Top 5 Mind Expanding Scientific Ideas

1. Schrodinger's Cat- The whole dual nature of quantum particles in quantum mechanics is one of the most mind-blowing concepts I have ever tried (and I do mean tried) to wrap my brain around.

2. Relative Time- The idea in Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity that time is not an objective force but is relative and subject to manipulation, especially as one approaches the speed of light.

3. "We are Star Stuff"- In the beginning there was hydrogen. Astrophysics tells us that this hydrogen formed the first generation of stars and inside them, the processes of nuclear fusion created all heavier elements. As this initial generation finished it's lifespan, the release of these newly created heavier elements through supernova, and in star generations to follow spread all heavier elements found in the universe today, including the atoms in our bodies. Our atoms were forged in the hearts of stars billions of years ago.

4. Implications of the Speed of Light- Understanding that light has a speed and therefore over the great distances within our universe, we may "see" the past. Knowing that some of the stars you see at night may be long dead, but their light is just completing its long journey to your eyes, allowing you to see it as it was. Also, with lightspeed as the ultimate limit in the universe, light can determine the volume of space for which you exist in the universe- you cannot affect anything outside a sphere with a radius equal to the distance light could travel from the moment of your existence.

5. The interconnectedness of all life- From Darwin's Theory of Evolution we understand that all life on earth is connected, bound together as family descending from a common ancestor.