Dean Radin - Entangled minds: extrasensory experiences in a quantum reality

PRAISE FOR ENTANGLED MINDS

In this triumph of scientific imagination, Dean Radin shows in clear language how the mysteries of psychology and the mysteries of quantum mechanics may combine to point to a new reality that makes the most daring science fiction look tame by comparison.

Michael Grosso, Ph.D., philosopher, author of Experiencing the Next World Now

The implications of Radins premises are majestic. His views strike at the heart of the notion of the isolated individual, and replace it with an image of the unity of all minds. Radin shows that togetherness does not have to be developed; it already exists and needs only to be realized. In a world seething with enmity, difference, and white-knuckled competition, it is difficult to imagine a more important contribution.

Larry Dossey, M.D., author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things

As scientists we tend a precarious campfire in the midst of the great Jungle of Ignorance. Dean Radins work is a reliable and trustworthy guide to important shapeshifting phenomena lying just outside that comfortable circle of light.

Nick Herbert, Ph.D., physicist, author of Quantum Reality

Its rare to find a book that is simultaneously an enjoyable, clear, and exciting read on the one hand and an authoritative reference text on the other, but Entangled Minds is one. Radin reports the latest findings in parapsychological research while showing ways they can fit into the expanded picture of reality that post-modern quantum physics gives us-and remembers the human importance of psychic phenomena while doing so!

Charles Tart, Ph.D., psychologist, author of Altered States of Consciousness

Dean Radin is one of the worlds most innovative parapsychologists, but Entangled Minds is more than a discourse on parapsychology. This remarkable book proposes a new paradigm that challenges conventional perspectives on human nature as well as on the workings of the universe itself.

Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., psychologist, co-editor of Varieties of Anomalous Experience

Entangled Minds is a terrific book. Radin demonstrates fact by fact that psychic experiences and discoveries in physics spring from the same spiritual well. A stellar contribution to the understanding of ourselves and the world.

Bill Roll, Ph.D., psychologist, author of Unleashed

and for Dean Radins Award-Winning Bestseller

THE CONSCIOUS UNIVERSE

A brilliant book.

Gertrude Schneider, Ph.D., psychologist, Journal of the American Society for Physical Research

[An] intriguing, exhaustive tome.

Entertainment Weekly (rated B+)

The extensive data and sober arguments show that psi research is worthy of consideration.

MSNBCs The Site

I loved it. It made my head spin for days.

Scott Adams, cartoonist and author of The Dilbert Principle

Cutting perceptively through the spurious arguments frequently made by skeptics, Radin shows that the evidence in favor of [paranormal] existence is overwhelming.

Brian Josephson, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate and professor of physics, Cambridge University

ALSO BY DEAN RADIN:

The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena

Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality

DEAN RADIN

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Radin, Dean I.

Entangled minds: extrasensory experiences in a quantum reality / Dean Radin.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Parapsychology. 2. Quantum theoryMiscellanea. I. Title

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TO SUSIE

If you do not get schwindlig [dizzy] sometimes when you think about these things then you have not really understood it [quantum theory].

Niels Bohr

One of the most surprising discoveries of modern physics is that objects arent as separate as they may seem. When you drill down into the core of even the most solid-looking material, separateness dissolves. All that remains, like the smile of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, are relationships extending curiously throughout space and time. These connections were predicted by quantum theory and were called spooky action at a distance by Albert Einstein. One of the founders of quantum theory, Erwin Schrdinger, dubbed this peculiarity entanglement, and said I would not call that one but rather the characteristic trait of quantum mechanics.

The deeper reality suggested by the existence of entanglement is so unlike the world of everyday experience that until recently, many physicists believed it was interesting only for abstract theoretical reasons. They accepted that the microscopic world of elementary particles could become curiously entangled, but those entangled states were assumed to be fleeting and have no practical consequences for the world as we experience it. That view is rapidly changing.

Scientists are now finding that there are ways in which the effects of microscopic entanglements scale up into our macroscopic world. Entangled connections between carefully prepared atomic-sized objects can persist over many miles. There are theoretical descriptions showing how tasks can be accomplished by entangled groups without the members of the group communicating with each other in any conventional way. Some scientists suggest that the remarkable degree of coherence displayed in living systems might depend in some fundamental way on quantum effects like entanglement. Others suggest that conscious awareness is caused or related in some important way to entangled particles in the brain. Some even propose that the entire universe is a single, self-entangled object.

If these speculations are correct, then what would human experience be like in such an interconnected universe? Would we occasionally have numinous feelings of connectedness with loved ones, even at a distance? Would such experiences evoke a feeling of awe that theres more to reality than common sense implies? Could entangled minds be involved when you hear the telephone ring and somehow knowinstantlywhos calling? If we did have such experiences, could they be due to real information that somehow bypassed the usual sensory channels? Or are such reports better understood as coincidences or delusions?