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Why quantum physics feels like modern mysticism.

In our search for science based meaning, we turn equations into myths.

Attention shapes meaning by selecting aspects of our environment for focus.

Physics teaches us that everything interacts.

I have long been fascinated by the strong attraction many people feel toward quantum field theory as a way to explain extraordinary experiences. As a psychiatrist interested in coincidences and the mysteries of mind–matter connection, I’ve noticed that the language of quantum physics often surfaces whenever people describe something uncanny. This post grew out of that curiosity—to understand not what the equations say, but why they have become symbols of the sacred.

We humans love mysteries that sound like answers. Quantum field the

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