Quantum Systems Psychology:
- "The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike."
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Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You & Your World
was written by Robert Anton Wilson and originally published in 1990.
Quantum Psychology is sometimes considered a follow-up to Wilson's earlier volume Prometheus Rising, mainly for the presence of practical exercises to demonstrate its concepts at the end of each chapter (this time intended for groups rather than a lone reader).
Its primary focus is on the metaphysical and epistemological problems of Aristotelean reasoning and its use in everyday language, covering E-Prime and how it addresses many of the semantic (and resulting perceptual) "spooks" common language lets in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Psychology
An interesting tidbit:
What is/are E and E-Prime?
"In 1933, in Science and Sanity, Alfred Korzybski proposed that we should abolish the "is of identity" from the English language. (The "is of identity" takes the form X is a Y. e.g., "Joe is a Communist," "Mary is a dumb file-clerk," "The universe is a giant machine," etc.)
In 1949, D. David Bourland Jr. proposed the abolition of all forms of the words "is" or "to be" and the Bourland proposal (English without "isness") he called E-Prime, or English-Prime...
To begin to get the hang of E-Prime, consider the following two columns, the first written in Standard English and the second in English Prime.
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Standard English English Prime 1. The photon is a wave. 1. The photon behaves as a wave when constrained by certain instruments. 2. The photon is a particle. 2. The photon appears as a particle when constrained by other instruments. 3. John is unhappy and grouchy. 3. John appears unhappy and grouchy in the office. 4. John is bright and cheerful. 4. John appears bright and cheerful on holiday at the beach. 5. The car involved in the hit-and-run accident was a blue Ford. 5. In memory, I think I recall the car involved in the hit-and-run accident as a blue Ford. 6. That is a fascist idea. 6. That seems like a fascist idea to me. 7. Beethoven is better than Mozart. 7. In my present mixed state of musical education and ignorance Beethoven seems better than Mozart to me. 8. Lady Chatterly's lover is a ographic novel. 8. Lady Chatterly's lover seems like a ographic novel to me. 9. Grass is green. 9. Grass registers as green to most human eyes. 10. The first man stabbed the second man with a knife. 10. I think I saw the first man stab the second man with a knife." http://www.rawilson.com/quantum.shtml
http://www.pstnet.com/products/e-prime/
E-Prime:
"These are sample scripts, replicating classic, unique, or interesting studies in experimental psychology. They are intended both to demonstrate the results of the studies and to show what E-Prime can do as an experiment generation framework. They are free to download, though we ask that you credit this project if you use them in a public context."
http://step.psy.cmu.edu/scripts/
Carnegie Mellon University.
STEP (System for Teaching Experimental Psychology) is an project designed to maximize the use of E-Prime, PsyScope, and other experiment generating systems for teaching undergraduate classes in Experimental Psychology. It is directed by Brian MacWhinney in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.
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