Introduction- Part 3

This is for the geeks: As you know, lover of all things , over the past two centuries, scientists have discovered that the physical universe is fundamentally non-linear, multi-valent, and multi-dimensional. Almost every physicist working today agrees that uniform, linear time is only an illusion, that the universe does not choose among its various possible futures until a conscious mind LOOKS at it, and that every point in the universe can communicate INSTANTANEOUSLY with every other point. And yet, this revolution in understanding seems to have almost no effect on the way most people think about their world and themselves. On this level, The Garden of Forking Paths is an attempt to provide a bridge towards, and a tangible EXPERIENCE of, the non-linear dynamics at the heart of our contemporary cosmology (and our psychology).

Patterns are real. Here is a main point that I want to make. This is a top-level of the hierarchy.
Why Patterns are Invisible

Here we explain why Patterns are Invisible. We can add a bunch of text because this will all collapse, I hope.

Patterns are Causative
Here we explain why Patterns are causal agents. We can add a bunch of text because this will all collapse, I hope. We are also going to try to add a nested collapse right here in a second.
A Concrete Example
Here is some text that illustrates how patterns are themselves causal agents.

Another Concrete Example
Here is some more text that illustrates how patterns are themselves causal agents.

This is for the geeks: As you know, lover of all things , over the past two centuries, scientists have discovered that the physical universe is fundamentally non-linear, multi-valent, and multi-dimensional. Almost every physicist working today agrees that uniform, linear time is only an illusion, that the universe does not choose among its various possible futures until a conscious mind LOOKS at it, and that every point in the universe can communicate INSTANTANEOUSLY with every other point. And yet, this revolution in understanding seems to have almost no effect on the way most people think about their world and themselves. On this level, The Garden of Forking Paths is an attempt to provide a bridge towards, and a tangible EXPERIENCE of, the non-linear dynamics at the heart of our contemporary cosmology (and our psychology).

As you know, lover of all things, over the past two centuries, scientists have discovered that the physical universe is fundamentally non-linear, multi-valent, and multi-dimensional. Almost every physicist working today agrees that uniform, linear time is only an illusion, that the universe does not choose among its various possible futures until a conscious mind LOOKS at it, and that every point in the universe can communicate INSTANTANEOUSLY with every other point.

This is for the geeks: As you know, lover of all things , over the past two centuries, scientists have discovered that the physical universe is fundamentally non-linear, multi-valent, and multi-dimensional. Almost every physicist working today agrees that uniform, linear time is only an illusion, that the universe does not choose among its various possible futures until a conscious mind LOOKS at it, and that every point in the universe can communicate INSTANTANEOUSLY with every other point. And yet, this revolution in understanding seems to have almost no effect on the way most people think about their world and themselves. On this level, The Garden of Forking Paths is an attempt to provide a bridge towards, and a tangible EXPERIENCE of, the non-linear dynamics at the heart of our contemporary cosmology (and our psychology).

As you know, lover of all things, over the past two centuries, scientists have discovered that the physical universe is fundamentally non-linear, multi-valent, and multi-dimensional. Almost every physicist working today agrees that uniform, linear time is only an illusion, that the universe does not choose among its various possible futures until a conscious mind LOOKS at it, and that every point in the universe can communicate INSTANTANEOUSLY with every other point.

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