As a chemist I am and have always been fascinated by physics, especially quantum physics and the whole concept of reality.

Here is a Dr. Quantum video about particles and waves on the macro scale and on the quantum scale. If you missed the previous Dr. Quantum video post, here is the link: Dr. Quantum Presents Quantum Physics Theory. Please watch and enjoy it.

Notice that in quantum physics, the observer is not impartial and actually affects the system it is observing. What does this tell you about the world? What does this tell you about the choices you make? Do you think you can change yourself and the world around you by changing your mind?

Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

Dr. Quantum is a cartoon character created by Dr. Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. in theoretical physics, for his comic book series to teach kids about quantum physics.

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Dr. Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., aka Dr. Quantum, is a quantum physicist and earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at UCLA in 1963. He is a world renowned author, speaker and researcher. Some of his many books include:

• Taking the Quantum Leap
• Parallel Universes
• The Dreaming Universe
• The Eagle’s Quest
• The Spiritual Universe
• Mind into Matter
• Matter into Feeling
• The Yoga of Time Travel: How the Mind Can Defeat Time
• Dr. Quantum Presents, A Little Book of Big Ideas

Dr. Wolf’s greatest gift seems to be his ability to explain very complex, theoretical ideas in terms most anyone can understand.  Dr. Quantum is a comic book character created by Dr. Wolf to explain quantum physics to children.

He asks the big questions:

• Where did we come from?
• Why are we here?
• What is reality?
• What is consciousness?
• Does the observer change a system just by the act of observing it?
• Does the observer change reality?

His current research concerns the relationship between quantum physics and consciousness.

Quantum physics is fundamental to all science, and even to reality itself. I hope you will enjoy watching the video below for a down-to-earth explanation of the really far-out subject of quantum physics. It’s about 7 minutes in length.

Do you have questions? Write them down and visit Dr. Wolf’s website and ask them: Ask Dr. Quantum. Click on the “Ask Dr. Quantum” link and type in your question. He may answer it by email. He may also post your question and the answer on his website.

Stay tuned for more Dr. Quantum videos and more on physics, and quantum physics.

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Believe it or not, Grand Unified Field Theory and homeschooling are very much related. What I’m about to present next may seem extremely far out there to many people, so please bare with me and give me the benefit of the doubt.

I’m a chemist by training and I’ve studied and teach classical physics, I’ve practiced chemistry and I now teach it, and I continue to study quantum physics and more fundamental theories such as the Grand Unified Field Theory based on the Superstring.

This is all very heady stuff, but when you get down to the bottom of it all, everything is simple. Everything is one, or as we express the number one in quantum physics, unity. If you’re not mentally prepared for such out-there information, I encourage you to stop right here and not watch the video at the link below.

If you feel you are ready, then the following presentation is immensely life-changing stuff, and extremely relevant to homeschoolers.

This link is to a video by Dr. John Hagelin, Ph.D. on the unified field and its equivalence with pure consciousness.

But, before we go on, who is John Hagelin?

John Hagelin, Ph.D., is a world-renowned quantum physicist, educator, public policy expert, and leading proponent of peace.

Dr. Hagelin received his A.B. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and conducted pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center). His scientific contributions in the fields of electroweak unification, grand unification, super-symmetry and cosmology include some of the most cited references in the physical sciences. He is also responsible for the development of a highly successful Grand Unified Field Theory based on the Superstring. Dr. Hagelin is at the pinnacle of achievement among the elite cadre of physicists who have fulfilled Einstein’s dream of a “theory of everything” through their mathematical formulation of the Unified Field—the most advanced scientific knowledge of our time.

Dr. Hagelin is unique among scientists in being the first to apply this most advanced knowledge for the practical benefit of humankind. He has pioneered the use of Unified Field-based technologies proven to reduce crime, violence, terrorism, and war and to promote peace throughout society—technologies derived from the ancient Vedic science of consciousness. He has published groundbreaking research establishing the existence of long-range “field effects” of consciousness generated through collective meditation, and has shown that large meditating groups can effectively defuse acute societal stress—thereby preventing violence and social conflict, and providing a practical foundation for permanent world peace.

For the last 25 years, Dr. Hagelin has led an international investigation into the nature and origin of consciousness, including higher states of human consciousness. In his seminal book, Manual for a Perfect Government, Dr. Hagelin shows how, through educational programs that develop human consciousness, and through policies and programs that effectively harness the laws of nature, it is possible to solve and to prevent acute social problems, and to profoundly enhance governmental achievements.

In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Dr. Hagelin was named winner of the prestigious Kilby Award, which recognizes scientists who have made “major contributions to society through their applied research in the fields of science and technology.” The award recognized Dr. Hagelin as “a scientist in the tradition of Einstein, Jeans, Bohr and Eddington.”

Dr. Hagelin is currently Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy, a leading science and technology think tank, and International Director of the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, an organization of leading scientists throughout the world dedicated to ending nuclear proliferation and establishing lasting world peace. Dr. Hagelin also serves as President of the United States Peace Government, a knowledge-based, complementary government composed of hundreds of America’s top scientists, which advocates proven, prevention-oriented solutions to critical social problems; and Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace, an international organization dedicated to prevention-oriented government, world peace, and global administration through natural law.

Reference: Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy

The video presentation is entitled Invincible Defense Technology, (1 hour, 13 minutes in length). When you get to this page, scroll down and click on the 3rd video in the index. There is a section in the presentation where Dr. Hagelin talks about the fragmented methods of teaching provided in our modern education system, the stress it causes our children and the brain dysfunctions that are a result of this stress.

Here is a 6 minute CBS News report on how TM is helping kids in a school in Fairfield, Iowa.

Numerous studies show lack of ability to learn, lowered IQ and EQ, impulsiveness, and criminal behavior all the way up to terrorism and global war are all related to brain disfunction in the prefrontal cortex. Transcendental meditation (TM) can be used to treat ADHD and other mental illnesses, raise IQ and EQ, eliminate impulsive behavior, reduce physical disease, eliminate criminal behavior from society and produce lasting peace throughout the world.

By homeschooling, and especially unschooling, we remove our children from this stress even if we don’t teach them transcendental meditation. If we do teach them TM, we homeschoolers may be able to achieve an even higher level of education than our children are already receiving by being away from traditional classrooms.

If you were able to make it through all this, please leave your thougths in the comments. I would love to discuss this topic at length.

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