Hey all,
This is my first post here, but I have a feeling I'll be browsing these forms quite often. With that, I suppose I should post a quick bio.

Name: Casey
Gender: Male
Age: 21

Occupation: Student
Major: Psychology
With any luck, I'll be admitted into an allopathic medicine (MD) program after I graduate.
I will have my B.S. in a few months.

Religious Views: Agnostic

Academic Interests:
Chemistry
Biology
Quantum Mechanics
Philosophy
Cognitive Psychology
Drugs and Medicine
Artifical Intelligence


Other Interests:
Paintball
Skiing
Snowboarding
Martial Arts
Running
Music (All types but Soul/Jazz)
Video Games

Favorite Quote: Veni Vidi Vici --Julius Caesar

Welcome. Quantum mechanics and psychology offer an interesting mix. Do you plan to learn the mathematics requisite for performing computations and gaining a better understanding of QM?

Very true.

The problem is, I have (many) more interests than available time. That said, I doubt I'll ever study mathematics beyond Calculus.

I merely study it conceptually and abstractly. Besides, some level of QM is required to understand Chemistry.

A big welcome, young Casey. It was on January 14, 1951 when I was 21.

That spring I received my BA in psychology/philosophy at http://www.mta.ca Sackville, NB.

In the summer of 1951 I trained as an officer-cadet in the Canadian Navy. As part of our education, our division--we were part of three ships, two frigates and a cruiser--had the privilege of crossing the Atlantic ocean, via the longer and warmer route, and visiting England and Wales, which we could see still bore many of the scars of WW 2.

We came back via the colder, shorter and stormy north Atlantic route. Wow! It was rough. We even had to stop for shelter at St. John's, NL (the oldest city in North America) and near my home town, http://www.bellisland.net which, during WW 2, was part of the Battle of the Atlantic
http://www.geocities.com/bellisland_nfld_1942/part1pg1.html At twelve, I witnessed these two battles in which 69 young men lost their lives.

In 1951, I was part of the crew of the Swansea, which was a WW 2 battle-frigate. It sank several enemy subs in the Battle of the Atlantic. Named after Swansea Wales, our ship was given a civic reception when we visited that Swansea. Very interesting.

That fall I entered The Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, NS. http://astheology.ns.ca/ It is inter-denominational, not just one faith.

All the best to you as you persue your goal to become a healer of sick minds (spirits?) beginning with the study of psychology. If you don't mind, may I envy you.

You say that Your Religious Views are, agnostic.

Okay, although there are a few things I think, and hope, that I know something about, partially, I think of myself as a curious agnostic about many things, including theology--a science. I am interested in science, but I question scientism--the worship of science.

HERE'S TO CURIOUS AGNOSTICISM, the mother of new ideas.
Like you, I often feel I don't have all the time I need, here, to explore my interests. This is why I have the hope, pneumatologically speaking, that there is more to this life than just this one.

I am even willing to accept, and to explore, the possibility that there is such a thing as re-incarnation. Or that there is life on other planets in other galaxies, to which we, using new spiritual-based technologies, will be able, eventually, to move. I am not at all doctrinaire about matters of philosophy and religion.

At this point, I find it impossible to accept that physical death is the end of consciousness. After all, if this is true, who will ever really know anything, right?

By the way, I am using this stage of my life--which I prefer to call one of re-directment--not just to cram for my finals, but to explore new ideas, like those which interest you. For example,
....Cognitive Psychology (pneumatology?)
....Drugs,vitamins, minerals, foods, enzymes, herbs and complementary forms of medicine
....Artifical Intelligence...I am very interested in what is called the new physics, the kind about which Seth Lloyd, MIT, writes. Check out http://www.me.mit.edu/people/personal/slloyd.htm
....
You say that you like music (All types but Soul/Jazz). Like you, I am not fond of S/J, but ironically, I have a 48 year-old son who is a professional Jazz--all the woodwinds--musician, and good at what he does. However, to make ends meet, he is school teacher.
Video Games? Yea, my grand children love them.

You write that your Favorite Quote is: Veni Vidi Vici --Julius Caesar.
I do not have a favourite quote but here is my epitaph: HE AGREED TO DISAGREE, AGREEABLY . Who said it first? I have no idea.

Welcome casey,

I have little doubt that you will broaden your horizons at brainmeta.
Indeed I surely hope you do and maybe inject some modern ideas to supplement those already posted by other members.
Above all, enjoy your experience amongst us and be prepared to differ from other perspectives - after all, we are all learning (or think we are)!

You're very inspiring.



Yes, I'm not certain what to believe about death yet. I cannot thoroughly disprove any theory.

But I do know this: when I die, I want to live on as part of the social conscious of those superseding me. I hope I'll be able to impart some wisdom for the future generations.

Keep in mind, Casey: I take a rational and scientific approach to all matters, including matters of philosophy and FAITH.

I abhor all dogmatic doctrines, including religious and scientific ones. Keep in mind: Interestingly, I have found that some atheists and agnostics can, often, be just as dogmatic and just closed-minded as fanatic believers.

Sad!!!! isn't it?

BTW, Carl Sagan's famous quote, about the cosmos, comes to mind. "The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be." If this is true, IMO, GØD equals the cosmos.