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L i f e te a c h e s , i f n o th in g e ls e , th a t no w heels g r in d f i n e r than th a n th o s e we s e t in m o tio n by o u r a c t io n s . Tto le a rn th a t th e u n fo ld in g o f o u r p e rs o n a l c r e a - t io n is th e u n r a v e lllin g ot cause and e f f e c t l- not make th e m y s te r ie s le s s m y s te r io u s , o n ly more in tim a te and c h a rm in g . An e la b o r a te and la r g e ly ig n o re d r i t u a l s u r ­ rounds th e b i r t h o f th e new y e a r . Ih e ca p s to n e o f th e h o ly days is th e w in te r s o l s t i c e , a geo­ p h y s ic a l cu sp m a rkin g th e r e tu r n o f th e L ig h t . I t is no a c c id e n t o f th e c a le n d a r t h a t th e s e a - sen is g iv e n o v e r t o s h a rin g fo o d , c o n s id e r in g th e r o o t * o f w! , and re new ing what rem ains of o u r r e s o lv e . 'Ihe dead o f w in te r c o n fr o n ts us w ith o u r b e l ie f syste m s. 'Ihe h o ly n e s s comes I ' • • n t ) > re a l it y rod i Inding, once a g a in , our p la c e in th e dream works o f c r e ­ a t io n . T h is in m in d , a p la c e s h o u ld be made in t r a d i t i o n f o i th e e p ip h a n y o f John von Neumann. Von Neumann was a m a th e m a tic ia n , th e in v e n ­ t o r o f th e com puter as we know i t , a p io n e e r in c y b e r n e tic s , and c o in v e n to r o f game th e o ry and quantum lo g ic . H is book, The M a th e m a tic a l Foun- quantum B i b l e '. In 1932, von Neumann s e t o u t t o d is c o v e r why th e r e i - a n y th in g . 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He a ls o knew, a g a in from quantum th e o r y , t h a t r e a l i t y is a te n u o u s a f f a i r ----- a t h in membrane o f o b je c t /e v e n t s d a n c in g on a sea o f p o t e n t ia l. What r e g is t e r s as r e a l i t y on o u r in s tru m e n ts ■ » NW t | : Ixil ; 1 11 n>:,. For any p o in t in s p a c e /tim e , th e re is an a r r a y o f e v e n ts t h a t m ig h t ta k e p la c e . In o rd e r f o r th e r e t o be a n y th in g , a l l p o s s ib le s o m e th in g s b u t one must d is a p p e a r, c o lla p s e d t o z e ro by some s t a t i s ­ t i c a l deus ex m achina. Ih e p r o b a b i l i t y l e f t is w h a t's th e r e when we lo o k . It) f in d t h i s c o lla p s e o f p r o b a b i l i t i e s , th e fro n n o th in g , von Neumann b u i l t a m in im a l e ve n t system c a lle d von Neumann's c h a in a s o u rc e , a s ig n a l, and a r e c e iv e r . There is no s im p le r system s i n c e , i t any o f th. • lin k s a re removed, th e r e is no exchange o f e n e rg y and so no r e a l i t y t o t>bsetve. He f ig u r e d th e s i t e o f th e c o lla p s e s h o u ld s t i c k o u t l i k e a s o re thumb. I t d id n 't . T ry as he m ig h t, he • :■ poasible, s ite 1 x th e spontaneous g e n e r a tio n o f th e u n iv e r s e from p re g n a n t n o th in g . Because each l i n k in th e c h a in i s made o f quantum s t u f f ’ and each b i t is l i k e e v e ry o t h e r , th e r e is no p o in t a t w h ich d if f e r e n c e , in th e fo rm o f o b je c ts and e v e n ts , can a r is e . In what has come to be known as von Neixnann's P r o o f, he showed t h a t , w hatever i t is t h a t c o lla p s e s po­ t e n t i a l in t o q u a rk s , b la c k h o le s , and P a r is in th e s p r in g must l i e o u ts id e o f quantum r e a l i t y . V