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The Science of Intuition
The Archangels Talk about Proof and Truth
Before I begin working or writing for the day, I usually skim the headlines, rarely reading the articles but wanting to get a glimpse of what’s going on in the world. This morning I came across an article on the Apple News site from Popular Mechanics entitled, Scientists Believe They’ve Unlocked Consciousness — and It connects to the Entire Universe, written by Susan Lahey.
My first reaction was, “Yeah, I already knew that,” but I thought it might be a good idea to look at it from a scientific viewpoint, and I like it when science catches up to what many of us already know. Some people need to see the proof before they lend something credibility. So, I opened up the article, and I got as far as the second paragraph before I erupted in uproarious laughter. I’m talking belly-laughing and tears coming to my eyes as I tried to get a hold of myself, and I decided right then I had to write an article about scientific discovery. I closed the article and reached for my journal, so I could channel the Archangels for help.
This is what set me off:
“The new work builds upon the theory that Nobel Prize winning physicist Roger Penrose, PhD, and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff, MD, first posited in the 1990’s, known as the Orchestrated Objective Reduction theory, or…
