Schrödinger Believed That There Was Only One Mind in the Universe
The quantum physicist and author of the famous Cat Paradox believed that our individual minds are not unique but rather like the reflected light from prismsThis story was #9 in 2022 at Mind Matters News in terms of reader numbers. As we approach the New Year, we are rerunning the top ten Mind Matters News stories of 2022, based on reader interest. Here’s #9, from our news division, for those of us who like pondering the deeper things: Schrödinger believed that there was only one Mind in the universe: Consciousness researcher Robert Prentner and cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman will tell a prestigious music and philosophy festival in London next month that great physicist quantum physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) believed that “The total number of minds in the universe is one.” That is, a universal Mind accounts for everything. In a world where many scientists strive mightily to explain how the Read More ›