We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe.
John Archibald WheelerThere are many modes of thinking about the world around us and our place in it. I like to consider all the angles from which we might gain perspective on our amazing universe and the nature of existence.
John Archibald WheelerI like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the philosophy of our times
John Archibald WheelerIn order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.
John Archibald Wheeler'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands safely behind the thick glass wall and watches what goes on without taking part. It can't be done, quantum mechanics says it...May the universe in some sense be 'brought into being' by the participation of those who participate?
John Archibald Wheeler