The Principle of Equivalence Really Is Fundamental

Abstract

The principle of equivalence is the only logical starting point if we want to correlate modern science with spirituality. The equivalence principle specifically refers to a frame of reference, or a coordinate system attached to an observer. Mach's principle tells us that all observations occur in an observer's frame of reference. There is democracy in the relativity of all possible observers, but there is also the freedom of any observer to enter into any possible frame of reference. This freedom is essential to how we understand the nature of observations in quantum theory.