I’m questioning some basic assumptions about the nature of reality after reading “Spooky Action at a Distance,” a new book written by my friend and colleague George Musser. I join many others in regarding Musser as one of the best science writers covering cutting-edge physics research. (As an additional disclosure, he belonged to an American Institute of Physics committee that advised Inside Science.) His book contains fascinating, mind-expanding ideas, and I’ve been thinking about them for days on end.
By synthesizing many state-of-the-art ideas in physics research, Musser presents a highly plausible argument that our perception of space may be an illusion. By space, I don’t just mean outer space, but the entire world around us, including the three dimensions of your bedroom, the colorful landscape outside your window, and the distance between your home and workplace. Yes, your commute may fundamentally be an illusion, according to these emerging theories. It still may take time and energy to get to where you need to go, but what you see outside your car window may not be quite as it appears.
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