>[!abstract] >**Implicate and explicate order** are philosophical and quantum theoretical concepts introduced by theoretical physicist David Bohm ([[Bohm (1980)|Bohm, 1980]]) to explain the interconnected nature of reality. > >- **The implicate (or enfolded) order** is the deeper, fundamental level of reality where all things, space, and time are enfolded into an undivided, interconnected whole. Nothing is truly separate, and everything is in a constant state of dynamic flow (called the [[holomovement]]). >- **The Explicate (or unfolded) order** is the everyday tangible reality that humans perceive with their senses. It represents the unfolded, separated objects, events, and spatial dimensions that we interact with. Bohm argued that they are merely surface projections of the deeper implicate order. > >Bohm argued that human consciousness and the physical universe are not separate things, but continuous expressions of the same underlying, unfragmented whole. ## The holographic analogy To visualize this, Bohm often used the analogy of a hologram. If you break a photographic hologram, every single fragment still contains the complete, three-dimensional image of the original object. - **Implicate:** The hidden interference pattern of light waves that contains the whole image in every part. - **Explicate:** The 3D image that appears when you shine a laser on that hologram. >![note] >This reminds me of Jacques Vallée’s interpretation of the UFO phenomenon. >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): — >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —