Physics, Hindu Cosmology, God and New Age Inspiration

[Confused Ape]

It pains me a bit that in the OP Schroedinger is mentioned in the same breath with Chopra, Capra, and Lanza.

I included Schroedinger because he's one of those early proponents you talked about. He's very popular with people who share that world view because he was, and still is, a renowned scientist.

So what does it all mean? In my opinion it means that scientists are as human as the rest of us and have different world views. Religious people can find religious scientists, atheists can find atheist scientists and mystics can find mystic scientists etc. etc. Understanding science doesn't automatically turn humans into atheists. They can go on to adapt scientific discoveries to fit their personal world views including religious ones.