May The [Vital] Force Be With You-Part 2 Homeopathy, Star Wars & The Rise Of ‘Fantasy Physics'

One ought to talk about quantum theory [QT]; not just because it too defies ‘common sense,’ but because it is possible to use its way of thinking about things — to elucidate certain, or some, aspects of homeopathy and its therapeutic process.

- Dr Lionel Milgrom

Now we can begin to see how the Vital Force could be described in [unorthodox] QT terms. By the way, from sceptics this has earned me the epithet of ‘fantasy physicist,’ apparently because of what they believe is my abuse and utter incomprehension of quantum theory. Little stinkers, but it’s quite catchy, don’t you think? I shall wear my new nom de guerre with pride… so, moving on…

What I’m proposing is a model of the Vf, based on the similarity of discourse between the Vf and a quantum entity’s wave function. Remember, the Vf cannot be observed directly, but its existence is inferred from the symptoms it produces: similarly, a quantum entity’s wave function is physical but not directly observable; its existence being inferred from the effects it produces in our reality.

THE MODEL EXPLAINED

So, this model imagines the Vf as behaving like a spinning top, or more precisely a multi-dimensional quantised gyroscope [1]. I’ll return to the multi-dimensional quantised bit later, but for now, if you think about it, you’ll realise such an idea isn’t so strange. Meanwhile a real gyroscope is a spinning flywheel set inside a metal frame: this allows it to be picked up and examined as it spins without interfering with its motion. So, let’s first examine how a real gyroscope behaves.

Once its flywheel is set spinning fast enough, a real gyroscope stands upright against the Earth’s gravitational field, balancing even on a point and seemingly defying gravity. Any attempt to push it over is strongly resisted. This can be experienced more directly by actually holding a spinning gyroscope and trying to turn it. The feeling of its resistance to being turned makes it appear subjectively as if the gyroscope is alive.