The order of our perceptions shows the goodness of God, but affords no proof of the existence of matter.
— George Berkeley
A new paper published in the science journal Entropy says consciousness underlies the universe.
The paper seeks to unify quantum mechanics and immaterialism.
The paper claims that, in reality, everything—you, your spouse, your kids, your dog, your house, your car, your office, your boss—everything is... pure thought.
Everything, they claim, is a single "grand thought."
Human beings—as well as animals, houses, cars, offices and bosses—are just "emergent sub-thoughts."
"The Self-Simulation Hypothesis Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics" is the product of a team of scientists led by the Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and cannabidiol-promoter Klee Irwin.
Sound too woo-woo for you?
Eighteenth century philosopher George Berkeley—namesake of the California college-town and woo-woo world headquarters—also maintained that reality is a mental construct.
In his 1710 book A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Berkeley explained how things are actually thoughts, and that the thoughts composing the universe persist through time—even after we're dead—because God is keeping her eye on them.
Berkeley was an Anglican bishop, not an entrepreneur; and he lived in London, not LA.
But, oddly enough, Bishop Berkeley was a promoter—not of CBD but of "tar-water."
Indeed, his best-selling philosophical work, Siris, published in 1744, sought to prove the elixir was a panacea: it could lead you to perfect health and (special bonus offer!) to the contemplation of God.
Here's a handy one-minute guide to Bishop Berkeley.
Here's a handy one-minute guide to Bishop Berkeley.
