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Quantum Constructionism

A Founder's Guide to the Present Future

Why would we engage in scientific theories which seem all but impossible?

A book on how the broad term of constructionism and the broad term of the quantum paradigm can be linked in Kuhnian terms to entertain new probabilities—written for those who consider themselves founders in various fields.

Chapter Two is in KW Norton's words. The other chapters hold an arc sketch and suggested questions, drafted by engineered intelligence as scaffolding for her writing.

Contents

Introduction

  1. Nautilus spiral chapter markIntroduction · awaiting the author's writingThe Present FutureWhy would we engage in scientific theories which seem all but impossible?

Part I · Normal Science

  1. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter One · awaiting the author's writingThe World That WorksWhat does a reigning paradigm make easy to see, and what does it make hard to see?
  2. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter TwoThe Distance From Impossible to Improbable to Totally PossibleWhat separates a transformation we can imagine from one we can make increasingly likely?

Part II · Anomaly

  1. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Three · awaiting the author's writingWhat Doesn't FitWhat do we do with the result the old model cannot explain?
  2. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Four · awaiting the author's writingRelationships Before ThingsWhat if the relationships come first, and the things second?

Part III · Crisis

  1. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Five · awaiting the author's writingWhen the Map FailsWhat happens when the people best trained in the old paradigm are the last to see it failing?
  2. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Six · awaiting the author's writingLearning by BuildingCan we understand something we have never tried to make?

Part IV · Revolution

  1. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Seven · awaiting the author's writingThe Language ProblemHow do you explain something new in a language built for the old?
  2. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Eight · awaiting the author's writingA Decision Made on FaithWhat do we commit to before the evidence is complete?

Part V · The New Paradigm

  1. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Nine · awaiting the author's writingQuantum ConstructionismWhat becomes thinkable when constructionism and the quantum paradigm are held together?
  2. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Ten · awaiting the author's writingConstructing the ProbableHow do we make a possible future more likely without pretending to control it?
  3. Nautilus spiral chapter markChapter Eleven · awaiting the author's writingThe Present FutureIf the future is being built now, who is building it?