- Gain medium
- Laser pumping energy
- High reflector
- Output coupler
- Laser beam
Optical amplification occurs via the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation from excited atoms or another medium. The principle is increasingly applied to explain social changes from color revolutions to such democratically structured protest actions, such as Brexit. The potential combination of information technology and social media to induce social instability is immensely relevant.
The social laser
We live in the information age. Online Echo Chambers (social resonator) can amplify social mood and intentions to produce coherent information waves of high amplitudes (i.e., huge motivational energy). In real lasers, the optical resonator is an arrangement of mirrors that forms a standing wave cavity resonator for light waves. The Internet-based posting of news and communications works as a multiplier mirror. In this, the mass-media plays the role of laser’s resonator, the optical cavity. The stimulated amplification of coherent social actions can be either destructive or inspire better decision-making. The bandwagon effect in human behavior explains the increasing probability of personal reaction as the power of the excitatory field increases. The homogeneous character of social actions (coherence) and the short time needed for their generation and relaxation can be described by social laser theory. Social energy might be understood as a form of motivation.
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As an Anthropologist, I was once asked in class if human behavior could be plotted on a linear scale (I.e. love - hate). After a bit of thought, I responded, “ok, what about the guy, totally in love with his wife, comes home unexpectedly to find her in bed with someone else. Upon realization, he picks up a gun and shoots his wife dead.” Now, the question is, did his emotions change instantaneously from pure love to abject hate, or did it rapidly digress through a linear process. As we discussed this, it occurred to me that this example closely resembled a physicists version of a “wormhole” a theoretical paradigm whereby two widely separated points in space could be brought together by bending or warping space-time around a powerful gravitational field. It occurred to me that diametrically opposite human emotional states could be brought together by the sudden interjection of emotional energy. When I read your piece on social laser energy, it reminded me of this discussion. I would welcome your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThank you for introducing an interesting problem. Like the article, your question raises the possibility that physical principles can explain human psychology. If the mind operates as a particle, then emotions must be the forces of motivation, and the laws of quantum physics and relativity would be valid in describing thinking and behavior. However, wormholes, which are still hypothetical objects, are challenging to comprehend in this context. Please do not give up, you found a fascinating field of study!
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