Light is both a wave and a particle at the same time. The cat is both dead and alive. The electron is both here and there at once. The Taoist yin and/or yang. The Jungian conjunction of opposites. What is the role of this paralogical thinking in our encounter with the universe? Does it help us to understand to admit the fundamental irreducible nature of paradox? Is all ultimate truth paradoxical? Watch this clip while you're contemplating this: http://www.lifeartsmedia.com/tim-freke-the-mystery-experience Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Maybe part of it is to discover that seeing nature as fundamentally being irreducible paradox is incorrect? And/or that language, labels and concepts are deeply insufficient as a way of symbolizing or representing or apprehending and sharing deeper truths? Language is ok for communicating and examining consciousness or mind but by its very nature can never be just what it actually is trying to describe? er..
That's what I was thinking. In the same sense that science admits paradox in a provisional sort of way until some more accurate understanding comes along that can make it seem consistent. Is there a way of thinking about light that makes its particle and wave natures blend together seamlessly and intuitively? Until such broader schemes arrive, I see a certain value in being true to the nature of the phenomenon in spite of it being paradoxical to our ingrained sense of aristolelean logic.
