I just entered another phase (transition) to a realm of metaphysical understanding. My goal is to entice, participate in and enjoy discussions about the following:

• ontology
  
• metaphysics
  
• epistemology
  
• phenomenology
  
• quantum physics (mechanics): many worlds, decoherance, the cat, all that sort of thing.
  

Notice that qm is last on my list. I tried to participate in qm conversations on the Physics Forum and it wrought new levels of frustration of the likes I was not familiar with. In that forum, unless you have empirical evidence for what you're asking, you have no business there. I'm curious but I'm not a physicist, nor am I a philosopher but a man can still be curious and should be treated not with condescending ridicule but rather with an open mind and thus, respect. I enjoy thought experiments and contemplative analyses. That sort of thinking cannot be duplicated in a physics lab so that everyone can get the same result--in fact, it seems contradictory to the nature of experimental physics.

Ok, enough said. I'm looking forward to asking a myriad of questions. I think you all for reading my first post.

-Alex.