With the discovery of quantum uncertainty in the 1920s, a door is opened in materialism for mind to manipulate. Some philosophically minded physicists start to search for theories to incorporate mind into matter, although the quantum uncertainty seems to be too small for mind manipulation to cause sufficient effect in human bodies.
In his inspiring book “God and the New Physics”, Paul Davies gave an excellent survey of modern observations of mind involvement in matter activities. The notables include: 1) Reductionism vs. holism: While traditionally it is thought all activities in nature can be reduced to particles under physics laws in the same way as billiards on a table, it is mysterious why life doesn’t show up in each atom but surfaces in a collection of atoms. A novel tells a lot and may even have tremendous impact on us, but no meaning can be found in each letter. It is a mystery at what point meaningfulness starts to impact a mind. There is clearly something which is present when considered as a whole but does not exist in each individual atomic part. 2) Quantum mechanics dictates that the state of matter being observed depends on the observer’s act of measurement. 3) Mind has ability to increase order at one location, although at the price of reducing order elsewhere. Etc.
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