My ceiling looks like it's going to cave. I know this because of my psychic powers that can be explain through quantum physics.

I just got a ceiling fan installed in my room (finally after four years). Unfortunately, the screws used to attach the support to the beams in my attic are now poking through the ceiling. So now I have 8 little bumps up there. I'm hoping I don't get killed by a Falling Blade of Doom or something in my sleep.

So what I'd really like to do next is get my hands on a copy of a book called "PSIence" by Marie D. Jones. She claims to use quantum physics and other new sciences to explain psychics, deja vu, ghosts, time travel, and pretty much every other paranormal claim. There are a few problems here. Primarily, she assumes that quantum effects can be replicated or relevant on the macroscopic (which she mistakenly calls "macrocosmic") scale. Using this ineffectual jump, she explains almost all paranormal activity.

From my (limited) knowlege, there are few materials that show quantum effects on a macroscopic scale. The only material I can think of is the Bose-Einstein Condensate created in 1995 at Colorado University. Mammalian cells currently do not exhibit any type of quantum effects. Using quantum physics to explain everyday occurances (or paranormal occurances) runs into a scale problem, which the wikipedia page for "What the Bleep Do We Know?" covers. As a side note, I know wikipedia is a bad source, but this is just a blog. After I take quantum mechanics this fall, I'll write up my own detailed summary of the problems (assuming I pass and remotely grasp the concepts).

I'm a little afraid to pick up the book because she includes a chapter on the basics of quantum physics. I don't want to taint myself with any inaccurate knowledge and I honestly do not trust someone without a physics doctorate diploma on their wall teaching me physics.