Monday, August 18, 2008

Quantum Theory

I hope that all of my readers are well acquainted with quantum theory. If you are not, then, well, lets just say I warned you. On my way to football practice today, with my ipod blasting viking metal into my ears, my mom interrupted my treasured music to tell me something. Now I don't remember what that something was, but I do remember that it made me think about quantum theory's application to human consciousness and behavior. I realized that I might do ANYTHING, for although the chances of me spontaneously opening the car door and and jumping out were woefully small, quantum theory dictates that the complex machine that is my brain could have fired synapses justifying such behavior. I realized that everything I was could have, and did (parallel universes, in case you didn't catch that) occur differently. While this reinforced my insignificant status on Earth, it gave me a more positive outlook on life. Humans can and have accomplished anything and everything. Just not in our parallel universe.

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