A physicist proposes that consciousness is the fundamental basis of reality, with matter and spacetime emerging from it.

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In the movie Gravity, the astronauts’ futuristic helmets have special, high-tech shades that can display critical information, such as the amount of oxygen left in the oxygen tank. (The helmet has a ...

Modern physics has been shaped by great minds, yet somehow physics hasn’t explained what the mind is. For decades consciousness was not a respectable area of inquiry in physics, yet the great quantum ...

Have you ever noticed reality suddenly feeling different, as if something fundamental changed overnight? Timeline shifts offer insight into those powerful moments when life feels suddenly, ...

Physicists and Buddhist contemplatives often seek to solve the same puzzles, from different angles: What is consciousness? How is reality shaped by observation? What does it mean for something to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Reality shifting refers to a practice where individuals attempt ...