Vinceland

As a follow up to my last post, our perception of reality here is changing ever more quickly. Here is an explanation of the ongoing experiments that inspired Robert Lanza to expose his theory.

Check: Ready, Set, Be Confused.

So much stuff is being researched and figured out by smart people that I think we should all be prepared to embrace the opportunity to change what you thought you knew yesterday, today, for a better tomorrow. I often think about the capacity of our society here in the US to fathom, embrace and deal with scientific findings that will rock the foundations of our reality. I wonder if scientists are limited either by their own similar worries or by artificial pressure from government officials, to limit their findings or at least announce them over a longer period of time to help temper the effect on society.

Is it better to break big news to people in one, harsh blow or let them down easy? Can we handle it without freaking out?
What effect would you feel if it were proven beyond a doubt and universally accepted by scientists and philosophers that the past, present and future are happening all at once, and our experience does not live on a linear timeline that’s easy to understand? See: String Theory.

Our lives, laws, morals and traditions are built on the idea that the past and future exist outside of the present and that which we have control over is only the future. We record and remember the past. We look forward and work towards a better future. But we live teetering on the thinnest edge of good and evil that we consider NOW, now, now.

I am not sure the level of education and open-mindedness that I perceive in our society allows for the general population to deal with huge changes in the notion of our earthbound reality in a positive way. I’m worried that people will freak out and be unable to grasp the most important parts of the results of these experiments. It worries me because there seem to be deeper divides on our society between those who are able and willing to learn and accept new truths and those who refuse. They might refuse to learn for different reasons: religion, tradition, laziness, fear.

What bothers me even more is that those 4 things: religion, tradition, laziness and fear may be the same four aspects of society that keep me from learning and accepting some life-changing truths. They may also be the handcuffs that hold scientists back from pushing the limits of their work.

It’s all pretty scary to consider and easier to ignore today, in favor of dealing with it tomorrow. Or…was that yesterday?