Emotional interactions are governed by the Pauli Exclusion Principle

Seventeenth-century representation of consciousness

The Pauli exclusion principle states that matter particles cannot occupy the same quantum state. For example, only opposite oriented electrons can form pairs in the atom and determine a certain distance between particles, which causes a resistance to compression. How can intelligent people produce similarities in behavior?

In mammals and birds, the behavior is strongly dependent on emotions, and motivation often changes with time. Being close to one another, especially living in close quarters, differences in attitude becomes frequent. We notice the negative in each other and criticize too often. The emerging emotional distance provides a structure in society or the ecosystem. For example, mammals and birds display a compelling need for territorial needs and avoidance of eye contact. In close situations, such as in an elevator, we try to look away to keep our distance. 

Our need to form the opposite attitude does not influence our everyday life. In big cities, millions of people get along without significant disturbance. Nevertheless, in emotionally close situations, the opposing viewpoint becomes dominant. Even very young children attempt to separate themselves by the excessive use of the word, 'no.' Over time, loving partners and families actually tend to become more distant, and distant people, if spending time together, grow closer emotionally. 

In relationships, the emotional distance is tightly regulated. When we sense an increasing emotional distance, we intuitively move closer to maintain the distance. In contrast, separation prompts the need for closeness. 

Emotionally stable people tend to be satisfied and happy. Their mental calm makes them flexible and accepting toward others. Their feeling of love provides an openness to the other point of view. Without love, we are critical; new information feels contradictory in one way or another. Critical tendency exaggerates due to Aggravation, but it eases toward people we are not close to. Therefore, it is easy to be friendly to strangers and tell secrets on the internet. A perceived distance from their idols attracts fans to celebrities, politicians, and saints.

In oppressive class systems, there is an immense distance among the classes. A rigid code of behavior tightly regulates interaction among distant people and keeps conflicts at bay. Social cohesion and trust create a more egalitarian society, but inequality increases the social distance. 

Emotions' ability to regulate social, conceptual distance is analog to the Pauli principle in physics. 

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Consciousness and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Primitive animals form linear, fairly predictable behavior because they lack emotions. The evolution of the cortex gives rise to consciousness, the ability to form emotions. The importance of emotions in intellect has only been scientifically appreciated in the past thirty years. Experiences can accumulate in the connections of cortical neurons and inform future behavior. Therefore, an identical stimulus can produce a varied reaction, causing uncertainty. Mammals and birds display quantum characteristics and obey the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. 

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle prevents the position and momentum of the particle from being known simultaneously. Position and speed are complementary variables; the more precisely one is known, the less precise the other becomes. Although the poles of uncertainty are the temporal position (the moment) and the intensity of emotions, the same interdependence is valid for the cortical brain. 

Positive emotions uncover the moment in time, whereas negative feelings expose the extent of feelings. For example, the extent of anger or negativity (how far one is willing to go) can range from sadness to anger, aggravation, and even physical violence, but their origin is always old experiences. In contrast, positive emotions are the treasure of the moment, which cannot be accumulated or postponed for tomorrow. Hence, positive feelings produce immediate happiness, but their extent is a pointless question; only complete happiness is possible. In contrast to the immense variety of negative emotions, positive emotions invariably take the form of satisfaction and happiness.

The source of mental uncertainty originates in the structure of the cortex. Thanks to the memory potential of cortical networks, any experience can profoundly influence current behavior. The response's nonlinear nature becomes especially prominent with enhanced stimuli. More significant incentives produce a distorted, polarized, and even extreme response: danger and bribe test one's determination. 

A heated gas fills a container, but mental energy is confined by time. The measure of emotional temperature or emotional pressure is the extent of the degree of negativity. Negativity always originates in the self! Sadness, criticism, sarcasm, anger, or physical brutality is the tool the mind uses to test its boundaries and the extent of its power within its environment. Although shockingly, people would start activities with no other use than produce even more stress, the mind conspires to keep its stress level constant. Because retaliation is proportional to criticism and anger, it maintains the temporal pressure, i.e., stress level. 

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The great transformations in the twentieth century brings more questions than answers

The twentieth century saw a complete transformation in the understanding of the most basic structure of matter. Men could open the curtain on the world of the very small. Cells could be seen in enough detail to know how the organelles work; Watson and Kirk discovered the DNA, showing cell duplication in principle, a simple process. The atom was divided into smaller and smaller building blocks, finding the electrons, the nucleons inside the nucleus. Going into even more detail, it was shown that the proton and neutron are themselves composites; the constituent quarks are permanently bound together by the strong nuclear force. The twentieth century also was a complete, fundamental transformation of the way we live; from the structure of the family to the way we work. Breathtaking scientific advances brought us never before imagined advances in healthcare, increasing life expectancy practically all over the globe, improved infrastructure, new services, such as frozen foods, public transportation, and automatization in the home. From refrigerators to cars the twentieth century has changed us, our expectation and habits more, than any century ever before. Our understanding, however, stayed behind the dizzying speed of the technical and scientific change. We are still thinking with a Newtonian mind, we have no idea how our refrigerators or television sets work, let alone our computers. The flexibility of the human spirit makes it possible to improve our grasp of science and technology. Understanding enhances confidence, forming a mindset that dares to initiate changes with purpose, rather than following boundaries dictated by traditions, circumstances, and expectations. Knowing and understanding is power, which leads to mental flexibility, a quality essential to handle change. Such confidence and trust make positive technical, societal changes expected and necessary.

Structure of DNA

The mathematical principles of physics were primarily laid down by Newton in 1687 by the publication of Principia Mathematica. These laws of gravitation and motion are still in use today, their universality, and ease of understanding made them an accepted and dominant method of science and engineering before Einstein’s special relativity. Yet today we live in a world of knowledge that he formed; an apple falls in Newtonian orbit, with Newtonian speed. In spite of the great success of Newton’s laws, they contained some contradictions, and they could not answer some problems of physics. He defined space and time as absolutes, with the unmovable center of the world being the sun. Albert Einstein, the simple patent clerk, did away with these absolutes. He stated that movement is relative and that the speed of light is constant for everybody, independent of movement in space. Yet as he showed the innovative ideas about the relationship between time and gravity, he presented theories that were congruent with the classical world of Newton.

Einstein, Maxwell, and others formulated quantum mechanics, the science of elementary particles. The wave of change initiated by these ideas is still being played out in the halls of science. In the world of the very small, causation is replaced by uncertainty. Uncertainty and entanglement are unintuitive, mind-bending science. Just like a future teller, a physicist conjures a world that is bizarre and does not fit everyday imagination. There is dark matter mixed in with our common substance, and dark energy somehow creates more of what we have, expanding the universe. The possibility of influencing a particle instantaneously from great distances show a wild, untamed quantum world that defies easy understanding, and challenges our notion of reality. Physical sciences must be put onto a new foundation. Even basic assumptions, like space, time and gravity must be considered anew. Reexamining the basic foundation of existence is necessary to achieve a new scientific renaissance: in physical, chemical, biological and social sciences. A new theory that formulates a new physical worldview by incorporating the inner frontier, consciousness, is the subject of the book 'The Science of Consciousness.' Find it on Amazon.

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Emotions form the basis of consciousness and even if unnoticed, direct our lives from the background

The brain, a mental, emotional representation of the body based on sensory importance, regulates animal behavior through emotions. It is not our consciousness that produces our feelings, but the other way around. The participation of the entire body forms a sophisticated energy system. For example, the muscle system closely mirrors the conscious state, as it tenses up in fear and relaxes in joyful and loving situations. Feelings start hormonal cycles, which regulate the sentiments that produced them. Even taking a breath of air is emotional. If you do not believe me, try holding your breath. First of all, you cannot do it! But if you could do it, you would feel fear, angst, the urge to breathe and fill your lung, after which you would feel elation, relief. This is because emotion is an evolutionary survival tool, which prohibits taking our lives; suicide must be planned carefully.

The recent scientific data point to the unconscious origin of not only arbitrary decisions but even conscious goals. Research suggests that goals themselves arise motivated and primed by social situations outside of awareness. These goals operate in our lives before we are aware of them. Our conscious decisions are just a final rubber stamp on the plans of our social subconscious. Awareness is only a clearinghouse of the emotional forest, trying to make sense of its diversity. We have to contend that some feelings are hidden from our consciousness, and often we cannot figure out what we feel or why we feel them. 

On a conscious level, emotions are often used for manipulation to save energy over physical movement. As a consequence, mammals and birds display complex interpersonal relationships and behavior.  For example, a lion can spare himself from a physical effort because his roar can scare intruding animals. But even emotions require enormous energy to maintain. For example, we get just as tired, or even more so, when we are angry or argue than doing physical work. Nevertheless, it is possible to taking mental efficiency even further and achieve conscious aims without wasting energies on (negative) emotions. The book that details the operational principle of the mind already exists. Its title, The science of consciousness, and it is available on Amazon. You can also sign up for my mailing list.

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How to nurture your creative potential?

Religion, the arts, and the sciences are three stable pillars of society. In ancient times, communities depended on faith for hope. Nevertheless, the innate drive toward beauty and meaning through the arts inspired a shared sense of betterment. The many forms of artistic expressions permitted men to rise above and beyond primitive existence and inspired progress. Science is the youngest discipline of the three, but its influence has grown immensely. Like religion, science is just a belief system that guides decision-making, for example, believing in evolution or the Higgs boson.

Practicing the arts or sciences requires creativity, a rare gift among the most affluent or the destitute. (The most affluent has no need for it, and the impoverished cannot rise above the basic struggles for food and everyday needs.) In the hierarchical societies of the past, creativity was a rare, celebrated gift of the fortunate. However, creativity is becoming an expected asset in almost any position in our modern world. 

Csikszentmihalyi introduced the expression 'flow' to describe the creative mental state. Originality is in stark contrast to the tiring analytic thinking. The careful abandon of creative endeavor perhaps was best expressed by Picasso: "When I work, I rest, when I rest, I get tired." Contrasting mental involvement explains their difference. The brain frequencies increase with concentration, which makes analytic thinking tiring. However, brain oscillations actually decrease during the creative endeavor; the elimination of unnecessary details expands focus. Creative flow can form natural, novel solutions in an almost childish joy, described so well by Picasso. 

Creativity inspires positive emotions, and inversely, only a positive mindset can be creative. A positive attitude deflects negativity and conflict and leads to creativity, success, and longevity. Creativity cannot be planned for. It occurs unexpectedly, often when people are engaged in an unrelated activity. Creativity is inherent in child play and in the aha moments of inventors, artists, and scientists. Because "necessity is the mother of invention," emotional discomfort or stress often spur creative solutions. A goal-directed effort is a potent learning mechanism; for example, rats learn faster when seeking reward. The goal-seeking also makes a difference in artificial intelligence (Wissner gross). Focused and goal-directed effort facilitates progress by mitigating stress and reducing pain sensitivity. There are many ways to arrive at creativity; being bound by your circumstances is not.

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Operational universe without dark matter or dark energy

Einstein introduced the cosmological constant in response to Hubble's discovery of the expansion of the universe, which appear to accelerate. Einstein's genius was to imagine fields, specifical curvature as the foundation of space. The recent discovery of gravitational waves supports his insights on the flexible nature of space. According to John Wheeler's famous quote, "spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve." Objects modulate the curvature of space, which in turn determines the trajectory of the objects. The gravity field is often portrayed as a trampoline net, which curves depending on the mass of things sitting on it. However, the nature of gravity is a little more complicated. An interconnected relationship forms the incredibly rich spatial structure of the universe.

String theory imagines particles as energy vibrations conveniently tucked away within micro dimensions, so-called Calabi-Yau space. The Calabi-Yau space, insulated from gravity or time, is a parallel, and interdependent with macro-dimensional space. For this reason, particle vibrations exist without spatial or temporal limitations and give rise to quantum phenomena, such as interference, non-locality, and entanglement. The two separate fields can be imagined like a knotted rug, with knots representing the Calabi-Yau space. These different energy fields, which only connect via interaction, form the foundation of the universe.
Interacting energy by convention is called matter. But interaction changes both the particle and the field curvature. For this reason, over space and time particles change. Their increasing differences culminate in the poles, the black and white holes. Black holes contract space, which is a source of excess gravity, called dark matter. Negative curvature regions of the universe form white holes and lead to spatial expansion, which is called dark energy. White holes show anti-gravity characteristics that are opposite to that of black holes. Therefore they would deflect even the path of light. On the largest scales, the polar regions give rise to distinct, well-recognizable cellular structure of the universe. White holes non-interacting nature makes their discovery is technically challenging with our current technology. However, in 2006 a remarkable gamma-ray burst (GRB), a possible white hole event, was detected by the Swift satellite. Learn more about white holes and about the structure of space on my YouTube channel and in the book, 'The science of consciousness.'

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Interaction, material existence and the fate of Schrodinger's cat

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"What is essential is invisible to the eye" said Antoine de Saint-Exupery in ‘The little prince.’ Our sensory experience is dependent on interactions to occur on every level. The photons activate electrons, leading to chemical reactions, cell processes, sensory processing, understanding, and memory. The importance of interaction cannot be overemphasized. When interaction ceases, matter and life ceases with it. Only interaction allows us to see hear, touch or measure. The fact of measuring (or sensing) is itself interaction. So we rely on interaction for the ability not only to perceive physical reality, but to draw conclusions from it through measuring. Since interaction changes reality, at any one time we can only gain limited understanding of the world.

The uncertainty principle makes existence so precarious that poetically even the existence of the moon has been considered dependent on sensory perception. Schrodinger famously posed a thought experiment that brought uncertainty to the fore. He put an imaginary cat in a box with a radioactive poison that can kill the cat according to the uncertainty Principle. At the moment of opening of the box the cat materializes alive or dead. The question of course is nothing more than a clever mental exercise, just like Zeno's runner, who is trying reach the finish line in vain. Zeno’s runner always runs just half of the rest of the distance, and no matter how close he gets, he never makes it to the finish line. What is the trick with Schrodinger's proposition?

The existence of cats and people depends on interaction, which is an unending, constant phenomenon. But there is more to existence than just interaction! Einstein’s gravitational field directs the movement of objects small and large. Elementary particles might take the form of strings, and be part of a microdimensional space, compact extra dimensions that are too small to measure. So while the gravitational field should be imagined on the largest expanse of space, the microdimensions represent the smallest scale. However these two separate fields are intimately connected through interaction. We can imagine the gravitational field servicing the interactions as the go-between particles. But the micro-dimension is insulated from gravity, so the quantum waves of particles can exist without spatial limitations and give rise to quantum phenomena, such as the Bell non locality and interference. Quantum waves can produce interference over enormous distances, but putting a detector in their path will break interference by collapsing the wave function. 

Interaction is unending and constant part of the gravitational regions of space. Therefore the fate of Schrodinger's cat is dependent on interaction with the poisonous material, and totally independent of human observation. 

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