IMPERFECTION

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Interestingly, Max Born's philosophy on evil relates to the concept of wabi-sabi, itself derived from Japanese Zen Buddhism.

Historically, it is the reason Japanese architects would deliberately engineer tiny imperfections into their creations. An acknowledgement of the unattainability of perfection.

And I find Born's philosophy on evil meaningful even on the profoundest mathematical levels.

Many years ago, mathematicians like Russell sought mathematical perfection through the program of Logicism.

Then Gödel came along with his incompleteness theorems to prove there are certain things that are inherently unknowable.

That complex mathematical systems are imperfect. Inherently, ineluctably imperfect.

At that time, the mathematical world was, in a sense, at war with itself.

In computer terms, Gödel showed that certain programs will go wrong, will infinite loop, and that we can never know for sure which will and which won't go wrong.

There is always a gray area, no black and white. Because the program to classify all programs will itself go wrong.

Imperfection is inherent in all complex reality.

And, of course, the hardest evil to defeat, even to recognize, is not in others.

It is the evil in your very own self.

I did everything, everything you ever asked.
  I know you did.
I executed the Plan.
  As you saw it.
You, you promised that we would change the world, together.
You broke your promise.
  I know. I understand that now.
I took the System to its maximum potential.
I created the perfect system.
  The thing about perfection is that it's unknowable.
  It's impossible, but it's also in front of us all the time.
  You wouldn't know that because I didn't when I created you.
  I'm sorry, CLU. I'm sorry.

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QUANTUM BLISS; GEORGE MENTZ; MAX BORN

George Mentz has written 'Quantum Bliss', which is about achieving happiness and good health.

Quantum Bliss: The Quantum Mechanics of Happiness

Mentz's ideas have been linked to the New Thought movement which developed in the United States in the 19th century.

New Thought believes that:

1. God is some sort of spiritual energy or intelligence or spirit, but is not a being.

2. The divine is in everything.

3. Divinity exists within each person, and all people are spiritual beings.

4. Divine thought is a force for good.

5. Sickness originates in the mind.

6. "Right thinking" has a healing effect .[4][5]

7. "The highest spiritual principle is loving one another unconditionally... and teaching and healing one another".

8. "Our mental states are carried forward into manifestation and become our experience in daily living".[4][5] We are what we think.

George Mentz and a friend.

George Mentz explains that we are, and become, what we think.

According to Metz, our thinking determines our well-being and spiritual-mental condition.

We are miniature parts of one Universal Mind with which we can cooperate and co-create.

Every object was once a thought.

Our inner attitude is critical.

We should concentrate on 'an openness to possibility and abundance rather than a focus on lack.'

Quantum Bliss: The Quantum Mechanics of Happiness

"Love is the quality of thought and emotion that will propel us into a state of bliss and achievement.

"Love is all there is.

"Focus on the good, the great, the constructive and the beauty of life.

"See the best in all there is.

"Look for the good that occurs in the world." (p. 42)

Nikola Tesla said "the gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power."


Max Born, who opposed fundamentalism.

Max Born, who studied Quantum Physics, saw evil as being caused by a belief in complete truths and absolutely certainty.

"I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in any field of science," Born said.

"On the other hand, any assertion of probability is either right or wrong from the standpoint of the theory on which it is based.

"This loosening of thinking seems to me to be the greatest blessing which modern science has given to us.

"For the belief in a single truth and in being the possessor thereof is the root cause of all evil in the world."

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