Trying to believe something that you have known your whole life to be impossible is like putting one sprinkle on a cupcake. The cupcake represents what you have believed, and the sprinkle is what you are trying hard to believe. Because the cupcake is a lot bigger than the one sprinkle, it outweighs the sprinkle. So basically if you think you believe something is possible that you believed your whole life to be impossible, the probability of seeing a change is very slim.
Mathew Greminger,The Laws of Life: A quantum point of view
CLEVELAND, OH – When Mathew Greminger was little, he had an uncle who taught him to question things, an English teacher with an essay assignment, and a dream of writing a book about quantum physics. That was last year.
Now in the 10th grade, his essay has turned into Chapter One of The Laws of Life: A quantum point of view, and so far Mathew has written five chapters of his book which explore such topics as the nature of truth, quantum entanglement, precognitive dreams and an explanation for an information-based universe. Along the way he has puzzled and annoyed his public school teachers, won an essay competition, and made his uncle proud. He has also changed schools.
Mathew Greminger |
Somehow a kid who asks questions like “ What is a fact?” and answers himself with even more questions like, “Most believe a fact to be an indisputable truth. But what is the truth? Is the truth really reality? Is it possible to have two truths, one that is absolute and one that is relative ?” just doesn’t quite fit into the public school mold. Not surprisingly, Mathew had problems scholastically. In addition, many of his teachers did not believe he had written his own essay material. When he reached beyond school for encouragement, writing to publishing companies and college physics departments introducing his work, he was totally blown off.
Then, he saw the movie What the BLEEP Do We Know!? Inspired by the fact that filmmakers were examining the same topics he was interested in, he contacted Will Arntz, one of the movie’s producers, as well as physicist Fred Alan Wolf, an interviewee in the film. Both responded with the first encouragement he had received outside of his immediate family.
“I have read your little book,” wrote Wolf. “And I am very impressed that someone your age could write it. You ask very good questions…. I hope that your interests maintain in both the fields of physics and philosophy … in college and graduate school.”
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