Some Principles and Discoveries of Observer Physics

by

Douglass A. White, Ph.D.

(Brief Summaries)

(Each item is subject to updates, refinements, revisions.)

(References to papers for details will be added.)

* Science is an attempt to set in order the shared facts of experience.

(OP, 0:1, 7.)

* Physics is the scientific study of matter and energy and their interactions in

space and time. (OP, 0)

* A Science of Consciousness: Physics has moved from classical Newtonian ideas

to Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. People are still trying to grasp these

new advances, but now physics is already moving beyond these to explore

consciousness, the unavoidable study of the relationship between an Observer’s

Mind and his World. The process of Observation not only affects the world, it

defines the world. This is Observer Physics, a new emerging paradigm.

(OP, 0)

* The Fundamental Principle of Observer Physics (Palmer’s Principle): “I

experience what I believe, unless I believe I won’t, in which case I don’t!

Which means I did!” (Harry Palmer, Living Deliberately, p. 32. OP, 0)

* Positive Paradoxes: “This statement is a lie” is a self-referring statement that

generates a paradox. The paradox causes the logical system to break down.

Palmer’s Paradox also is a self-referring statement that generates a paradox, but

the logical system does not break down. It simply separates resistance to truth

(pretense) from willingness to experience. It is a “positive” paradox that leads

to deeper perspective.