This is quite a fascinating series of comments by individuals with truly deep understanding of quantum phenomena. What's remarkable is the similarity of the id

This is quite a fascinating series of comments by individuals with truly deep understanding of quantum phenomena. What's remarkable is the similarity of the ideas expressed, and I'm quite sure there was no consultation among them about what they said. The transcendent theme is oneness of consciousness and matter, and the inseparability of the "parts" of nature or the universe. Not that this is an especially recent point of view. After all, it seems reminiscent of Moses' commentaries on the immanent oneness of God, of course translated to a current-day mode of expression. I assume such experience keeps recurring because it is some way embedded in human nature. BTW, Einstein also spoke of having this kind of "spiritual" experience. (Confer Einstein's conversations with Martin Buber.) Einstein also made a point of crediting Spinoza as the source of his spiritual leanings. Interestingly, Spinoza's "Ethics" (~1677) elaborates a view of the universe uncannily similar to that of the quoted scientists, and that seems unlikely to be merely coincidental.