{"id":471,"date":"2009-07-07T06:54:01","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sabusense.com\/?p=471"},"modified":"2009-07-08T20:27:56","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T00:27:56","slug":"part-ii-sharing-the-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sabusense.com\/?p=471","title":{"rendered":"Part II: Sharing the Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1st Root Cause: The Quantum Paradox<\/strong><\/p>\n

(see New Understanding: The Complementarity of Policy and Practice<\/a>),<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

While the characterization of the paradox\u2019s nature as \u201cQuantum\u201d comes from science, the situation, as the modified Sistine Chapel metaphor, below, suggests shows up earlier.<\/p>\n

\"touch\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a tension that, over the ages, has been \u201cfelt\u201d more than understood. That may be why we find it more easily expressed through metaphors and art such as the story of the \u201cBlind Men and the Elephant<\/em>;\u201d or the Forest and Trees<\/em> metaphor. In more recent times, Quantum Physicists introduced us to another example — the \u201cwave-particle<\/em>\u201d duality of matter.<\/p>\n

Light, for example, has properties of both<\/strong> particles and<\/strong> waves, which can lead to use of two different models to study and make sense of it as one or the other. Which one is used to frame understanding usually depends on the purposes and tools of the observer. Unfortunately, that makes it difficult to get a handle on its actual both-at-the-same-time<\/em> nature.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, if the task is to harness the power of light<\/strong>, that actual both\/and<\/em> nature has to be tapped. To do that, however, it first has to be acknowledged, and this can be difficult for those of us accustomed to the benefits of simple answers found within either\/or<\/em> mindsets.<\/p>\n