Occam’s Razor says the simplest explanation is the best. While it’s application has many subtleties, it tells us that the best model of theory is the one that’s most elegant and invokes the fewest extraneous explanations. Johnjoe McFadden is a professor at the University of Surrey in the UK and we discuss simplicity and the…

Dean Radin wondered whether trained meditators could influence the outcome of a quantum mechanics double-slit experiment. He wanted to test if conscious observation by experienced meditators could influence the outcome: particle vs. wave.

In a recent blog post I said cells, like humans, are quantum observers. I proposed that by focusing their attention, they shift physical outcomes. This occurs the same way inside a cell as it does in a lab in the Double Slit Experiment:

The profession of biology is deeply conflicted about purpose. It seeks to explain life as a physical and mechanical phenomenon. To reduce the organism to the parts that compose it. Yet life is intrinsically intentional. Our standard models of physics and chemistry leave no space for this most fundamental attribute of life.  This has brought…

The Birth of a Whole New Field of Scientific Inquiry? Last time I told you about how our search for an evolutionary theory of viruses had hit a dead end.  Then one day I got an email from Bill Miller:  “Dear Perry, Arthur and Frantisek, I’ve written this here 80-page paper on virus evolution. I’d…

One Trail Dead-Ends While Another Blazes into View Last time I showed you some diagrams that gave me some eye-opening insights into viruses, DNA, and ethernet packets! Read Part 3 Here.  At the same time I was musing on those diagrams, I got in touch with a scientist who was about to publish a paper…

The Journey to Natural Virus Evolution  In 2019 I hired publicist Kelly Sullivan to fire up interest in my $10 Million Origin of Life Prize.  Then nine months later, we all know what happened.  So, two weeks into lockdown, Kelly says, “Perry, the media doesn’t want to see anything unless it’s about viruses. Surely, you…

Last time I asked you to imagine composing a mashup of the Beatles’ song “Hey Jude” with the Rolling Stones’ song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” with your friends. (Read Part 1 here). I asked… Who wrote that mash up?

Imagine you’re heading to a campsite to hang out with your friends for the weekend. On the drive you hear “Hey Jude” by the Beatles and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones on the radio. Later, sitting around the campfire, munching s’mores and sipping beers, you start strumming your guitar…

Your boss summons you to his office. You sense something is ‘up.’ He drops the bombshell: “You are being relocated to Muncie, Indiana.” Your heart pounds in your chest. “No way,” you retort. “We just poured our hearts into our new home. The garden blooms with vibrant colors and my wife cherishes her Yoga class.”…