Maya: The World as Virtual Reality - Softcover

Thompson, Richard L

 
9780998187105: Maya: The World as Virtual Reality
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0998187100 ISBN 13: 9780998187105
Verlag: Institute for Vaishnava Studies, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

In the world of modern science, consciousness is reduced to a fading epiphenomenon, left over after the brain has been physically explained. It seems to arise when matter is suitably organized, but scientists and philosophers have been unable to explain why complex organization should produce anything beyond complex physical behavior. Yet consciousness won't go away.One possibility is that, instead of being produced by matter, consciousness is a separate element, added to physical systems. This can be modeled using the idea of a virtual reality, in which a human subject enters a computer-simulated world through a sensory interface. In this book, virtual reality is used as a metaphor for our situation as conscious beings. The basic theme is that what we can imagine doing in a virtual reality system may actually be happening in nature on a vastly greater scale. Nature may be like a computer simulation interfaced with conscious observer/participants.This groundbreaking book shows how conscious beings could interact with a physically realistic virtual world. It shows how paranormal phenomena can be reconciled in a natural way with the laws of physics, and it sheds light on paradoxes of time, on life beyond the body, and on cosmic and terrestrial evolution. In a sweeping synthesis, the ideas and data of modern science are used to illuminate the ancient theme of consciousness in a world of illusion.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Richard L. Thompson is a mathematician, who received his Ph.D. in probability theory and statistical mechanics from Cornell University in 1974. He has written over 25 academic papers, scripts for several video productions, and several books on science and philosophy including: Mechanistic and Nonmechanistic Science, Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy, and Mysteries of the Sacred Universe. He also has a number of published works in the field of mathematical biology including the textbook, Computer Simulations of Self-Organization in Biological Systems, with N. S. Goel.

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Verlag
Institute for Vaishnava Studies
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0998187100
ISBN 13 
9780998187105
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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