerators 347 00:30:51,759 --> 00:30:57,383 and how mesons switch back and forth between one and the other. 348 00:30:57,383 --> 00:31:01,666 This has significant consequences when applied to C. 349 00:31:01,666 --> 00:31:06,931 From a quantum perspective, every instance of C has an anti-C. 350 00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:10,389 This explains the missing symmetry or antimatter in the universe 351 00:31:10,389 --> 00:31:14,611 and is closely related to the arbitrary choice of emitter and absorber 352 00:31:14,611 --> 00:31:18,531 in the Wheeler-Feynman Time-Symmetric Theory. 353 00:31:18,531 --> 00:31:27,003 The unpertubed time t in the uncertainty principle is the required time or cycle for quanta to exist. 354 00:31:27,003 --> 00:31:33,806 Similar as observerved in mesons, our personal experience of time or interval of the current moment 355 00:31:33,806 --> 00:31:39,520 reaches its threshold when C is canceled out by its anti-C. 356 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:47,754 C's interpretation of this single self-annihilating moment is framed within an abstract arrow of time. 357 00:31:47,754 --> 00:31:54,670 If we then want to define interaction and look at the basic properties of the wave/particle-duality of quanta 358 00:31:54,670 --> 00:31:59,814 all interactions would consist of interference and resonance. 359 00:31:59,814 --> 00:32:03,413 But since this isn't enough to explain the fundamental forces, 360 00:32:03,413 --> 00:32:06,489 we're required to use different models. 361 00:32:06,489 --> 00:32:10,998 This includes the standard model which mediates the dynamics of the known subatomic particles 362 00:32:10,998 --> 00:32:16,916 through forcecarriers and Einstein's general relativity which describes macroscopic phenomena 363 00:32:16,916 --> 00:32:25,039 such as the orbits of planets which follow a curvature or ellipse in space and helix in spacetime. 364 00:32:25,039 --> 00:32:28,919 But Einstein's model of spacetime doesn't hold up on quantum levels 365 00:32:28,919 --> 00:32:34,771 and the standard model needs additional fore carriers to explain the origin of mass. 366 00:32:34,771 --> 00:32:37,815 Without success, a unification of both models 367 00:32:37,815 --> 00:32:44,271 or theory of everything has been subjec of much research. 368 00:32:46,317 --> 00:32:47,623 Part 3 369 00:32:47,623 --> 00:32:58,667 Part 3: Theory of Everything 370 00:32:58,667 --> 00:33:02,367 Quantum mechanics is merely mathematical descriptions 371 00:33:02,367 --> 00:33:06,612 and their practical implications are often counter-intuitive. 372 00:33:06,612 --> 00:33:10,317 Classical concepts such as length, time, mass and energy 373 00:33:10,317 --> 00:33:14,140 can also be approached with similar descriptions. 374 00:33:14,140 --> 00:33:20,554 By building De Broglie's equations, we can substitute these concepts with abstract vectors. 375 00:33:20,554 --> 00:33:26,156 This is a probability-oriented approach towards the basic and already existing concepts in physics 376 00:33:26,156 --> 00:33:31,623 that allows us to unify quantum mechanics with Einstein's relativity. 377 00:33:31,623 --> 00:33:33,161 a) Quanta & Continuity 378 00:33:33,161 --> 00:33:37,087 De Broglie's equations show how all reference frames are quantized, 379 00:33:37,087 --> 00:33:40,627 including all matter and all energy. 380 00:33:40,627 --> 00:33:48,149 Particle accelerators have demonstrated that matter and anti-matter are always created simultaneously. 381 00:33:48,149 --> 00:33:54,096 The paradox of how reality can emerge from abstract building blocks that annihilate each other 382 00:33:54,096 --> 00:33:59,509 can be explained by using these quanta as the frame of reference. 383 00:33:59,509 --> 00:34:06,371 In a simplified analogy: we need to look at things through the eyes of a photon. 384 00:34:06,371 --> 00:34:12,000 The reference frame is always a quantum and defines how spacetime is quantized, 385 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:18,508 when it 'increases' or 'decreases', spacetime 'increases' or 'decreases' as well. 386 00:34:18,508 --> 00:34:23,775 This is reflected in quantum mechanics as the mathematical description of the probability amplitude 387 00:34:23,775 --> 00:34:31,669 of the wave function or in Einstein's relativity as time dilation and length contraction. 388 00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:39,113 For a quantized frame of reference, mass and energy can only be defined as abstract probabilities 389 00:34:39,113 --> 00:34:43,856 or, if we want to be more concrete and establish a mathematical framework, 390 00:34:43,856 --> 00:34:49,275 as vectors which can only exist when we assume an arrow of time. 391 00:34:49,275 --> 00:34:53,560 They can be derived as resonance and interference with the reference frame, 392 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,893 which defines the minimum unit or spacetime constant c, 393 00:34:57,893 --> 00:35:04,429 equivalent to the constant of planck in quantum mechanics. 394 00:35:04,429 --> 00:35:09,109 Experiments show how conversion of matter into energy through its antimatter 395 00:35:09,109 --> 00:35:13,356 brings about gamma rays with exact opposite momentum. 396 00:35:13,356 --> 00:35:20,025 What seems to be a conversion, is the ratio between opposite vectors interpreted as distance and time, 397 00:35:20,025 --> 00:35:24,138 matter and antimatter, mass and energy or interference 398 00:35:24,138 --> 00:35:29,216 and resonance within the abstract arrow of time C(now). 399 00:35:29,216 --> 00:35:32,566 The sum of opposite vectors is always zero, 400 00:35:32,566 --> 00:35:36,677 this is the reason for the symmetry or conversation laws in physics 401 00:35:36,677 --> 00:35:43,490 or why, at the speed of c, time and space are zero due to length contraction and time diletion. 402 00:35:43,490 --> 00:35:46,668 A consequence is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, 403 00:35:46,668 --> 00:35:49,338 which states that certain pairs of physical properties, 404 00:35:49,338 --> 00:35:55,358 such as position and momentum cannot be known simultaneously to high precision. 405 00:35:55,358 --> 00:36:01,163 In a sense, a single particle is its own field. 406 00:36:03,718 --> 00:36:11,658 This does not explain our sense of continuity, where C cancels itself out within its own required interval. 407 00:36:11,658 --> 00:36:16,098 But when these vectors are exponentially amplified or accelerated 408 00:36:16,098 --> 00:36:19,388 relative to and within the abstract arrow of time, 409 00:36:19,388 --> 00:36:24,454 the underlying mathematical algorithms, also describing the fundamental forces, 410 00:36:24,454 --> 00:36:29,967 can bring about a consistent reality, and have abstract building blocks. 411 00:36:29,967 --> 00:36:34,151 This is why the harmonic motion equations are used in many fields of physics 412 00:36:34,151 --> 00:36:40,059 involving periodic phenomena, such as quantum mechanic and electrodynamics 413 00:36:40,059 --> 00:36:44,923 or why Einstein's equivelence principle, used to derive the model of spacetime, 414 00:36:44,923 --> 00:36:49,608 states that there is no difference between gravity and acceleration. 415 00:36:49,608 --> 00:36:56,074 Because gravity is only a force when interpreted relative to an oscillating frame of reference. 416 00:36:56,074 --> 00:37:02,710 This can be illustrated with a logarythmic curve being reduced to a helix curve by the reference frame, 417 00:37:02,710 --> 00:37:06,807 making objects spin and move in orbits. 418 00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:12,302 Visually simplified, two amplified or growing apples will be interpreted to attract each other 419 00:37:12,302 --> 00:37:17,965 when observed by an amplified reference frame, as the size seems unaffected. 420 00:37:17,965 --> 00:37:20,494 The opposite occurs with interference. 421 00:37:20,494 --> 00:37:27,245 In a simplified analogy, the increase or decrease in the size of objects as we get closer or further away, 422 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:31,097 is determined by the shift in vectors of the reference frame, 423 00:37:31,097 --> 00:37:36,690 similar to how a radio homes in on different waves to pick up radio stations. 424 00:37:36,690 --> 00:37:43,479 This also applies to the influence of gravity. 425 00:37:43,479 --> 00:37:49,637 In essence, independently of any reference frame, there are no fundamental forces. 426 00:37:49,637 --> 00:37:54,109 All interactions within our abstract continuity can be mathematically derived through 427 00:37:54,109 --> 00:37:57,125 interference and resonance, as long as the ever changing 428 00:37:57,125 --> 00:38:03,954 and fluctuating minimum unit or quantum, being the frame of reference, is taken into account. 429 00:38:03,954 --> 00:38:07,715 Experimental evidence includes the unseen effect in the standard model, 430 00:38:07,715 --> 00:38:11,630 where we can see the force-effect but not the actual force-carriers. 431 00:38:21,877 --> 00:38:34,110 b) Quantum Superposition 432 00:38:34,110 --> 00:38:40,660 The consistent continuity of reality doesn't require quanta to have any specific sequence in time. 433 00:38:40,660 --> 00:38:44,547 A quantum is not subject to any notion of space or time 434 00:38:44,547 --> 00:38:49,612 and can occupy all of its possible quantum states simultaneously. 435 00:38:49,612 --> 00:38:54,426 This is called quantum superposition and has been demonstrated in experiment such as 436 00:38:54,426 --> 00:38:58,211 the double slit experiment or quantum teleportation, 437 00:38:58,211 --> 00:39:06,957 where every electron in the universe for example could be the exact same one. 438 00:39:06,957 --> 00:39:12,262 The only requirement for an abstract arrow of time and consistent continuity or reality 439 00:39:12,262 --> 00:39:18,200 is the algorithm describing the pattern or abstract sequence of vectors. 440 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,915 Since this continuity brings about our ability to be self-aware 441 00:39:21,915 --> 00:39:30,083 it inherently makes us subject to its mathematical consequences: the fundamental laws of physics. 442 00:39:30,083 --> 00:39:35,404 Interaction is merely an interpretation of what is essentially an abstract pattern. 443 00:39:35,404 --> 00:39:39,932 This is why quantum mechanics can only provide mathematical descriptions, 444 00:39:39,932 --> 00:39:45,899 since it can only describe patterns within infinite probabilities. 445 00:39:45,899 --> 00:39:48,848 When probability is expressed as C, 446 00:39:48,848 --> 00:39:53,716 the information necessary to describe the current moment or probability amplitude of C 447 00:39:53,716 --> 00:39:58,581 is also what embodies the arrow of time. 448 00:39:58,581 --> 00:40:02,815 The nature of the arrow of time is one of the biggest unsolved problem in physics 449 00:40:02,815 --> 00:40:07,335 and has been responsible for many new popular interpretation. 450 00:40:07,335 --> 00:40:12,932 The holographic principle for example, property of quantum gravity and string theories, 451 00:40:12,932 --> 00:40:27,146 theorizes how the entire universe can be seen as an information structure of only two dimensions. 452 00:40:27,146 --> 00:40:44,137 c) Time 453 00:40:44,137 --> 00:40:49,453 We transitionally associate the notion of an arrow time with the sequence of events 454 00:40:49,453 --> 00:40:54,612 that experience through the arrangement of short-term and long-term memories. 455 00:40:54,612 --> 00:40:59,860 We cam only have memories about the past not about the future and we've always assumed 456 00:40:59,860 --> 00:41:04,161 that this reflects the flow of time. 457 00:41:04,161 --> 00:41:09,775 Scientist only began to question this logic when discoveries in quantum mechanics demonstrated 458 00:41:09,775 --> 00:41:17,344 that some phenomena are not bound by our notion of time and that our concept of it is nothing more 459 00:41:17,344 --> 00:41:21,897 than our perception of the change in observable values. 460 00:41:21,897 --> 00:41:26,645 This is also reflected in time dilation and length contraction, 461 00:41:26,645 --> 00:41:34,412 which are part of the reason why Einstein established that time and space are the same fabric. 462 00:41:34,412 --> 00:41:40,311 An absolute sense, the notion of time does not differs from the notion of distance. 463 00:41:40,311 --> 00:41:45,934 Seconds are equal to light-seconds but cancel eachother out. 464 00:41:45,934 --> 00:41:50,212 To clarify: With distance and time being each other's opposites, 465 00:41:50,212 --> 00:41:55,747 the passing of time can be interpreted as distance that the hands of a clock travel 466 00:41:55,747 --> 00:42:01,829 as they move in a direction that is opposite to time. 467 00:42:01,829 --> 00:42:09,380 As they move forward in distance, they effectively move backwards in what we could call time. 468 00:42:09,380 --> 00:42:14,098 This is also why any single separate minimum unit of experience 469 00:42:14,098 --> 00:42:19,247 is always instantly annihilated within a timeless now. 470 00:42:19,247 --> 00:42:29,978 The understanding sets the record straight between wave function collapse and quantum decoherence. 471 00:42:29,978 --> 00:42:35,584 Concepts such as life and death are mere intellectual constructs. 472 00:42:35,584 --> 00:42:41,117 And any speculative spiritual idea of an afterlife that take place in a realm 473 00:42:41,117 --> 00:42:51,766 where the rigid mathematical underpinning of this reality come to an end are equally fabricated. 474 00:42:51,766 --> 00:42:56,546 An important cosmological consequence is that the big bang theory, 475 00:42:56,546 --> 00:43:02,630 where the universe is traced back to one point by looking at the past, is a misconception. 476 00:43:02,630 --> 00:43:06,861 The traditional assumption of spacetime, where space is three-dimensional 477 00:43:06,861 --> 00:43:11,400 and time plays the role of a fourth dimension is inaccurate. 478 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:17,351 If we would want to study the origin of the universe we would actually have to look "forward", 479 00:43:17,351 --> 00:43:22,151 since Cnow's time vector direction is opposite to the arrow of distance, 480 00:43:22,151 --> 00:43:26,598 from which we perceive an expending universe. 481 00:43:26,598 --> 00:43:31,431 Although this temporal mapping of the universe will only yield abstract concepts 482 00:43:31,431 --> 00:43:37,018 with no relation to its quantum underpinnings. 483 00:43:37,018 --> 00:43:41,633 Experimental evidence includes the accelerating expanding universe, 484 00:43:41,633 --> 00:43:45,617 following what is known to be an inverse or time-reversed blackhole metric, 485 00:43:45,617 --> 00:43:59,532 as well as many problems related to the big bang theory such as the horizon problem. 486 00:43:59,532 --> 00:44:03,716 d) Neurological Implications 487 00:44:03,716 --> 00:44:08,501 These derivations could bring up questions about free will, 488 00:44:08,501 --> 00:44:16,336 since awareness seems to only take place after the action within our perception of time. 489 00:44:16,336 --> 00:44:20,716 Most neurological investigations that have shed light on this question show 490 00:44:20,716 --> 00:44:26,167 that action is indeed taken before becoming conscious of it. 491 00:44:26,167 --> 00:44:32,655 But a deterministic point of view is based on an erroneous concept of time, as is illustrated 492 00:44:32,655 --> 00:44:38,885 by the mathematical probability descriptions in quantum mechanics. 493 00:44:38,885 --> 00:44:44,599 These understandings will be relevant in future neurological research, 494 00:44:44,599 --> 00:44:48,732 since they show how any neural circuit is a vector with direction, 495 00:44:48,732 --> 00:44:56,549 underpinning cognitive dissonance and interference or resonance within C. 496 00:44:56,549 --> 00:45:01,184 The ability understand and consciously alter these directions, 497 00:45:01,184 --> 00:45:04,267 acquired trough billions of years of evolution, 498 00:45:04,267 --> 00:45:10,118 confirms how important our belief system are in expending our awareness 499 00:45:10,118 --> 00:45:12,971 and how they affect our working memory 500 00:45:12,971 --> 00:45:17,150 which is responsible for the extent to which we can make connections 501 00:45:17,150 --> 00:45:21,918 and for the neural processes that create meaning. 502 00:45:21,918 --> 00:45:28,253 It also explains how artificial awareness will require a network of independent processors 503 00:45:28,253 --> 00:45:38,493 instead of linear sequence of complex algorithms. 504 00:45:38,493 --> 00:45:40,920 e) A Limited Interpretation 505 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:48,506 Athene's grand unification is one solution that unifies quantum physics and Einstein's theory of relativity. 506 00:45:48,506 --> 00:45:53,118 While it answers many problems in physics such as the ones listed here, 507 00:45:53,118 --> 00:45:59,336 it is my limited interpretation of his first months of scientific research. 508 00:45:59,336 --> 00:46:07,691 What ever the outcome, it is clear that we have entered an era where science is open to everyone. 509 00:46:07,691 --> 00:46:15,903 And is we can preserve unfiltered access to a neutral internet, we can test the validity of our ideas, 510 00:46:15,903 --> 00:46:20,770 we can enhance our imagination by making new correlations, 511 00:46:20,770 --> 00:46:50,915 and we can be part of the evolution of our understandings of the universe and of the mind. 512 00:46:50,915 --> 00:47:01,175 Epilogue 513 00:47:01,175 --> 00:47:05,642 In quantum mechanics we have learned to approach reality differently, 514 00:47:05,642 --> 00:47:10,142 and see everything as probabilities instead of certainties. 515 00:47:10,142 --> 00:47:14,045 In a mathematical sense anything is possible. 516 00:47:14,045 --> 00:47:19,610 As well as in science as in our daily lives, the extent to which we can calculate 517 00:47:19,610 --> 00:47:26,215 or figure out probabilities is determined by our intellectual capability to recognize patterns. 518 00:47:26,215 --> 00:47:32,311 The less bias we are, the clear we can identify these patterns 519 00:47:32,311 --> 00:47:37,361 and base our actions on reasonable probabilities. 520 00:47:37,361 --> 00:47:42,235 Since it's in the very nature of our left brain's hemisphere to deny ideas 521 00:47:42,235 --> 00:47:47,366 that do not fit into our current paradigm, the more attached we are to belief system, 522 00:47:47,366 --> 00:47:53,061 the less able we are to make conscious choices for ourselves. 523 00:47:53,061 --> 00:48:01,261 But by observing this process, we expand our awareness and enhance our free will. 524 00:48:01,261 --> 00:48:07,346 It is said that wisdom comes with age, but with openness and skepticism, 525 00:48:07,346 --> 00:48:10,813 the key principle of the scientific method, 526 00:48:10,813 --> 00:48:18,164 we don't need decades of trial and error to sort out which of our convictions may be improbable. 527 00:48:18,164 --> 00:48:22,233 The question is not whether our beliefs are right or wrong, 528 00:48:22,233 --> 00:48:29,779 but whether or not being emotionally attached to them is more or less likely going to benefit us. 529 00:48:29,779 --> 00:48:36,095 There is no such thing as a free choice while being emotionally attached to a belief system. 530 00:48:36,095 --> 00:48:40,442 The moment we are self-aware enough to realize this, 531 00:48:40,442 --> 00:48:57,747 we can truly work together to figure out the real odds of what will benefit us the most. 532 00:48:57,747 --> 00:49:10,069 "The evolution of quantum mechanics has been one of unprecedented skeptical scrutiny towards our classical scientific paradigms. The self-awareness and willingness to revise our hypotheses, which are constantly challenged in science and humanity, will determine the extent to which we gain deeper understanding into the mind and the universe."