Science: A Solid Whole

Classical physics treats the observer as separate from physical reality, but quantum theory shows that the observer is unavoidably involved in measurement. This work argues that modern science is incomplete because it excludes the role of consciousness. Drawing on views from scientists and philosophers, it contends that human beings are part of nature and the mind is essential to observation. The author suggests that scientific theories must incorporate the workings of the human mind, and that free will is an illusion, with everything in the universe falling under determinism and scientific explanation.

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Abstract

However, the observations encompassed by classical physics excludes the observer from the physical reality, yet the deep-down understandung of nature --{\it the quantum theory}-- can not avoid the intrusion of observer into the measurement process. Indeed, the quantum physics experiments have knocked the door of a new paradigm: in which science of consciousness is an important axiom. In the present work, it is argued --by taking into account of the views of learned scientists and philosophers-- that modern science is incomplete and lacking something in the basic understanding of nature \cite{r}. Classical physics has failed to explain the dynamics of the microscopic particles, eventhough modern scientific researches are based upon the prejudice posed by classical physics: keeping the outer physical universe as a separate entity, that is something quite independent of the observer --human mind. One should not forget that human-being is a part of nature and human mind is an essential component of our observations. Basically, it is the observer --the consciousness-- which makes perception possible. The working of human mind must be included in our scientific theories. In fact, human free will is an illusion and nothing in the entire universe (with life) lies outside the domain of science and determinism.