We are all Interconnected even with the Universe

Fritjof Capra – 5 important recent ‘shifts’ of perspective of humankind.

1. Shift from the Part to the Whole- The properties of the part must be understood as dynamics of the whole.
2. Shift from Structures to Process- Every structure is seen as the manifestation of an underlying process, and the entire web of relationships is understood to be fundamentally dynamic.
3. Shift from Objective to ‘Epistemic’ Science- Descriptions are no longer viewed as objective and independent of the human observer and the process of knowledge. Thus the process, which we have defined as the nre epistemology must be included explicitly in the description.
4. Shift from ‘Building’ to ‘Network’ as Metaphor of Knowledge- Since phenomena exist by virtue of their mutually consistent relationships, any physics which describes phenomena must meet the requirement that components be consistent with one another and with themselves. Thus knowledge can no longer be viewed as ‘built’ upon unchanging or ‘reified’ foundations, and must be viewed rather as an interconnected network of relationships founded on self-consistency and general agreements with facts.
5. Shift from Truth to Approximate Descriptions – Since nature is an interconnected, dynamic web of relationships, the identification of patterns as objects depends upon the process of knowledge and human observation. This means that the true description of any object is a web of relationships associated with concepts and models, and that the whole which constitutes the entire web of relationships cannot be represented in the necessarily approximate description.
   • Fritjof Capra The Role of Physics in the Current Change of Paradigms, in The World View of Contemporary Physics. p. 151

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