12 April 2005
Vision
I just had a well earned rest on my bed and could see something white out of the corner of my eye. I looked up from my pillow without moving my head, and there was nothing but dark blue sheet. I looked away again and could detect periferally the white thing. I moved my head to sus it, and it was sunlight on my bed. I thought how very strange that in the act of directly looking at something, it disappears. In my case it was because looking up at it made my eyeball tuck under my eyelid and block the view. Yet looking away I could see the sunlight as plain as day - plain as daylight even.
This is another example of how when investigating a problem sometimes it is better not to go straight for the heart of the issue. It could be that the problem is stemming from other periferal issues that once resolved, will eliminate the the major issue. This relates to John Banks' lecture about his experiences at Auran where one person's gem is another person's nightmare. It all depends on who is looking at the "thing" and how they see it. Indeed the "thing" may not even be the same "thing" as people bring their own baggage to observation and understanding. Even in quantum physics where subjective values are illiminated, there can be multiple correct answers to the same problem. It all comes down to context and the relationship of the observer to the experiment. Take Einstein's theory of relativity for example.
If we go deeper into the concept of observation we see that in quantum physics, the act of observing a particular event actually influences the outcome of the event. This strange phenominon takes one quantum particle that exists as a field, and locates it at one distinct point only when it is being observed. When it is not observed, it exists in many locations at once! So the observer is not an exclusive agent who can objectively exist outside the situation. All observers are involved in the outcomes they are watching. Everything is interelated. John Bank's involvement with Auran as an observer ultimately had real effects in the companies operation. The observer is therfore interconnected to the experiment. The way we view things determines what we see.
It is our interactions that give meaning to life. The internet is such a budding environment for communication and interaction. This new multi-perspective not only allows many viewers to observe the world independantly, but also to contibute to the infomationsphere that makes up the world. Our perceptions here in the 21st century will perhaps be taking on new levels of understanding based on the multitudes of visions held by people all over the world.
This is another example of how when investigating a problem sometimes it is better not to go straight for the heart of the issue. It could be that the problem is stemming from other periferal issues that once resolved, will eliminate the the major issue. This relates to John Banks' lecture about his experiences at Auran where one person's gem is another person's nightmare. It all depends on who is looking at the "thing" and how they see it. Indeed the "thing" may not even be the same "thing" as people bring their own baggage to observation and understanding. Even in quantum physics where subjective values are illiminated, there can be multiple correct answers to the same problem. It all comes down to context and the relationship of the observer to the experiment. Take Einstein's theory of relativity for example.
If we go deeper into the concept of observation we see that in quantum physics, the act of observing a particular event actually influences the outcome of the event. This strange phenominon takes one quantum particle that exists as a field, and locates it at one distinct point only when it is being observed. When it is not observed, it exists in many locations at once! So the observer is not an exclusive agent who can objectively exist outside the situation. All observers are involved in the outcomes they are watching. Everything is interelated. John Bank's involvement with Auran as an observer ultimately had real effects in the companies operation. The observer is therfore interconnected to the experiment. The way we view things determines what we see.
It is our interactions that give meaning to life. The internet is such a budding environment for communication and interaction. This new multi-perspective not only allows many viewers to observe the world independantly, but also to contibute to the infomationsphere that makes up the world. Our perceptions here in the 21st century will perhaps be taking on new levels of understanding based on the multitudes of visions held by people all over the world.
