Psychological Essentialism of Our Weapons

[windwalker099147 177]

I’m a lay physicist () and I increasingly believe that the ‘shut up and calculate’ brigade within physics have an excellent model of the physical world, that makes incredibly accurate predictions but bears little resemblance with actual reality…whatever that means!

As a “lay physicist,” you might find it interesting. It’s old—written in the ’70s—not really about physics per se. It does present ideas that some might find quite relevant to the discussion.

THE
TAO
OF
PHYSICS

An Exploration of the Parallels
Between Modern Physics
and Eastern Mysticism

by Frifjof Capra

Shambhala
Boulder l 1975



" This book is intended for the general reader with an interest in Eastern mysticism who need not necessarily know anything
about physics. I have tried to present the main concepts and theories of modern physics without any mathematics and in non-technical language, although a few paragraphs may still appear difficult to the layperson at first reading."

 

[Gyakuto147 156]

As a “lay physicist,” you might find it interesting. It’s old—written in the ’70s—not really about physics per se. It does present ideas that some might find quite relevant to the discussion.

THE
TAO
OF
PHYSICS

An Exploration of the Parallels
Between Modern Physics
and Eastern Mysticism

by Frifjof Capra

Shambhala
Boulder l 1975



" This book is intended for the general reader with an interest in Eastern mysticism who need not necessarily know anything
about physics. I have tried to present the main concepts and theories of modern physics without any mathematics and in non-technical language, although a few paragraphs may still appear difficult to the layperson at first reading."

I’ve always seen it on the book shop shelf but ignored it because I’ve never heard any noted modern physicists talking about it being in insightful in anyway. I’ll have a look.