We don’t often realize it, but what
we see and what we take to obviously be “the way things
are” has a great deal more to do with what we know than anything
that could be considered to be objectively true.
When you look at the photo of me in this issue of RealityShifters, your
knowledge provides you with perspective on where this picture was taken.
You might recognize something in the background of the photo that indicates
the setting, and provides you with information that might very well be
different than what someone else viewing this picture sees. This might have
been a completely subconscious process on your part when you first saw the
picture—though now that you’re reading about this,
you might be looking at the picture a little more closely. And if your
conscious attention is directed to consider the shape of the windows and
ceiling of the space in the picture, you might at that point get an
“Aha!” moment of realizing exactly where this photo
was taken—inside a car. Someone who has never seen the inside of
a car would not have the same frame of reference when viewing this
picture—and depending on their areas of expertise, might
immediately see things that are not so obvious to you.
Scientists involved in perceptual research have found recent evidence
suggesting that what
we know affects our visual perception of the world. Researcher Robert
W. Wiley explains, "If you’re an expert, things that look
complex to a novice look simple to you." While these researchers were
investigating the effects of
alphabet and expertise on letter perception, Wiley emphasizes that
these findings should hold true for any kind of object adding, "Expertise
matters. It changes how you perceive things. Part of being an expert is
learning what matters and what doesn’t matter."
My family and I were vacationing at a remote island in the Pacific
Ocean, and we spent a leisurely day on a quiet, uninhabited beach. I sat by
myself on a part of the beach populated by a whole colony of sand crabs.
These little crabs lived in holes in the sand that each crab dug for
itself, and at any sign of movement, the crabs would scurry quickly down
into their holes for safety.
I observed one of the crabs moving sand with a claw with absent-minded
proficiency, and I was mesmerized to see the effortless way it obtained a
scoop of sand and lifted it into the air. This activity looked like so much
fun to me that I made a similar ball of sand and playfully tossed it toward
some crabs. The sand ball hit an unsuspecting crab, which immediately
scooped up a ball of sand and held it aloft while standing up as high on
its back legs as possible. The crab looked as tense and concerned as a crab
can look, with moist grains of sand from the sand ball I'd just tossed
still clinging to its shell.
The crab continued standing high on its back legs, surveying the area and
assessing all the crabs in the vicinity to determine who might have tossed
a sand ball. After several long moments of careful consideration, the crab
steadied itself as it fixed its gaze on one particular crab. It suddenly
flung its ball of sand at this unsuspecting crab, which it hit with
incredible precision! The targeted crab immediately scooped up a ball of
sand and returned fire.
In a matter of minutes, a dozen little crabs were all flinging sand balls
at one another with reckless abandon. None of the crabs suspected the
perpetrator of the whole sand ball fracas was not a crab at all, but a
human.
My experience with these sand crabs shows me that crabs interpret what
happens to them in terms they can understand, which may not be the truest
sense of what is actually happening. We humans are not so different from
crabs, in the sense that we are also only capable of interpreting
experience based on what we know of reality. Some forces are simply outside
our realm of comprehension. The sand crabs had no prior knowledge of
humans, so they did not imagine I might have been the one who threw the
first sand ball, though my interaction with them had the effect of moving
almost every single crab on the beach into action.
As we pay attention to evidence of the ways we sometimes observe things
appear, disappear, transform and transport—as well as changes in
our experience of time—we will be more likely to recognize when
we experience reality shifts and quantum jumps.
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In This Issue:
(1) Spiritual Life Coaching
(2) Upcoming Events
(3) Intriguing Articles, Interviews, & Films
(4) Your Reality Shift Stories
(5) Questions and Answers
(6) Reviews that Shift Your Reality
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Could you benefit from help facing a challenging issue in
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Could you use some help shifting your reality?
Are you curious to know your divine gifts?
Are you ready to feel energized? If you answered yes to any of these
questions, you can benefit from Spiritual Life
Coaching with Cynthia!
Contact Cynthia at cynthia@realityshifters.com
to set up a life-enhancing
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"You're so insightful, positive and personable. You helped me to refocus
my thoughts and energies. I really appreciate the positive energies that
you were able to channel through me as well as your reminders to remain
positive--and to question and even challenge--how good CAN it get! After
our reading, things fell into place and I have no doubt that your reading
had a lot to do with it."
-- Lori
I would love to see or hear from you if you can make it to my upcoming
events!
10 Mar 2016
7-9 pm
Santa Rosa IONS Talk Lomitas School House, 2421 Lomitas Ave, Santa Rosa, CA Experience the Wonders of Quantum Logic in the New
Quantum Age
At this dawn of the new Quantum Age, with the advent of new
quantum computers, a paradigm shift in what we consider "logical" is
underway. In the 1860s, Boolean logic provided the structural framework by
which classical computers envisioned by Charles Babbage could be operated
in accordance with ideas of materialistic determinism. The notions of
reducing all statements to being either true or false, working through
problems and possibilities with truth tables, and ignoring the "excluded
middle," are central to Boolean logic and classical computers of the last
hundred years--yet inadequate for operating quantum computers in the
future. New findings from the fields of cognitive science and quantum
information theory suggest that our previous idea of what is "logical" has
been overly simplified. There is merely a special case of the fundamental
quantum logic that is now being found to be the dominant fundamental logic
of the natural world. Unlike classical Boolean logic gates, quantum logic
gates allow for forward and backward movement through time, with allowances
for interconnectedness through entanglement, and with the requirement that
every finite system contains infinite amounts of information. Examples of
ways that human cognition appears to operate in accordance with quantum
logic will be provided, along with numerous other examples of primacy of
quantum logic in the natural world. http://www.meetup.com/The-Santa-Rosa-IONS-Community-Group/?scroll=true
24 Mar 2016
8:45 - 11 am
The Awareness Network
Community of
Infinite Spirit 1540 Hicks Ave, San Jose, CA Experience the Wonders of Quantum Logic
Talk
Scientists racing to build quantum computers are discovering
nature got
there first. Cynthia will discuss new findings from quantum biology,
quantum cognition, cosmology and info theory and how they suggest that
quantum logic is primary. http://www.TheAwarenessNetwork.org
15-22 Oct 2016 Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas Cruise into Spirit with me in the Eastern
Caribbean!
Imagine how good it can get when you set sail on a cruse
with me, Cynthia Sue Larson, and dozens of
respected spiritual teachers on the "Cruise Into Spirit" Seminar-at-Sea!
We’ll weigh anchor from Ft. Lauderdale next October 15th,
visiting tropical ports including Nassau, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten
through the 22nd of October 2016 on the Royal Caribbean cruise
ship, Oasis of the Seas. Royal Caribbean is my favorite cruise line, and I
love enjoying time between ports of call out by the pool, and on past Royal
Caribbean cruises I’ve enjoyed
relaxing in a hammock at the beach.
Now is the
perfect time to book your reservation; remember that we feel happiest when
investing our time, money
and attention in experiences, much more than things; and feeling good about
the future boosts happiness substantially, too. When you put these together
with enjoying interesting ideas, places, activities, and people, you've got
"Cruise into Spirit," which sets sail in the Caribbean just over a year
from now. Please mention my name, "Cynthia Sue Larson" when registering
for seven days of pampering your mind, body, and spirit in gorgeous
surroundings!
http://realityshifters.com/pages/cruiseintospirit2016.html
Schedule an Event with Cynthia!
Would you like to invite your friends to attend a talk or
workshop in your home or for your group? Some local groups have been amazed
at the breadth and depth of information I present, and the way I engage
with audience participation. If you live in
Northern California and are interested in finding out how to organize
such an event, email Cynthia for further information at: cynthia@realityshifters.com
Cynthia's schedule of events for this year is posted online at:
http://realityshifters.com/pages/events.html
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Do humans think more like quantum computers than classical
computers? Cynthia Sue Larson talks with Jerome R. Busemeyer about the new
field of quantum cognition and his book, Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision.
Busemeyer describes how he became interested in investigating the ways
quantum logic and theory provides a fundamentally different–and
in many cases more accurate–foundational model by which to
better understand how humans think and make decisions. The order and
context of events turns out to make a significant difference in the
decisions we make, which helps explain why people sometimes answer very
differently when we change the order of the questions that we ask. Dr.
Jerome R. Busemeyer is a Professor in the Department of Psychological and
Brain Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. His research
includes mathematical models of learning and decision making, and he has
formulated a dynamic theory of human decision making called decision field
theory. Jerome Busemeyer is the recipient of the 2015 Howard Crosby Warren
Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists in recognition of
longstanding contributions in dynamic decision making and pioneering work
in models of quantum cognition. Dr. Busemeyer is one of two co-authors of
the book, “Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision.”
http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/jbusemey.php
You can listen to this audio interview at:
http://dreamvisions7radio.com/quantum-cognition-with-jerome-r-busemeyer/
Noticing Alternate Histories and
Superposition of States
We often think in terms of quantum physics being something
very complicated that we can't understand that we don't need to understand,
since it has to do with the realm of the very small--however, recent
research indicates that's not true. A survey of physicists showed that more
than two thirds of the physicists interviewed believe that you and I and
everybody watching all exist in a superposition of states. So what,
exactly, is a superposition of states?
You may have heard of Schrödinger's cat being alive and dead--at the
same time. This was a thought experiment intended to demonstrate the
ridiculous quality of quantum physics and the impossibility of these ideas
applying to our everyday lives. The thought experiment consists of a box
with a cat, a vial of poison, a radioactive isotope decaying at some
unpredictable rate. That little bit of randomness means that we can't
predict when--or if--the device that can break open the vial of poison
might activate a series of automated events resulting in the death of the
cat. In this example, when we say that a quantum particle--such as the
radioactive isotope--exists in a superposition of states, we are saying
that it is considered to be both decaying and not decaying. And this
translates to us considering that it is both activating the poison and not
activating the poison--which results in us having a cat that is both alive
and dead.
When we think of quantum particles existing in a superposition of states,
we are considering them to be in a state of spin up and spin down--so they
can be everything that's possible for them to be. This is somewhat
analogous to flipping a coin in the air and rather than having it fall down
into a state of clearly being "heads" or "tails," it just stays spinning.
And while it's spinning, it's in that superposition of states. And then
when someone you finally look to see what state it is in--by taking a
measurement--you catch the coin, and you have a measurement.
So the idea of all of us existing in a superposition of states, leads us to
expect that we ought to be able to sometimes see signs of this. What kind
of signs might you notice? You might notice that when we talk past events,
such as things that happened in childhood, your siblings would disagree
with you about what happened. Perhaps such disagreements have already
occurred--in which case you may have simply thought other people were
mistaken, a bit mentally foggy, crazy, or that they're lying. But instead
if you think instead in terms of the possibility that they actually are
experiencing a different reality, this is one way you might detect the
presence of superposition of states in your life. Another possible way that
you could see a superposition of states is by experiencing amazing,
miraculous kinds of spontaneous remission of illness or disease. Even if
you or those you know haven't had miraculous recoveries, perhaps you may
have sometimes noticed times when you've started to catch a cold, and
suddenly been completely well. A third way you might observe the presence
of alternate histories and a superposition of states would be if you've
noticed changes in familiar songs, movies, or books. This might have come
to your attention since you've read them before and you've watched them
before, but now the words or plot is different. And you might think, "Well,
I just didn't remember it correctly." But another possibility to consider
is that you did remember it correctly. And now it's "always been" some
other way according to official historical records.
You can read the full blog post on this topic posted at: http://wp.me/pbqQk-Ob
You can watch a video of Dänna Dennis Wilberg interviewing me on her
Paranormal Connection TV show based in Sacramento, California on YouTube
at: https://youtu.be/kS51hiMvqhU
Conversations with Edgar Dean
Mitchell
One of my first and most influential mentors as an author
and consciousness researcher has been Edgar Dean Mitchell, the sixth man to
walk on the moon, founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), and
author of Psychic Exploration and The Way of the Explorer.
I felt blessed to be able to see Dr. Mitchell in person at an IONS event in
California in February 2010, where he was the guest of honor. I loved
chatting with Edgar that chilly evening at the Chabot Space and Science
Center in Oakland about the remarkable speed of technological advances over
the past hundred years. He told me how amazing it is that his grandfather
had crossed the United States of America in a covered wagon, his father was
born soon after the Wright brothers made their historic first flight, and
then Edgar walked on the moon and made it safely back home to Earth on
Apollo 14. This was even more amazing, because Edgar’s Apollo 14
mission immediately followed the nerve-wrackingly problematic Apollo 13.
I first got to know Dr. Mitchell via email correspondence that began
sixteen years ago, in March 2000. When we first began our correspondence,
we commiserated about the challenges of the publishing world, and shared
our ideas regarding the connection between consciousness and the physical
world. Dr. Mitchell provided me with his honest assessment of my
manuscripts, and helped me envision a positive future for humanity on our
beautiful blue-green planet, Earth."We went to the moon as technicians; we
returned as humanitarians.” I was moved by the way that Dr.
Mitchell had a positive vision for humanity that he shared through his
commitment to creating an organization dedicated to exploring
consciousness, at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He frequently referred
to the epiphany he’d had while in space, returning in his Apollo
capsule to the Earth from the moon, as he looked up in the sky to see a
full Earth. He describes in The Way of the Explorer that at that moment he
felt, “I am one of a growing handful of human beings to have
seen the Earth from the point of view of an extraterrestrial. In the
heavens there is no up and down, no east or west. Earth is but a beautiful
blue speck in the midst of a vast emptiness marked by luminous celestial
bodies. We inhabit but one of those celestial bodies; one of the most
organized-for all we know.From the heavens, in 1971, the Earth looked
peaceful and harmonious, but of course all was not as it appeared. Conflict
that threatened our very survival lay below. Weapons were poised, ready to
annihilate life as we knew it at a moment’s notice;
environmental crises were lurking just beyond public awareness. The common
root of these mushrooming dilemmas, I believe, has been conflicting,
out-dated, flawed ideology and dogma, with roots in antiquity."
You can read the full blog post on this topic posted at: http://wp.me/pbqQk-NR
You can watch a video summary of this blog post on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/RoWLihOQ1cg
If You Build It They Will Come & Sex in the
City
Chris
Redmond, Washington, USA
Thank you for your information and insights! I heard you recently on a
radio talk show, and was blown away by the questions and how my answers
were different from what is true in this reality! Funny enough, the other
day I was watching an old episode of "Sex AND the City" (which I remember
as Sex IN the City), and one of the characters made reference to the Field
of Dreams quote, "If you build it HE will come,” which I
remember as "If you build it THEY will come." Very interesting stuff!
Note from Cynthia: Whoa--hold everything--you're the first one to
notify me regarding the change in the movie dialogue from the Kevin Costner
movie, "Field of Dreams," which I clearly remember used to be, "If you
build it, they will come"! Good heavens! Sometimes I will see changes in
movie dialogue that is not nearly so significant as to be the most famous
line of dialogue in the whole movie, which then catches on and is
remembered and repeated by people for years afterward. I'm so glad you
mentioned this one to me--and of course so many people have noticed that
"Sex and the City" used to be "Sex IN the City."
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I Heard My Friend Before She Arrived
Frances
England, UK
One thing that happened to me was in my early twenties when I was living in
France. I was spending the weekend with a friend I'd made over there, and
she had a heated argument with her father, and walked off. I went down to
their garage/basement area, and I heard someone walking towards the garage
on the shingle stones. I looked to the garage entrance and waited for her
to walk in, but she didn't appear. I went to look, and she wasn't
there—no-one was there. Not very long afterwards she returned,
walking on the shingle stones and in through the door of the garage. I was
amazed, because I had realised that I knew she was coming.
Note from Cynthia: Your experience hearing the sound of your
friend in France walking toward the garage some time before she actually
did appear is remarkable! Something like this has also happened to me one
day when I heard my daughter and her friends come home and walk up to the
front door quite some time before they actually arrived that afternoon.
This type of phenomenon in which loved ones are seen or heard before they
arrive is something so common in Norway that they have a word for it,
Vardogr, which I describe along with further examples in the October 2010
RealityShifters
http://www.realityshifters.com/pages/archives/oct10.html
Shifting through Time
Russell
Sunnyvale, California, USA
Perhaps time is merely the perceptual shifting of consciousness from one
parallel reality to another. The mind shifts, not the body. Sometimes I
notice memories of the past that are not in accordance with the present
facts. For example memories of people that I knew have changed and they no
longer have the same memories as I do. Some movies have also changed
slightly. I am shifting into alternate realities—strange but
true—seems like all possible histories could be on a bell cure
of sorts. For 17 years my route to work was 12.3 miles. Now it is 12.0
miles— The exact same route—different reality?
I would speculate that the shifts like a movie projection or a flashing
hologram and are happening at a flash rate of c, the speed of light in
vacuum. This is the non-local mind, which is both re-expanding the
wave-function and re-collapsing the wave function into the finite localized
version of self, or the body.
The Universal Wave Function is the Mind of God - the Source of all Being.
The localized wave function is your "soul" or spirit, similar to the
concept of mind and heart - your non-local mind that identifies with the
body and the "brain". the brain could be like a musical instrument that
tunes into your consciousness or is created by consciousness.
Note from Cynthia: Yes, I'd agree that the mind makes the jumps
and shifts, not the body. I'm glad to know you have noticed a range of
different kinds of such jumps. The difference in driving time intriguing.
Once you've ruled out any other possible explanation (such as different
sized tires on your car), that is a really interesting reality
shift!
Neighbor Living with a Black Woman
Glen
Gary, Ontario, Canada
I have another strange reality shift story.
At my residence, there's neighbors across the street where a young family
lives. I know the father of the family, who is a younger brother of one of
my high school friends, his older sister.
How this goes, a few years back, probably from 2000-2010, I noticed he was
living with a Black woman. I did see his current Wife (Today) a caucasian
woman. He is now married to her and living there today. They have three
children. A year ago, I asked his older sister during a coffee visit, and
learned they recently married two years ago—a late marriage I
guess. I mentioned, "What happened to the Black woman her brother was
living with a couple of years ago?" She looked at me puzzled, "What black
woman?” She answered that her brother was NEVER with a black
woman, not at all. And yet, I distinctively remember her driving and coming
and going from their house for two years. She did in fact live there with
him. I didn't see his current wife visit or anything, I assumed the
children were with her. I told the sister the details I knew, and she still
reacted like I was seeing things—making things up. I added that
if this was some kind of a family secret, I wouldn't say a thing. She
insisted there was No such woman with her brother. I didn't argue the
point, as I began to realize I was remembering something else, a different
reality. Do I still see the black woman in town? Yes I do. Sometimes I want
to somehow get to know her, ask her about Living with that person in
question. I know how silly and strange it would sound, even to me, if
someone approached me asking about some event or detail I don't know about.
Or, ask like, "Did you ever Live across from me at such & such time, years
2000-2009? I don't remember the exact years.” And another thing;
I asked around, casually, "Did anyone remember the black woman living with
that Neighbor?" My own family doesn't recall. So, I'm the only one who
remembers this black woman, who lived with that man.
Note from Cynthia: Wow--I can really relate to how strange it
must feel to remember something that nobody else (yet) recalls--especially
something as noticeable as a neighbor's significant other no longer being
part of an interracial couple. And how interesting that you sometimes see
the woman you remember your neighbor having lived with around town from
time to time. I can't think of an off-hand, casual way to broach the
subject of whether she might have any connection to your neighbor other
than directly asking her if she might happen to know him, or if she might
have happened to ever live on that street.
Hi, Cynthia, Greetings!
I have been watching your videos and read your blogs regarding changing our
past through reality shifting. I am a bit confused regarding the concept,
suppose in past I had to choose between a red coloured and a blue coloured
dress. I chose blue colour but after buying and wearing it I realised that
I should have taken red coloured dress or If I had a choice to choose
between x and y for a particular service and if I chose any one of them and
later realised that I should have chosen the other one. In such a scenario
can I go back in past and change the choices I made through quantum
jumping. If yes then how can I do it. I really want to alter some of my
humiliating past incidences which don't let me sleep at night. Please help
me regarding this. I would be highly obliged by your help.
Thanks and regards,
— Samreen
Dear Samreen,
Yes, it is possible that having made one choice, you might later find that
history has changed, and you've now made a different choice in the past.
While this works fairly well at times (though often a bit unpredictably),
it can prove problematic when emotionally entangled with past events.
Feelings of shame or blame or guilt usually tend to lock people into
believing that only that reality is the one that occurred--so those who've
experienced miraculous shifts in the past often do so thanks to being able
to become emotionally detached through prayer and/or meditation. Even so,
results are not always guaranteed--but the emotional detachment required
for best results in experiencing altered reality happen to also be best for
emotional well-being, so I'd recommend this course of action.
With best wishes,
— Cynthia
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Dear Cynthia,
(1) How long does someone have to be thinking about something before a
synchronicity happens? (2) Can religious beliefs or obsessions cause
synchronicity to happen? (3) Can delusions and/or mental disorders lead to
synchronicity?
— Andrew
Dear Andrew,
I don't know of any definitive time pattern regarding the connection
between thoughts and observations of synchronicity. If there is a
connection, it most likely occurs entirely amidst an observer's thoughts,
since sometimes events from other times come into positions of prominence
and increased relevance, after observation of other thoughts and past or
present events. Most likely almost any kind of beliefs or obsessions can be
instrumental in how a person observes synchronicity to occur. This would
also include delusions and/or mental disorders.
Sincerely,
— Cynthia
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Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision
by Jerome R. Busemeyer and Peter D. Bruza
Builds Strong Case for the Value of Quantum Theory in
Understanding Cognition http://amzn.to/1K7EGxh
While scientists have assumed that classical probability theory and logic
was the best way to comprehend human cognition, research studies have found
numerous aspects of cognition and decision to behave differently. The new
field of Quantum Cognition presents us with new ways of thinking about
cognition that better match observations of actual human behavior, and
Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision presents an outstandingly clear
and thorough overview of this exciting new field.
Busemeyer and Bruza do an outstanding job of incorporating key concepts and
ideas from quantum theory, showing how aspects of quantum phenomena and
behavior can provide valuable insights into human cognitive processes.
Thanks to their observation that some puzzling results in the field of
psychology are similar to aspects of quantum mechanics, Busemeyer and Bruza
demonstrate through utilization of mathematical models, how one of the
larger contributions of a working theory of quantum cognition is the way it
allows for people to experience 'indefinite' states, or superposition
states. The authors argue that "the wave nature of an indefinite state
captures the psychological experience of conflict, ambiguity, confusion,
and uncertainty; the particle nature of a definite state captures the
psychological experience of conflict resolution, decision, and certainty."
One of the greatest joys of reading Quantum Models of Cognition and
Decision is the way numerous detailed examples are presented that show how
well quantum theory and quantum probability theory provide clarity in some
of the more intriguing areas of recent research in psychology. One such
example is how the quantum approach agrees quite well with the
constructionist view of belief, attitude, and intention proposed by social
psychologists such as Schwarz, so there is a way to better understand how
our beliefs, attitudes and intentions are not simply stored in memory as
fixed, never-changing properties, but instead are constructed and
re-constructed when needed.
Many chapters of Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision begin with
engaging examples to illustrate the concepts being described, which bring
the ideas into the realm of daily experience where the subject of quantum
cognition springs to life. Suddenly, we find ourselves nodding in agreement
that of course, reality viewed from a quantum perspective can be described
in something much more complex than a boolean exhaustive description--of
course, reality is much better described in various incompatible ways,
using descriptions that sometimes can't be compared or combined. This
complexity of the world shows up in many ways, such as where certain
combinations and associations can be surprising. When people hear the
combination of the words, "pet" and "human," for example, they often come
up with the association "slave"--which is really quite remarkable, since
the concept of slave is not commonly associated with either the word "pet"
or "human."
One of the most fascinating sections of Quantum Models of Cognition and
Decision has to do with 'dynamic consistency,' or the resolution of complex
decisions through planning for the future while considering complex
sequences of potential events. The authors explain, "Optimal strategies for
planning multistage decisions usually rely on backward induction processes
that require planning from the last stage and working backwards to the
current stage (von Winterfeldt & Edwards, 1986). This requires the current
decision to be based on plans for future decisions." This kind of
decision-making is clearly ideal for quantum processing, since in quantum
theory and quantum cognition, the future becomes a superposed state.
Quantum Models is highly recommended for anyone interested in consciousness
and quantum theory, and is highly accessible for readers of all levels of
expertise in these areas, from beginners to experts. There is necessarily a
good deal of math, balanced by wonderfully descriptive narratives--so
readers can either pore through the mathematics or skip over it, and gain a
great deal from this book either way. This book is highly recommended as
being one of the very best books available that provides insights and
clarity as to how quantum models of cognition can model changing,
ephemeral, mixed qualities of human thought.
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