Epoch Times, Tara MacIsaac, September 5, 2014
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| Dr. Alan Hugenot discusses the science of the afterlife at the IANDS 2014 Conference in Newport Beach, Calif., on Aug. 29, 2014. (Tara MacIsaac/Epoch Times) |
The
universe is full of mysteries that challenge our current knowledge. In
"Beyond Science" Epoch Times collects stories about these strange
phenomena to stimulate the imagination and open up previously undreamed of
possibilities. Are they true? You decide.
NEWPORT
BEACH, Calif.—Dr. Alan Ross Hugenot has spent decades contemplating the
conundrums of physics, along with the enigma of human consciousness.
Hugenot
holds a doctorate of science in mechanical engineering, and has had a
successful career in marine engineering, serving on committees that write the
ship-building standards for the United States. He studied physics and
mechanical engineering at the Oregon Institute of Technology.
“I did
things using Newtonian physics to create ships,” he said, “but the whole time,
I knew better. There’s this whole other world that our five senses don’t
register.” He gave a talk on the science of the afterlife at the International
Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) 2014 Conference in Newport Beach,
Calif., on Aug. 29.
Exploring
the scientific theories related to this other world, Hugenot has wondered
whether the consciousness of living human beings as well as the “souls” of the
dead reside in dark matter or dark energy. He has pondered the implications of
the power our consciousness seems to have over physical reality.
Hugenot
told of a near-death experience in the 1970s during which he experienced part
of this other world. He found it “more real than this place.”
These
matters aren’t only intellectual curiosities for Hugenot; they bear on a
profound experience that has changed his worldview.
Hugenot
summarized some theories in physics, interpreting how they may point to the
existence of a consciousness independent of the brain and to the existence of
an afterlife on another plane. He noted that further investigation (reliant on
further funding) would be needed to verify his postulates. He also noted
challenges in trying to verify these ideas in a traditional scientific
framework.
How Your
Consciousness Could Exist in a ‘Cloud’
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| (Cloud concept image via Shutterstock) |
Hugenot
said the human consciousness may function like the data we store in the cloud.
That data can be accessed from multiple devices—your smartphone, your tablet,
your desktop computer.
During a
near-death experience, theorized Hugenot, the mind may be fleeing a dangerous
situation. We can “flip the switch and go to the other computer,” he said.
“The nexus
of my consciousness is in my head, but the locus of my consciousness—where is
it really? It’s outside my body. Because inside and outside is an illusion.”
Space may
not exist, or at least not in the way we commonly understand it, he said,
citing Dr. John Bell’s non-locality theorem. “[It's a] hard one to get; we love
our space,” he joked.
Non-locality
refers to the ability of two objects to instantaneously know about each other’s
states, even if they’re separated by vast distances. It is related to the
phenomenon of entanglement: particle A and particle B interact, and thereafter
remain mysteriously bonded. When particle A undergoes a change, particle B undergoes
the same change; A and B have, in many ways, lost their individuality and
behave as a single entity.
Bell’s
theorem has been verified by many scientists over the years and is part of
mainstream quantum physics. Hugenot’s ideas about the consciousness existing
inside and outside of the human body at the same time build on this theorem,
but remain outside the mainstream.
Is the
Afterlife in Dark Matter, or Maybe in Another Dimension?
What
scientists have observed accounts for an estimated 4 percent of our universe.
Dark energy and dark matter comprise the other 96 percent. Scientists don’t
really know what dark energy and matter are, and their existence is only
perceived because of the effects they appear to have on observable matter.
Hugenot
said: “This undiscerned 96 percent of the universe … gives us plenty of room
for both consciousness and the afterlife to exist in.”
Perhaps the
consciousness exists in another dimension, Hugenot said. String Theory,
much-discussed in mainstream physics, holds that other dimensions exist beyond
the four-dimensional concept of the universe. String Theory views the universe
as a world of very thin, vibrating strings. The strings are thought to project
from a lower-dimensional cosmos, one that is simpler, flatter, and without
gravity.
Why Ghosts
Can Go Through Walls—and You Can Too
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| (Concept image of a “door to heaven” via Shutterstock) |
Hugenot
said that reaching another dimension could be a matter of belief. Maybe our
bodies could pass through walls if we really believed they could.
“My whole
soul believes in 3-D, so I can’t go through the wall,” he said. He looked at
some experiments that have shown the power human consciousness has to influence
physical reality.
Light Can
Be Either a Particle or a Wave—Depending on Your Thoughts
Consciousness
seems to have a physical impact on matter. The famed double-slit experiment
(explained in simple terms in the video above) shocked physicists when it
showed that photons (light particles) act differently when they are observed
than when no one is watching.
Essentially,
the observer can cause the photons to take either the particle or the wave form
by the very act of measuring; they aren’t fixed in one form as expected.
Particles
exist as potential, Hugenot said, and the observer determines what form they
take. He noted that the influence of a researcher’s mind on his or her
experiment has serious implications: “If a skeptic wants to replicate what a
‘believer’ found in their experiment, the skeptic can’t do it, because … [it's
going to go] the way that guy wants to see it and not the way the other guy
wants to see it.”
Hugenot
asked, if potential only takes form when observed, who or what was the observer
of the Big Bang? His answer is, simply, “consciousness.”
Princeton
Experiments Show the Mind Can Influence Electronic Devices
Princeton
Engineering Anomalies Research Lab (PEAR) at Princeton University is famous for
experiments it conducted showing our minds may actually affect the operations
of electronic devices. Over many years, PEAR researchers conducted millions of
experiments with hundreds of people. A typical example of such an experiment is
as follows:
A random
event generator (REG) is an electronic device that can produce bits
representing either 0 or 1. Study participants would try to influence the REG
either way, toward 0 or toward 1. If the events showed a significant favor in
the direction of the person’s will above what chance would dictate, it
suggested the person’s will influenced the machine.
The
cumulative finding was that the human mind can slightly influence the machine.
Though the influence was slight, the consistency was significant. Over the
course of so many trials, the statistical power increased. The probability of
these results happening by chance rather than by an influence of the human mind
is less than 1 to 1 billion.
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