The Hidden Variable Theory

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David Baum has been developing the hidden variable theory. It holds that there is a realm of invariables that explain, that control is all quantum processes and will get us out of all these puzzles if we look hard enough. Evan Harris Walker has developed this by showing that the hidden variables if they exist must function nonlocally. But it does seem mighty odd from the point of view of what's called common sense according to some physicists.

Guest speaker: Robert Anton Wilson PROGRAM NOTES: Date this lecture was recorded: February 1982 [NOTE: All quotations are by Robert Anton Wilson.] "The belief in certitude, I suspect, is a primate habit." "One thing I want to make absolutely clear is that almost all pessimism results from watching what the government is doing. . . . because the government is the last place that important change is registered. And so if you're looking at the government you're looking at the past." "Certitude only belongs to those people who own just one encyclopedia." Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option