{"id":955,"date":"2010-07-19T09:41:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T09:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/weekend-information-faith-reality-posts.html"},"modified":"2010-07-19T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T09:41:03","slug":"weekend-information-faith-reality-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/weekend-information-faith-reality-posts.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekend information, faith, reality posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed them over the weekend, I put up three posts about quantum mechanics, faith and the theory that <b>information<\/b> is the basis for reality. Here they are, in order:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/information-the-basis-of-reality-1.html\">Information, the basis of reality.<\/a> Introducing a theory being explored by quantum physicists; the theory holds that information, not energy or matter, is the fundamental building block of reality.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/does-faith-open-an-information-channel.html\">Does faith open an information channel? <\/a>Speculating on whether or not some information is only available to be received by people who have committed an act of faith<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/07\/openness-and-scientific-discovery.html\">Openness and scientific discovery:<\/a> Considering the role that openness to new information plays in scientific discovery.<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed them over the weekend, I put up three posts about quantum mechanics, faith and the theory that information is the basis for reality. 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