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c le a r e r i t txxxxneo t h a t the ends o f th in g s a re
in t h e i r b e g in n in g s , waving l i k e Burma Shave
s ig n s from th e edge o f our karma.
L i f e te a c h e s ,
i f n o th in g e ls e , t h a t no wheels g r in d f i n e r th a n
than th o se we s e t in m o tio n by o u r a c t io n s .
Tta
le a rn th a t th e u n fo ld in g o f our p e rs o n a l c r e a ­
t io n is th e u n ra v e l 1 li n g o f cause and e f f e c t
does n o t make th e m y s te rie s le s s m y s te r io u s ,
o n ly more in tim a t e 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.
The 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 cusp 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 th a t th e sea­
son is g iv e n o ve r t o s h a rin g fo n d , c o n s id e r in g
th e r o o ts o f whyness,
and renew ing what rem a ins
o f o u r re s o lv e . The dead o f w in te r c o n f r o n t s us
w ith our b e l ie f system s. The h o lyn e sa comes
from o v e r la y in g them o n to r e a l i t y and f in d i n g ,
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 ind, a p la c e sh o u ld he made in
t r a d i t i o n f o r 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
d a t io n s o f Quantum M echanics, is c a lle d 't h e
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 re ) s a n y th in g .
I t may bo
easy t o ta k e th e u n iv e rs e f o r g ra n te d , b u t i t
is n o t w r it t e n anywhere in a ccep ted th e o ry t h a t
th e r e must be so much as a s in g le q u a rk , l e t
a lo n e a c lo s e d and unbounded u n iv e rs e o f fo u r
d im e n s io n a l s p a c e /tim e expanding in a l l d i r e c ­
t io n s a t n e a r ly th e v e lo c it y o f l i g h t .
From quantum e le c tro d y n a m ic s , th e most s u c -
c e s f u l id ea m th e h is t o r y o f s c ie n c e , von Neu­
mann knew t h a t , tie h in d th e b o g g lin g d i v e r s i t y
o f a p p e a ra n e e s, th e u n iv e rs e is humogenous-----
composed e n t i r e l y o f q u a n tim s t u f f , each b i t o f
w h ic h i s l i k e e v e ry o t h e r .
For reasons n o t
known and in ways n o t c le a r , t h i s u n m a n ife s t
raw m a te r ia l o f r e a l i t y a r t i c u la t e s i t s e l f in t o
a l l t h a t is .
Not a m ir a c le , b u t c lo s e .
He a ls o knew, a g a in from quantum th e o r y , th a t
r e a l i t y is a tenuous 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
and senses a re waves o f p r o b a b i l i t i e s .
Fór any
p o in t in s p a c e /tim e , th e re i s 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 stxn 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. The p r o b a b il it y l e f t is
w h a t's th e r e when we lo o k .
To 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
c r e a t io n o f som ethin g from 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 .
T h e re is no s im p le r system s in c e , i f any o f these
l i n k s a re remov«>d, th e re is no exchange o f energy
arid so no r e a l i t y t o o b s e rv e .
He f ig u r e d th e
s i t e o f th e c o lla p s e sh o u ld s t i c k o u t l i k e a
s o r e th u m b .
It d i d n ' t .
T ry as I * : : i q h t , he
c o u ld f in d no l i k e l y , o r even p o s s ib le , s i t e fo r
th e spontaneous g e n e ra tio n o f th e u n iv e rs e from
p re g n a n t n o th in g .
Because each li n k in th e c h a in i s made o f
'qu antum s t u f f * and each b i t i s 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 Neumann's P ro o f, he
showed t h a t , w h ate ver i t is th 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 .
Von Neumann c o u ld t h in k o f n o th in g o u ts id e o f
th e e m p ir ic a l w o rld b u t c o n s c io u s n e s s . W ith
von Neumann's c h a in , we meet th e g h o s t in th e
m achine and f i n d i t i s us.
We a re , a l l o f u s , lin k s in th e quantum c h a in .
Beneath o u r d if f e r e n c e s , we ace 'quantum s t u f f ' .
I t is o u r c h o ic e s and o u r a c tio n s t h a t c o lla p s e
th e p o t e n t ia l o f o u r liv e s .
In a w o rld w ith o u t
i l l u s i o n , th e r e is no thee and me, and th e ap­
p r o p r ia t e a c t io n is alw ays lo v e .
Happy new y e a r .
(The above is a reprint of Mr Burgess'
January 93 column, we thought we would
give you another chance to try to
understand it )
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Five and a half hours of flying to get
there EEEK*
I am not a whit** knuckle flyer
I m more of a white everything flyer
we re talk mg palor, w hite as a ghost
fly e r *l think I'm going to be sick,*
I say
Herself, the light of my life , is n t
sympathetic
why are you being
such a baby about th is 7"
l m not being a baby, too young to
die. perhaps, but not a baby '
We re not even at the airport
yet *
Put w e re headed that direction "
We paid almost $500 apiece for
these ticke ts Were going to
M atzatlan"
"If I give you your money back
No1 We re going"
Later, seated in an immense
device made up of thin aluminum
sheet metal and thousands of parts
each supplied by the lowest bidder
"Why aren't we s ittin g by an
emergency e x it7 I asked the lady
who assigned our seats to put us by
an emerqengy exit *
Keep your voice down l to id her
not to, that you'd probably jump out
and run screaming down the runway
the minute the airplane moved"
We re going to die like rats in
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Alex, Shut Up *
Whimper “
My major problem w ith flyinq is
they won't let me drive Mind you, I
don t know now to drive an airplane
but that s what co-p ilots are for He
could drive the airplane while I
watched for mountains and other
hazards
"Look out for that mountain up
there.* I'd say
"That s a cloud *
“How do you know 7"
"The highest mountain in the
world is 29,000 feet ta ll, w ere
flyin g at 35,000 feet “
“When's the last time they
measured i t 7 it might have grown,
volcanos grow *
"Good thinking, we ll go around i t *
"Thank you*
See. that would be my job. to
bring up hazards they might never
have thought of, like growing
mountains
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