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“Everyone
Is Perfect” A Quantum Epistemology
of Being as Cognition The modern druid’s take When
someone says “Everyone is perfect,” it often
sounds like a feel-good slogan. But if we look deeper into the nature of how
reality becomes knowable to us, this statement can be given a clear and
rigorous foundation. This
foundation lies in how quantum physics shows that the world, as we can
observe and describe it, comes into focus only through discrete, definite
events. These events are the basic building blocks of all knowledge and
experience. Let’s
walk step by step through how this works. 1. From Possibility to Actuality At the most
fundamental level, quantum systems do not have fixed, definite properties.
For example, before you measure it, an electron doesn’t have a specific
position or spin direction. Instead, it exists in a superposition—a
blend of many possible states. But when
we (as
quantised units) perform a measurement, something remarkable happens.
The electron is forced to “decide” on just one outcome. Perhaps its spin is
“up.” At that instant, all the other possibilities simply don’t happen. This
moment of “decision” is called collapse (in one interpretation) or decoherence
(in another). Either way, it produces a definite, concrete fact. Example: Imagine
you flip a coin hidden under your hand. Until you look, it is both heads and
tails in a sense—just as the electron’s spin is both up and down. When you
lift your hand, you see exactly one result. That unique outcome is what makes
the event cognizable: you can perceive it, record it, and communicate
it. 2. Knowledge as Differential Events Knowledge
is never simply about observing what was already there. Instead, it
depends on perceiving the difference between what could have happened
and what did happen. For
example, if you always measured the same spin, there would be no contrast—no
surprise—and therefore no new knowledge. Every
observation creates a differential event: it stands out from the field
of possibilities and becomes the specific fact you
can know. Example: Think of
a thermometer. The liquid inside can rise to any of many possible positions.
But when you look, you see one exact temperature. That difference—between the
range of possible readings and the actual reading—is what produces
information. 3. Observation as Conditional Inference Importantly,
observation (i.e.
when I make contact) is not a passive process. It is a conditional
response: ·
You choose how to measure (what you’re looking
for, with which instruments). ·
The measuring device, that operates discretely,
interacts with the system and “pushes” it to take on a definite state. ·
You interpret the outcome as an observation of
something real (meaning
undeniable). In other
words, measurement is an act of inference. You are not simply
discovering a pre-existing label, but bringing about
a specific outcome through your very personal interaction function and
drawing conclusions about it. Example: A Geiger
counter does not just “read off” radiation that exists independently in all
detail. It interacts with the radioactive material, causes a click, and you
infer that a decay event has occurred. Without your detector’s response and
your inference, the decay is not a knowable fact. 4. Quantised Units of Information Each
measurement (-as
observation or contact) gives you a discrete, finite amount of
information—a quantised “bite” (as bit) you can record and share. ·
In the case of measuring spin, you get a single
bit: spin up or spin down. ·
In the case of measuring position more precisely,
you get more refined, but still finite, information. This
discreteness is crucial: no measurement can yield unlimited, continuous data
in practice. Every
observation produces a quantised unit of resolved information (actually a strike or instruction, i.e., a contact),
like a clean digital snapshot rather than a blurry probability cloud. Example: Think of
taking a photograph. The scene has infinite detail in principle, but your
camera sensor turns it into millions of discrete pixels—each one a decided
piece of information. In quantum measurements, each pixel is a fully resolved
outcome (or bit). 5. What Makes an Event “Perfect” In this
context, “perfect” does
not mean morally ideal or flawless. Instead, it has a precise sense: An event
is perfect when it is: ·
Complete: decided, done. ·
Definite: It has no ambiguity left
within the chosen measurement. ·
Differential: It stands out clearly from the
prior uncertainty. ·
Reified: It becomes real enough to
make an impact and be recorded. ·
Discrete: It yields a finite,
unambiguous unit of information, a bit and which defines the absolutely smallest (uncuttable, hence atomised) unit of
is’ness, hence of existence. This is
why, once you measure a quantum system, the outcome, because quantised (by
the observer) is “perfect.” It is as fully determined as it can be in that
moment and context. No further measurement can make that specific result more
complete. Example: When
Schrödinger’s cat is observed, it is definitively alive or dead. That
definite result is epistemically perfect in the sense that it ends the prior
uncertainty. 6. Extending This to “Everyone” So what does this have to do
with the phrase “Everyone is perfect”? If we
think of “everyone” not as people, but as the set of observer-registered
aggregate of events—each individual a resolved,
because quantised , hence whole and complete
“1”—then the statement means: Every such
discrete, decided, observer-registered event is perfect, because it is fully
complete and fully real in its context. Example: If
multiple scientists measure photons in an experiment, each measurement yields
a discrete result—this photon passed through this slit. Each of these results
is definite and unambiguous—each is, in this epistemic sense, perfect. 7. Why This Matters This
perspective has important implications: ·
All knowable reality is built by an unique observer from resolved, discrete events. ·
Knowledge itself depends on, indeed is defined as
these quantum acts of “decision.” ·
No fact we can ever know escapes this framework
of finite, definite outcomes. Thus, “Everyone
is perfect” becomes not an empty platitude, but a statement about the fundamental
nature of the cognition of existence. Every decided quantum event—the
minimal unit of knowing, and hence of being—is as perfect and complete as it
can possibly be. In Plain Terms Whenever anything
is observed and becomes real for us, it is: ·
fully resolved, ·
unambiguous, ·
a discrete unit of instruction (a bit) supporting
an information medium (a bite). This is
what makes each quantum event—and, metaphorically, every “1”—perfect in the
domain of knowledge. Inferential Perception and the Relativization of
Reality A universal Theory of Thingness |