Physics and philosophy

It is beyond count the number of times I have sat with people who have recounted a long-winded story about a strange encounter. Then there were those that felt the presence of the ethereal wind. I don’t object to them telling the tale and getting it off their chest, conversations about the price of cat food are even more dispiriting. What got my notice was how all the other people were interested and quizzed them about all the finer details to such great lengths. It was a revelation about how people even if not entirely convinced or sucked in paid them so much attention.

A torch that emits a beam of darkness instead of a beam of light is a conjecture that stems from not having a basic grounding in physics. It is one of many great philosophical thought experiments that can be explored. Light can be cancelled out, so it is not beyond reason. However, in the same way that conspiracy theories fall flat on their face during closer inspection you need to appreciate all the factors involved in physics. To get this darkness through cancellation, it works best when the light is of the same frequency, polarised and in line. Light in your room is of many frequencies spread in all directions - not polarised and you can’t line it up with the countless scatterings abound. The message is simple; you need some understanding of science to aid many philosophical propositions. It is all too easy to get taken in by wild ideas. A proper wag would say that maybe we are looking at the problem all wrong. Instead of using light to counter and cancel, maybe the torch could emit a beam of light soaking particles. The bounds of people’s enthusiasm to go counter to anything rational have no limits.

We sure like to speculate on things that have not been proven yet. If there is a field that permeates right across the universe, a field that cannot be detected directly, it could be the key to the explaining strange things that we experience. The electricity in your head connects with smaller sub-atomic particles which in turn uses the field to transfer energy. Given that there are so many electrons moving about all over the place inside your head and everywhere in your surroundings, there would undeniably be lots of interference. Thus, explaining why spiritualists get so much wrong.

Any mystic worth their salt would have a good grounding in body language. They become adept at jumping on any reaction to what their punters say in the affirmative and gloss over everything that show signs of being at odds with their expectations. Psychology is a different ball game. A good psychologist makes a case based on multiple observations. They see someone do something a few times before they make a judgement. A mystic doesn’t get to see a punter repeat a trait. Those that don’t make enough effort to practice and practice will be deemed a fraud. When someone smirks, tell them that you know when they are going to die. It usually jolts enough to temper their efforts to lambaste you.

If you are ever to take one thing from any form of hocus pocus, human contact, human connections and especially time directed at you personally has therapeutic value. It doesn’t matter how others perceive it if it is helpful to you in some way.

A diver was trapped underneath an extremely heavy metal door whilst exploring a shipwreck. Thankfully, a dive buddy was on hand to lift it up, enough to free this good mate. It was either god being kind or an angel that was watching over them for they were given the strength to overcome the incredible weight of this large object. The door was later brought up on to the dive boat deck. One by one the sailors each tried to lift it, but not one of them could. Hence being in the situation of having to save someone’s life gives us power that without such pressure we cannot summon. Or that we overlook that metal has some buoyancy and weighs its volume, 1kg per cubic decimetre, less when submerged in water.


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