Enter Potentialism

That is what changed when I came across David Birnbaum’s Summa Metaphysica series. Birnbaum’s Theory of Potentialism took a step beyond the edge of physics and into the metaphysical. Make no mistake: This isn’t some leap away from hard science. Rather, it is a complementary piece, or more correctly, it is the parent guide of the universe of which known physics is one chapter. An excellent chapter. A remarkable chapter. But a chapter nonetheless, in a larger story.

This book is written to introduce the Theory of Potentialism and how it works and fits within the grand scheme of cosmology –the question of the universe itself. Why was it created? How? What is its purpose? Does it even have a purpose?

These are the issues David Birnbaum has been attacking headon for decades. Uniquely equipped for the task, Birnbaum wears many hats and has proven part philosopher, part metaphysician, part Conceptual Theorist, and, in honesty, part Detective Sherlock Holmes. Birnbaum takes an unflinchingly honest approach to teasing apart the mysteries of existence itself. This is in stark contrast to anything that has come before.

The Ultimate Disruptor?

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Arguably, one can make the case that Birnbaum is the ultimate disrupter. He has disrupted not just 20th Century and 21st Century metaphysics/cosmology/philosophy, and, indeed, not just the last five millennia of SAME, but indeed, also the very foundations of ALL the hard and soft sciences. Forever.

In my experience, hard science shrugs, pulls up the tent stakes, and sadly announces, “It started just because. It has no point. Good luck and enjoy the ultimate heat death of everything.”

This is an entirely reasonable thing to say if you look at the universe through the exclusive lens of physical observation. In this limited way, there is no prime mover to be seen, no point to existence, and no hope for its eternal existence.

Potentialism provides that elusive, underlying motif. It shows the prime mover of the universe and its primary, continual motivator for change. This fully unified, metaphysical, cosmological theory provides that missing framework of understanding, without which the universe cannot possibly make sense.

So, my purpose is to present Potentialism to readers. They can gain a more complete understanding of the cosmos. From our eternal origins to the present, David Birnbaum presents a universal driver of the universe itself.

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