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If you go out and carefully study the sky near dusk or dawn, and you have relatively dark skies, the odds are that you should not have to wait more than 15 minutes before you see one of the more than 35,000 satellites now in orbit around Earth.
Most of these “satellites” are actually just “space junk”ranging in size from as large as 30 feet, down to about the size of a softball. The Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) headquartered at Vandenberg AFB in California, keeps a constant watch on all orbiting debris. And in fact most satellites — especially the bits of debris — are too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. But depending on who’s counting, several hundred can be spotted with the unaided eye. These are the satellites that are large enough (typically more than 20 feet in length) and low enough (100 to 400 miles above Earth) to be most readily seen a sunlight reflects off them.The International Space Station (ISS) is by far the biggest and brightest of all the man-made objects orbiting the Earth.
On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998, and is scheduled to be complete by 2011, with operations continuing until around 2015. More than four times as large as the defunct Russian Mir space station, the completed International Space Station will ultimately have a mass of about 1,040,000 pounds (520 tons) and will measure 356 feet across and 290 feet long, with almost an acre of solar panels to provide electrical power to six state-of-the-art laboratories.Presently circling the Earth at an average altitude of 216 mi (348 km) and at a speed of 17,200 mi (27,700 km) per hour, it completes 15.7 orbits per day and it can appear to move as fast as a high-flying jet airliner, sometimes taking about four to five minutes to cross the sky. Because of its size and configuration of highly reflective solar panels, the space station is now, by far, the brightest man-made object currently in orbit around the Earth. On favorable passes, it can appear as bright as the planet Venus, at magnitude -4.5, and some 16 times brighter than Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. Some have made estimates as bright as magnitude -5 or -6 for the station (smaller numbers represent brighter objects on this astronomers scale). And as a bonus, sunlight glinting directly off the solar panels can sometimes make the ISS appear to briefly “flare” in brilliance to as bright as magnitude -8; more than 16 times brighter than Venus!Other things to seeAlong with the ISS, you can also look for a space shuttle on those missions when one is approaching or departing from the space station. Also visible to the naked eye is the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope. And with good binoculars, you might also try sighting the infamous “ISS Toolbag” which accidentally was allowed to drift into space when veteran spacewalker and astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper lost her grip on the backpack-sized bag last Nov. 18 Viewing opportunitiesFrom now through the final days of July, North Americans and Europeans will have many opportunities to see the ISS flying over their homes, due chiefly to a seasonal circumstance.Nights are now the shortest and the time that a satellite in a low-Earth-orbit (like the ISS) can remain illuminated by the Sun can extend throughout the night, a situation that can never be attained during other times of the year. Because the ISS circles the Earth about every 90 minutes on average, this means that it’s possible to see it not just on one singular pass, but for several consecutive passes. Moreover, because the ISS revolves around the Earth in an orbit that is inclined 51.6-degrees to the equator, there are two types of passes that are visible. In the first case (we’ll call it a “Type I” pass), the ISS initially appears over toward the southwestern part of the sky and then sweeps over toward the northeast. About seven or eight hours later, it becomes possible to see a second type of pass (we’ll call it “Type II”), but this time with the ISS initially appearing over toward the northwestern part of the sky and sweeping over toward the southeast. During these next several weeks, Type I passes will initially be visible in the morning hours, prior to sunrise. By early July, Type I passes will be visible during the evening hours, just after sunset, while Type II passes will be occurring in the early morning. By late July, visibility of the Type II passes will have shifted into the evening hours. Viewing tipsSome passes are superior to others. If the ISS is not predicted to get much higher than 20-degrees above your local horizon, odds are that it will not get much brighter than second or third magnitude (10-degrees is roughly equal to the width of your fist held at arm’s length). In addition, with such low passes, the ISS will likely be visible for only a minute or two. Conversely, those passes that are higher in the sky – especially those above 45-degrees – will last longer and will be noticeably brighter. The very best viewing circumstances are those that take the ISS on a high arc across the sky about 45 to 60 minutes after sunset, or 45 to 60 minutes before sunrise. In such cases, you’ll have it in your sky upwards to four or five minutes; it will likely get very bright and there will be little or no chance of it encountering the Earth’s shadow. While the ISS looks like a moving star to the unaided eye, those who have been able to train a telescope on it have actually been able to detect its T-shape as it has whizzed across their field of view. Some have actually been able to track the ISS with their scope by moving it along the projected path. Those who have gotten a good glimpse describe the body of the Space Station as a brilliant white, while the solar panels appear a coppery red.For evening passes, the ISS will usually start out rather dim and then tend to grow in brightness as it moves across the sky. In contrast, for the morning passes, the ISS will already be quite bright when it first appears and will tend to fade somewhat toward the end of its predicted pass. This is due to the change in the angle of sunlight hitting the vehicle. Lastly, remember that in certain cases, the ISS will either quickly disappear when it slips into the Earth’s shadow (during evening passes) or quite suddenly appear when it slips out of the Earth’s shadow (during morning passes). This becomes increasingly more likely for passes that take place more than 90 minutes after sunset or more than 90 minutes before sunrise.The Hubble Space Telescope appears better than new as NASA puts the 19-year-old observatory through a battery of tests after its final facelift by an astronaut repair crew. Ed Weiler, NASA?s science missions chief, said Hubble is in the midst of meticulous systems and calibration checks following the successful upgrades and repairs by Atlantis shuttle astronauts. All of those have gone beautifully,? Weiler told reporters after Atlantis? smooth California landing on Sunday. ??Everything is going well, as far as I can tell.?The calibrations and electronics tests should run their course by the end of summer, with a new and improved Hubble once more ready for science observations in late August, Weiler saidAtlantis and its crew of seven astronauts touched down at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California at 11:39 a.m. EDT (1549 GMT) on Sunday, though it was early morning at their desert runway. The astronauts returned triumphant after a 13-day Hubble service call. ?Now and only now can we declare this mission completely a success,? said Weiler, who served as Hubble’s chief scientist between 1979 and 1998. ?The astronauts are safely on the ground.?Commanded by veteran spaceflyer Scott Altman, the Atlantis astronauts launched toward Hubble on May 11 and performed a five-spacewalk marathon that left the iconic space observatory more powerful than ever before. A whole new telescope Atlantis? mission was NASA?s fifth and last-ever shuttle flight to overhaul Hubble. NASA plans to retire its three aging space shuttles fleet next year and their replacement, the capsule-based Orion, is designed to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station and, ultimately, the moon. During their five back-to-back spacewalks, Atlantis astronauts installed two new instruments in Hubble – a powerful wide-field camera and a super-sensitive spectrograph. They swapped out old gyroscopes and batteries with new ones, performed two intricate repairs to revive two instruments – Hubble?s main Advanced Camera for Surveys and a versatile imaging spectrograph – that were never designed to be fixed in space. The enhancements, he added, should be the focus, and not the fact humans will never visit the space telescope again. ?We just repaired the Hubble Space Telescope,? an emphatic Weiler said. ?We?ve got a whole new telescope. We?ve got four new instruments. Two of them dead, now alive.?These are truly the best of times,? Weiler said. ?Not the worst of times.?The upgrades by the Atlantis crew should extend the space telescope?s life through at least 2014 if not longer, which would overlap with NASA?s next great observatory – the infrared-scanning James Webb Space Telescope slated to launch in 2013.Atlantis spacewalkers also attached a docking ring to Hubble so that, sometime after 2020, a robotic spacecraft can latch onto the telescope and discard it in the Pacific Ocean at its mission?s end.Hubble see sawWeiler said the success at Hubble is even more poignant since the mission almost never happened.In 2004, just a year after the tragic loss of the shuttle Columbia and its crew, NASA canceled the mission because of its risk. Hubble-bound astronauts would not be able to reach the safety of the International Space Station because of the telescope?s higher altitude and completely different orbit. Weiler and Hubble scientists were crushed, especially since Hubble was designed to be visited by astronauts every two or three years for vital maintenance. It was an astronaut crew that fixed Hubble?s blurry vision during a 1993 service call, just three years after the space telescope launched into space with a flawed mirror. That mission transformed Hubble from a national joke into ?a great American comeback story,? Weiler said. By 2004 – two years after its most recent upgrade – the telescope was again in need of repairs. Instead, the mission was cancelled on Jan. 16, 2004, the day after Weiler?s birthday.?If you would have told me on that day that I would be sitting her five years later, with a totally successful five-[spacewalk] mission, with a brand new Hubble once again that will probably operate into a third decade, I wouldn?t have bet you a penny,? Weiler said. ?This mission is a great success.?NASA resurrected the Hubble-bound mission in 2006 after resuming shuttle flights and successfully demonstrating heat shield repair techniques and tools. It was heat shield damage to Columbia?s left wing that doomed that shuttle and it?s astronauts during re-entry. During the Hubble flight, NASA kept the shuttle Endeavour on standby to fly an unprecedented a rescue mission in case Atlantis suffered similar damage. No rescue was needed. NASA plans to launch up to eight more shuttle flights by 2010 to complete the space station?s construction. The orbiting lab is expected to reach its full six-person crew size later this week when three new spaceflyers join the station?s current three-man crew. The next shuttle to launch will be Endeavour, which will move from its current perch atop Launch Pad 39B to the nearby Pad 39A early on May 30 for a planned June 13 launch toward the space station. Pad 39A is NASA?s prime shuttle launch site. Pad 39B will be turned over to the shuttle?s replacement booster ? the Ares I rocket. The first test flight, Ares I-X, is slated to launch no earlier than Aug. 30.The Atlantis astronauts are the last humans ever to touch or see Hubble up close. When they left the telescope last Tuesday, they recorded the departure from Hubble and later beamed it back to Earth.?All of us had, I wouldn?t say wet eyes,? said Weiler. ?But it was an emotional moment because we knew that was probably the last time humans would see Hubble.?The International Space Station unfurled its last set of solar wings Friday, boosting the orbiting laboratory up to full power after more than 10 years of construction. Astronauts aboard the station and docked shuttle Discovery kept all eyes on the two expansive solar arrays as they were remotely deployed from a console inside the orbiting lab. After just over two hours of work, Discovery skipper Lee Archambault radioed Mission Control that both wings were fully extended and looking good.?Tremendous news! Great work guys,? Mission Control called back. ?You?ve got a whole bunch of happy people down here as well.? We?re very happy as well,? Archambault said. ?Full power!?Each of the new 115-foot (35-meter) wings unfolded gracefully, with none of the potentially damaging glitches that have plagued past array deployments. Astronauts unfolded new arrays in stages, allowing them to warm in the sun to reduce the stickiness.As the wings hit full extension, the tense mood of Mission Control eased considerably as flight controllers erupted into applause, station flight director Kwatsi Alibaruho told reporters late Friday. He received messages that some engineers shed tears of joy.?We were literally on pins and needles,? Alibaruho said. ?It was just really like a great weight lifted.? ?The new $298 million solar arrays during a Thursday spacewalk, when astronauts moored the massive 16-ton girder supporting the new wings to the starboard-most side of the orbiting laboratory. By the end of today?s deployment, all eight of the space station?s solar wings – four on each side – were unfurled, completing construction on the outpost?s 335-foot (102-meter) backbone. They represent the last major U.S.-built piece of the space station. The first piece of the space station launched in 1998, with its first backbone segment lifting off two years later.?It was absolutely beautiful,? station commander Michael Fincke said in a televised interview, adding that there was a ?shout of triumph? as the wings unfurled. The astronauts aboard Discovery and the station are now preparing for the second spacewalk of their mission, set for Saturday, to upgrade systems outside the outpost.Space station power playThe new solar arrays are vital since they will complete the station’s power grid, boosting the current system by 25 percent. In all, the station is designed use all four sets of solar wings to produce enough electricity to power 42 houses on Earth, NASA has said. Astronauts and scientists are counting on that power supply so they can ramp up science operations and double the station’s crew size up to six people in late May. This last set of solar wings should generate about 36 kilowatts total, 15 kilowatts of which is reserved for science. It should double the current science power supply, mission managers said.Astronauts also made repairs to the outpost’s urine recycling system inside the orbital lab. The spaceflyers will install a new centrifuge to distill urine back into drinking water. The system is part of a larger water recycler that converts urine, astronaut sweat and condensation back into pure water for drinking, food preparation and bathing. Discovery launched toward the station late Sunday on a 13-day mission to swap out a member of the outpost’s crew and deliver the new solar arrays truss. Two of the mission’s three spacewalks remain. Four were originally planned, but NASA trimmed the flight due to launch delays in order to complete the construction work and depart the station before the launch of a previously scheduled Russian Soyuz spacecraft next week.The space around Earth is becoming more cluttered by the day with orbital junk that, if left unchecked, will pose an ever-increasing threat to current and future spacecraft, a panel of experts told a Congressional subcommittee on Tuesday.While space debris levels rose this year after the Feb. 10 collision between U.S. and Russian satellites, more rigorous tracking and cleaner spacecraft could help avoid such orbital smashups in the future, the panelists said. The threat posed by orbital debris to the reliable operation of space systems will continue to grow unless the sources of space debris are brought under control,? NASA?s chief orbital debris scientist Nicholas Johnson told the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee in Washington, D.C.The Department of Defense?s Space Surveillance Network, which relies on a global network of monitoring stations, is currently tracking more than 19,000 objects in Earth orbit larger than four inches (10 cm), but there are an estimated 300,000 total objects bigger than a half-inch (1 cm) in size circling Earth. In 1980, the network was tracking just 4,700 objects, about 2,600 of which were space trash. ?So in 29 years, the amount of space traffic has quadrupled,? said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Larry James, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command?s Joint Functional Component Command for Space.February?s satellite crash was the largest debris event since China intentionally destroyed a weather satellite in a 2007 anti-satellite test. But most of the man-made junk in space stems from fragmentation events, in which old and malfunctioning spacecraft break apart or explode.?It is clear to me that if the spacefaring nations of the world don?t take steps to minimize the growth of space junk, we will eventually face a situation where low Earth orbit becomes a risky place to carry out civil and commercial space activities,? said Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona), the committee?s chair. The fastest way to reduce the risk to satellites and manned spacecraft from space debris is to enhance a pilot program by the Department of Defense to alert commercial U.S. and foreign satellite operators of potential collisions so they can be avoided, Johnson said. That pilot project – the Commercial and Foreign Entities program – is expected to become operational later this year, James added.There are also efforts to upgrade the Space Surveillance Network, James said. The network cannot continuously track every one of the nearly 800 satellites currently in orbit that have the capability to dodge potential collision. Efforts are under way to set up that capability by sometime next year, he added.If funding comes through for a planned Space Fence, which would use new sensors to fill in network gaps, it could boost the number of objects tracked in space from 19,000 to nearly 100,000, James said. The Pentagon plans to launch a new satellite later this year to test space-based debris monitoring assets, he added. Richard DalBello, vice president of government relations for the satellite communications firm Intelsat, also said that attaching government space debris sensors on commercial satellites is another possible countermeasure. Space trash pick up Adhering to relatively simple practices, like venting a satellite?s fuel supply at mission?s end to avoid explosions and adding devices to catch severed bolts instead of blowing them out into space, can be effective in limiting the growth of unnecessary space trash, said Scott Pace, director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University. But other potential orbital mop up methods – such as firing Earth-based lasers at trash in space, carry political issues beyond their technical hurdles. ?There?s a fine line between a ground-based laser for cleaning orbital debris and a weapons system,? Pace said. ?So you?d have to have an amount of international discussion to decide whether that makes any sense.?Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) said that a while monitoring the space debris environment is vital, a more effective means of cleaning up the orbital junk already in space is also needed.?If you?re already charting the course, all we have to do is get something up there that will knock it down,? Rohrabacher said. ?And that doesn?t have to be something so sophisticated. Just a big bulldozer in the sky, you might say.? Spaceflight riskThe satellite collision above Siberia increased the risk of damage from space junk to spacecraft across a wide range of Earth orbits that include the Hubble Space Telescope, Earth observation satellites and astronauts aboard the International Space Station. It increased the risk to NASA?s station-bound space shuttles by about 6 percent, or a 1-in-318 chance of damage, the space agency said.NASA plans to launch the shuttle Atlantis to the Hubble Space Telescope on May 11, though the agency has said the increased space debris environment at the iconic observatory 372 miles (600 km) above Earth is one of the mission?s top risks.After a detailed analysis, the space agency found the risk of catastrophic damage from space debris around Hubble to be about a 1-in-221 chance, within acceptable limits. NASA?s guidelines call for no greater than a 1-in-200 chance of serious space debris damage.The space agency plans to position Atlantis in an orientation that provides extra protection for astronauts working outside the shuttle during the Hubble repair mission?s five spacewalks. The shuttle will also fly into a safer orbit soon after completing its work at the space telescope, NASA officials said.A second space shuttle, Endeavour, is also on a separate launch pad and poised to serve as a rescue ship if needed, should Atlantis be critically damaged by space debris.

Since the 1920’s, quantum physicists have been trying to make sense of an uncomfortable and startling possibility—that an infinite number of alternate universes exist. Leading scientists like Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku and Neil Turok, all of whom are responsible for life-changing breakthroughs in the field of quantum physics, have all suggested the existence of multiple universes.This jaw-dropping discovery was first made when, trying to pinpoint the exact location of an atomic particle, physicists found it was virtually impossible. It had no single location. In other words, atomic particles have the ability to simultaneously exist in more than one place at a time. The only explanation for this is that particles don’t only exist in our universe—They can spark into existence in an infinite number of parallel universes as well. And although these particles come to being and change in synchronicity, they are all slightly different.But here’s where things get really interesting. Drawing on the above-mentioned scientific theory and merging it with 59 years of study into mysticism and the human mind, Burt Goldman has hypothesized a fascinating idea:In these alternate universes, alternate versions of YOU could be living out their lives.And with an infinite number of them, it means that anything that can happen, does happen—in another universe. If this hypothesis is true, there is a universe where Obama never won the election and another where Princess Diana is still alive. There is a universe where you are the King of Scotland and a universe where you are a tea farmer in China. A universe where you are a celebrity musician, and one where you busk on a pavement for spare change.So how do parallel universes come to be? How, if you are born in this universe, are there now an infinite number of dimensions where you could exist simultaneously? The theory is simple:Every decision you make in life causes a “split” in reality…Which in turn creates two alternate universes—one where the current version of you is today, and another with the version of you who made a different choice. Now think about your life. Think about all the decisions you’ve made that led to who you are today. If all these decisions caused a split in your reality, each time creating a new version of yourself in a parallel universe who also goes on to make a certain set of choices thereby splitting their reality, you can begin to imagine the infinite versions of yourself that exist.Now imagine what you could accomplish if you could somehow tap into these alternate universes to meet and learn from these alternate versions of yourself. Imagine the wisdom you’d learn. The opportunities you’d recognize, the skills you’d acquire, and the pitfalls you’d know to avoid.By meeting these alternate selves, you’d essentially be tapping into a sea of knowledge and experience. But how, might you be asking, does one access these alternate realities? That’s where Quantum Jumping comes in.Quantum Jumping is a visualization process where you use your mind to ‘jump’ into parallel dimensions, and gain creativity, knowledge, wisdom, skills and inspiration from alternate versions of yourself.This happens through a phenomenon known as “thought transference.” You see, although the solidity of our world seems indisputable, Quantum Theory suggests that our physical reality is nothing but a very elaborate mirage. A super-hologram of information and energy. A Matrix.According to this theory, the chair you’re sitting on, your computer, your house, your car, everything that exists around you, could be an illusion.So then how do we see, touch, feel, and smell the things that surround us if none of it really exists?The answer is that all physical matter is the result of particles vibrating at a certain frequency. A frequency that if you alter, change or amplify in any way, you change your physical and current reality.We all know from physics class that if you increase the vibrational frequency of water particles through heat energy, you create steam and if you slow them down by removing heat energy, you create ice. And just like heat, our thoughts too are energyThere’s a hidden force that defines reality.Do you know the true power of your thoughts? The truth is stunning.German physicist and one of the founding fathers of Quantum Theory, Max Planck, said that “all matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particles of an atom to vibration which holds the atom together. We must assume behind this force is the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.“In other words, the substance of the universe, of your reality, may be nothing more than consciousness or thought. Consciousness forms the building blocks of the universe and everywhere that consciousness explores, with the expectation that something will be there, it also creates. If Quantum Theory is correct, it implies that to change your current reality, all you need to do is change the frequency of your thoughts.This revelation may be a little hard to swallow…
Which is exactly why for over three decades Burt has been keeping Quantum Jumping to himself and his closest associates, until now—when experiments conducted by some of the world’s most prestigious and reputable universities are starting to support the idea of human thought transference.But just as important as the acknowledgement of experts is what Burt and his students, or ‘Quantum Jumpers‘, have experienced for themselves.The man who “cheated” reality.Burt himself, now 83 years old, claims Quantum Jumping has helped him accomplish a variety of remarkable feats. He has used it to learn how to paint and become a photographer (with his work hanging in multiple galleries across the world to prove it), and even gain the inspiration to be a published author, a singer and an online entrepreneur…All just before his 80th birthday, and with absolutely no prior experience in any of these subjects. In the space of just a few years, he has managed to achieve not one, but multiple goals that some people spend their entire lives chasing—and he’s not alone.With diligent practice, Burt’s students have also credited Quantum Jumping to accomplish feats like…Boost the mind’s capacity for creative thought and problem-solving, so they can perform better in their careers and personal lives.Strengthen their wealth mindset, which in turn improves their ability to make, save and invest money.Gain the drive and inspiration to pick up new skills (or improve on existing ones) like painting, photography, singing and linguistics.Achieve greater control over their thought patterns to fight bad habits and replace negative thoughts with positive ones.Establish a profound connection with the subconscious mind, allowing for enhanced intuition and better decision-making skills.The problem with the Quantum Jumping scam by Mike Bundrant. The problem with the Quantum Jumping scam begins with Ockham’s razor. This well-known philosophical concept brings Quantum Jumping to its knees, rendering it useless from the get go. There are a two other problems with Burt Goldman’s Quantum Jumping, as outlined below.Quantum Jumping Scam Problem #1: Ockham’s Razor.This well-known and accepted philosophical principle dictates that, given the explanations available for a given thing, the one that makes the fewest new assumptions is the best. Some people believe this means that the simplest explanation is the best, but this isn’t necessarily true. It’s the explanation that relies on well-known and tested facts, with the least speculation or untested theory. If what you already know is sufficient to explain something, why invent another explanation?This spells trouble for Burt Goldman and Quantum Jumping. Burt claims to have visited parallel universes in order to acquire extraordinary artistic and entrepreneurial skills late in life. Ockham’s Razor asks, do we really need to visit infinite parallel universes to explain such a thing? The world is ripe with people who have multiple talents, great connections and gifts, as well as late blooming tendencies. Natural human talent, drive, and curiosity in THIS universe, on this lonely planet, is enough to account for Burt’s accomplishments. He’s a multi-talented guy. So is Paul McCartney. So is my retired neighbor. This world is FULL of multi-talented people who never jumped universes!The same goes for all the proposed benefits of the Quantum Jumping scam. There are a thousand self-development programs out there that promise the same list of benefits – no quantum jump necessary. Why not simply employ NLP modeling strategies?Quantum Jumping Scam Problem #2: Magical Thinking.Magical thinking – the belief in fantasy over reality. Santa Claus brining gifts is an example of magical thinking. When we hold to fantastical beliefs of what will save us from the fact that life is difficult and requires a fair amount of struggle and suffering, we deny a large portion of reality.Does the Quantum Jumping scam encourage magical thinking? Of course. Read their website. The suggestions of riches, talents, fame and fortune are obvious. How do you achieve those things? Pay the money and learn to jump into a new you! Magical. Forget the hard work, sacrifice and skill building. Just leap into the you that already succeeded in a parallel universe! Magical thinking. It’s a tough one to let go, but it is childish nonetheless.Quantum Jumping Scam Problem #3. It’s a classic business.All of the elements are there. The killer sales copy and list of benefits, implications of ease and an amazing life, pretended association with the great scientific minds of our time, affiliate programs, slashed prices and all kinds of high-level persuasion tactics to get the Internet surfer to bite. No doubt, once you sign on, the up selling begins. This guy is cashing in online. It’s the most impressive part of Quantum Jumping.I am not a cynic, just more of an M. Scott Peck (Life is difficult. Love and personal discipline are the best tools to find a degree of grace. Growth takes time, sacrifice, courage and maturity) kind-of-guy. Being open-minded, if anyone can present actual evidence of the efficacy of Quantum Jumping that is NOT better explained by simpler means, then I shall forever stand corrected and even become an Quantum Jumping affiliate!Thanks to Skepchick for pointing me in the direction of this hilarious website trying to sell people on “Quantum Jumping.” This is another in a long line of pseudoscientific nonsense being sold to the public with misappropriations of the word “quantum” and that promise miracles:Do You Wake Up Every Morning Feeling 100% Fulfilled?Let’s not skirt the issue here. Do you wake up every morning knowing – with every fiber of your soul – that you’re enjoying the most creative life you can make for yourself?Do you love your work?Do you spend enough time with the family?Are you earning enough?Are you putting your creativity potential to full use?Are you as healthy as you should be?Are you truly happy?99% Of People Would Say ‘No’It’s no surprise really. We’ve all got issues in our lives that need fixing, whether they’re professional, personal or health-related.Issues that we just can’t seem to iron out, no matter where, how or who we look too. In fact, sometimes we’ve searched so much for the answer that we begin to wonder whether it really exists anywhere in this universe!Here’s the thing – sometimes, it doesn’t.And that’s where my secret comes in. Why? Because this secret to leave my body and jump into other dimensions has laid both the foundations of all my personal successes, and also the successes of every single person I’ve revealed it to. If you thought Astrological signs were powerful, wait until you start jumping!Jumping has helped me:Attract wealth and abundance Instantly boost my creativity and pick up new skills like painting, photography and singingGet guidance from other dimensions and always know what decision to make when faced with multiple optionsFind inspiration, wisdom and knowledge while jumping into another universeHelped me MANIFEST everything I DESIREI’m reminded of $cientology’s personality test that ensures no one can ever pass. Of course the person reading the website isn’t 100% satisfied with their life. NO ONE IS. And no matter what these hustlers claim, nothing they do will make you 100% satisfied with your life. Human beings are incapable of being 100% satisfied. Even if everything was going right with your lif, you’re a rich, famous, powerful, have the most beautiful spouse in the world who you love, have great kids, have loads of loving friends and family, etc–you’ll still find something missing in your life. It’s just human nature. Maybe you’ll be satisfied for awhile, but eventually you’ll get bored with having everything and will crave adventure or something different. Or maybe you live an adventurous life already, so you’ll get tired of that. There’s an old (and rather crude) expression: “Show me a beautiful woman and I’ll show you a man tired of xxx her.”This is no better than The Secret and like with that, it relies on people’s natural capacity for self-deception. As is pointed out in the recent film, The Brothers Bloom, the perfect con is the one where “everyone gets what they want.” And if enough people try it, there’s a high statistical likelihood that enough small coincidences will occur that will reinforce the belief that this scam actually works, because if you want to believe badly enough, you’ll seek out any reason to justify that belief. The 2 psychological phenomena that come to mind are confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance.But maybe I’m not giving this a fair shake. What is “Quantum Jumping” anyway?What On Earth Is Quantum Jumping?Quantum Jumping is the process of “jumping” into parallel dimensions, and gaining creativity, knowledge, wisdom and inspiration from alternate versions of yourself.…Are you still with me? Did that sound crazy? It did to me at first – and that’s precisely why I’ve been holding on to it until the right time, a time when someone like you would be willing to open your mind to it.And that time is now. Why? Because some of the finest minds on the planet are starting to discover powerful evidence supporting my claims. Creative and scientific geniuses like Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku and Neil Turok, all of whom are responsible for unbelievable breakthroughs in the field of quantum physics.But just as important as the acknowledgement of experts is what I’ve seen and experienced for myself. After sharing Quantum Jumping with selected students in my seminars, I’ve seen them manifest incredible results. Stories of creativity and inspiration, stories of rags to riches, the kind of stories you’d usually only find in those feel good Hollywood blockbusters.And now it’s time for you to have your own story – which is why I’ve compiled a sample 6-module Quantum Jumping Introduction Course, so that you, and as many people as possible can gain an understanding of this remarkable phenomenon, and change your life for the better.Wow! That’s funny because I’ve never heard Stephen Hawking say anything remotely like this. Nor Michio Kaku. I’d love if this website would cite exactly where these scientists discussed it. Sadly, they never do. And if this was as successful as these guys claim, why aren’t they rich and famous? Can they cite any specific examples of former students of theirs who have achieved great success who we might know of?This Burt Goldman must be a zillionaire a thousand times over with this new science he’s pioneered. I can’t wait to see the peer-reviewed studies showing this actually works. Oh, right. There are none.