IN MEMORIAM: William (Bill) Gough, 1930-2024

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Our hearts are filled with bittersweet feelings while remembering our friend, colleague and mentor, Bill. Bitter, because he is no longer with us and we miss him. But sweet (and a little jealous) because he is now (hopefully) experiencing the incredible lightness of being on the other side.

Bill had a remarkable, long life. You can read all about it in the San Jose Mercury News Obituary section under William Gough. He was a scientist with a keen mind, and sincerely wanting to understand ALL of nature, not just what the Physical Sciences have to offer. It is said that if you earnestly seek something, the universe will always answer, albeit not necessarily in the form you are expecting.

The Science of Connectiveness: Part III, The Human Experience

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W.C. Gough and R.L. Shacklett | This is the third of a series of three articles that will outline a proposed scientific model with the goal of stimulating a new vision toward resolving the Mind-matter question and acknowledging an underlying connectiveness in the universe. Scientific is defined to mean that the ‘parts’ or links already exist as useful concepts in the scientific community. The model being proposed assumes that everyday reality is not simply “out there” nor is it “within.” Rather, it is suggested that everyday reality is a “perception” we construct from aspects of the “unity” within which we are immersed.

The Science of Connectiveness: Part II, Mapping Beyond Space-Time

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W.C. Gough and R.L. Shacklett | Part II, Mapping Beyond Space-Time, discusses a process of interfacing between Mind and matter consistent with the concepts of quantum physics. Emphasis is placed upon the quantum feature of non-locality and upon twistor theory. The issues of causality and reproducibility in science are discussed. The article concludes with a description of the dynamics of the process — how the interplay takes place and works. This includes an outline of other symbolic tools of mathematics such as chaos theory that permit extending our three dimensional thinking.

The Science of Connectiveness: Part 1, Modeling A Greater Unity

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W.C. Gough and R.L. Shacklett | This is the first of a series of three articles that outline a proposed scientific model with the goal of stimulating a new vision toward resolving the Mind-matter question and acknowledging an underlying connectiveness in the universe. The model proposed assumes that everyday reality is not simply “out there” nor is it “within.” Rather, it is suggested that everyday reality is a “perception” we construct from aspects of the “unity” within which we are immersed.

Route to Ecological Sustainability

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Gough, W.C. Sep., 2008., 7 pages.
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The root structural cause underlying the global environment and security problems is the fact that ecology has become a subsystem of the economy. This occurred because the world is operating an open cycle economic system in which resources are extracted from the earth to enter the cycle and exit as wastes.