The particle-mechanistic worldview formulated at the turn of a new era is changing and, with it, the position and possibilities of a human being in the world have been illuminated in a new light. The world is not a predictable clockwork, but a whole that contains countless paths and opportunities for development. Which of them will be realized also depends on the person's own actions. 

The debate on the interpretation of quantum mechanics, which has been going on for almost a hundred years, has shown that the foundations of materialism that is based on natural science, are shaky. Not all phenomena of reality are predictable with certainty or buildable from simple basic elements. Although many still consider determinism (predictability), reductionism (the reduction of complex phenomena to their simple parts), as well as the assumption of an objective observer at a distance as measures of science, these concepts are only half-truths suitable for the macroscopic world. In order to understand quantum phenomena, the concept of reality based on classical physics must be reevaluated. Why can phenomena that are far apart be internally interconnected and how can their formation also depend on human activity? Such phenomena can in no way be understood within the framework of classical physics.

The philosophical foundations of modern physics and the challenges opened up by new research to renew the perception of reality are the key areas of expertise of KalpaTaru. These themes are illuminated in a variety of ways in my doctoral dissertation Quantum Metaphysics, the role of human beings within the paradigms of classical and quantum physics and in the Finnish-language work based on it: Quantum Reality (Gaudeamus, 2008). In a nutshell, the issue can be found in the seminar presentation Significance of a comprehensible model of reality. The question of how science and religion fit into the same picture is discussed in Areiopag's article Scientia and sapientia – humanity facing global challenges.