The twin model: Human behaviour in a new perspective

Abstract

Anna Backerra

Starting from results in quantum mechanics, it is possible to combine fundamental physical knowledge with psychological, physical and social features of human beings. The main problem of quantum mechanics was the incompatibility with the deterministic view of scientists. The idea was that in principle each and every aspect of life could be brought under control if you spend enough effort. This notion came off from the huge success of the laws of Newton in the upcoming mechanical world and the idea that human beings were largely comparable with machines. Scientists thought that indeterminism, and so uncertainty in all its facets, had to be conquered. However, it is possible to tackle uncertainty from a mathematical perspective as an independent principle. A complementary language is derived, representing a dualistic way of considering the universe; when applied to physics it is called ‘twin physics’. It turns out that each phenomenon, from sub-atomic to astronomic, combines determinate and indeterminate aspects such that they occur joined in nature and one of them dominates the observation. The surprisingly wide applicability of twin physics, which started by considering complementarity in everyday life, is an invitation to consider human health analogously. Two basic types of behaviour are presented, based upon the difference between ‘certain’ (determinate) and ‘uncertain’ (indeterminate) aspects of life. These indications need more diverse explications when used for human health; for instance it may be expressed as the difference between activities requiring concentrated or expanded attention, respectively. This will be explained in a series of examples. Each living creature alternates between these two basic patterns of behaviour at each physical level. To stay healthy, this is also necessary at each psychological and mental level. A series of examples shows what may happen if a deviation of this principle occurs and how this could be restored.

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