QUANTUM METAPHYSICS - E-thesis

foundation, the highest level in Granit’s representation, resources which represent the basis for
the opportunities we are given to make use of the multiple possibilities offered to us. The amount
of freedom, responsibility and creativity of individual member of the human race may depend on
the states that each individual on one hand allows, and on the other hand is able to realise in his
or her mind. Since the application of knowledge requires case-specific reflection, our ethical
aspects cannot be neglected. For humanity, the possession of freedom and responsibility opens
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We should remember that it is not necessary for us to blindly accept the models or conditions we
are given. Instead of considering technological and economic progress an end in itself, we could
focus our attention on understanding human nature and culture. Even though we are living a
process whose final character we cannot know, we are able to observe and evaluate the
consequences of our theories and beliefs. We are able to solve the problems we encounter and
develop better methods of portrayal, define new targets and objectives. All models, theories and
world-views are best understood as provisional creations benefiting from experience, tools which
can be developed in the light of new experience. We should be careful not to let mechanical
conception of reality to reduce ourselves to mere machinery. We are not pre-programmed
machines, we can adapt and adjust using our own wisdom and understanding as and when
necessary. As well as presenting us with a life-long challenge, it is our privilege as human beings
that we are able to judge and choose what we should do in each unique situation.
The objective portrayal of reality which focuses on the external world often ignores humans and
their internal reality. The method of approach employed by natural science has rejected the long
experimental tradition of humanity, which speaks of the possibility of achieving higher mental
states through mental exercises and meditation. We have no reason to doubt the existence of our
internal states or our ability to realise such immaterial relations which Plato highlighted in his
concepts of beauty, goodness and truth. The quantum frame of reference gives us a possibility to
portray and understand them better, so that they could be better manifested in the reality that
surrounds us. The most interesting and rewarding questions in human history may well lie ahead
of us, if we can only learn to improve our sensibilities and our understanding in a conscious way,
widen our horizons, and seek moral maturity.
862 Our freedom is naturally relative. Even if we are able to create new models and tools and to some extent guide
the direction of future events, we have to build on the foundation provided by former models and concepts.
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