Tales of the Quantum: Understanding Physics' Most Fundamental Theory

by Art Hobson

In a world in dire need of scientific literacy, pseudoscience is exactly what we don’t need.

It’s not a good day for science when book store managers and librarians wonder whether a particular book should be shelved under new age, religion, or quantum physics.

So beware: Science can be dangerous to your beliefs. And, as Galileo discovered, this can, in turn, be dangerous for your health, especially if you live in a time or place of fervent irrational belief.

Paul Valery put it, “One has to be a Newton to see that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn’t fall.”

People’s worldviews are mostly acquired thoughtlessly, as part of the cultural air.