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The significance of relating dark matter to spirit is that it provides a spiritual solution to the quest to combine quantum physics and general relativity, popularly known as the Theory of Everything. Many popular science fiction and self-development works, such as What the Bleep Do We Know and the Fritjov Capra's Tao of Physics allude to the possible spiritual implications.
In His Dark Materials, Pullman incorporates scientific explanations of Dark Matter and quantum physics with poetic and theological explanations of the nature of the universe and the role of consciousness in it. This popular endeavour is known as quantum mysticism.
Just as Einstein's Theories of Relativity made a connection between matter and energy that had far reaching implications for our understanding of the universe as a whole, Pullman imagines an intellectual framework that incorporates spirituality and consciousness as the missing piece that connects the observer in quantum mechanics to the experiment. While part of a strong tradition in twentieth century science fiction, Pullman has popularised the notion to an extent not previously achieved, especially by young readers.
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