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Quantum physics proves that there IS an afterlife, claims scientist

Sounds like What the Bleep Do We Know, which claimed to contain all sorts of scientific sources (many of the legitimate scientists featured in it later complained of being quote-mined) and, on closer examination, was found to be put together by followers of JZ Knight, who claims to channel the 35,000-year-old spirit of an Atlantian named Ramtha.
 
Visbek said:
No, it isn't. It's warmed-over solipsism, with a veneer of "science."

E.g. his claim that something must be perceived by a conscious entity in order to exist is patently absurd -- and hardly new. Human beings did not summon stars into existence when we invented telescopes and satellites; the world is full of subatomic particles that we cannot possibly observer. His idea most likely depends on a misunderstanding of the idea of "observation" in relativity and QM, or is in some other way deeply flawed.

As already noted, the guy is not a physicist. He's a biologist. However, is success in that field does not give any credence to this pseudophilosophical and pseudoscientific nonsense.
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I did not lace my post with enough sarcasm for you?
 
chromium said:
The fallacy goes both ways. All that matters is the evidence he presents, and i don't see any worthy of such a grandiose claim.
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Well I am not about to buy his book to find out, but judging from his lack of standing in the field, and by his previous offering on "quantum physics" (which i linked to earlier), he appears to be very lacking in academic qualifications and his work on the subject that proceeds his latest book is coincidentally lacking in academic rigor.
 
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iangb said:
Sounds like What the Bleep Do We Know, which claimed to contain all sorts of scientific sources (many of the legitimate scientists featured in it later complained of being quote-mined) and, on closer examination, was found to be put together by followers of JZ Knight, who claims to channel the 35,000-year-old spirit of an Atlantian named Ramtha.
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Hey, you know Ramtha too?

He's the guy who owns that 7-11 on Peachtree Rd. near Buckhead.

I had no idea he was that old.
 
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