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found in the geometry of space-time, and not in the electromagnetic fields. What Wheeler actually said is, "There is nothing in the world except curved empty space. Matter, charge, electromagnetism . . . are only manifestations of the bending of space. Physics is geometry!" [Emphasis added.] 3
What Wheeler had in mind in 1957, when he made this assertion, is that in spite of the successes of quantum theory, a geometrical approach gives a more comprehensive model of space-time. In addition, the physical laws that we experience, such as the laws of gravity and force, derive principally from symmetry laws and from the underlying geometry of space-time. What symmetry laws mean is that a given physics experiment conducted at different places or at different times must give the same result. The law of conservation of energy, which is the foundation of physics, can be derived explicitly from these symmetry laws. We similarly think that since psi must be compatible with physics, its explanation will also be derived from the geometry of space-time.
When we say that the eventual description of the physics of psi will come from geometry, we mean that psi is often seen as paradoxical because we presently misconstrue the nature of the space-time in which we reside. The naive realist picture of our reality says that we are each separate creatures sitting on our own well-circumscribed points in space-time. Modern physics, for the past thirty years, has been asserting that this concept is not correct.
The quantum physicist's view is that we live in a "nonlocal" reality, which is to say that we can be affected by events that are distant from our ordinary awareness. This is a very alarming idea for an experimental physicist, because it means that laboratory experiments set up on an isolated table are subject to outside influences that may be beyond the scientist's control. In fact, the data from precognition research strongly suggests that an experiment could, in principle, be affected by a signal sent from the future! David Bohm has called this web of connections "quantum-interconnectedness." So, the short answer to the question, "How is it that I can describe a distant object?" is that the object is not as distant as it appears. To us, the data suggests that all of space-time is available to your consciousness, right where you are.

 
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