Double black sheep

You have landed on the homepage of a “double black sheep.” I sometimes describe myself this way because my work unfolds across two main domains of inquiry – the foundations of physics and inner research – in both of which I adopt perspectives that often diverge from prevailing approaches.

In physics, I am a black sheep because my theoretical work explores rather bold ideas about the nature of reality, while many colleagues continue to hope that everything can ultimately be brought back to a single, reassuring spacetime canvas.

In inner research, although I work within a multidimensional and multimaterial view of reality that moves beyond metaphysical materialism, I maintain a critical stance toward overly fideistic approaches and toward the improper use of scientific theories, particularly quantum mechanics. I am also attentive to the dynamics of certain spiritual communities that, behind a language of openness and awareness, sometimes end up generating dysfunctional relational systems or subtle forms of hidden authoritarianism.

Being a double black sheep is not always comfortable, but it becomes inevitable for anyone who chooses to explore the complex reality that surrounds us and of which we are a part with freedom and rigor. Building solid bridges between the inner and the outer worlds, between spiritual inquiry and scientific research, and reaching genuine understanding rather than vague suggestion, is far from a simple task.

Bio

I was born in Bologna in 1965. Until completing lower secondary school, I studied in Italian; I then moved to the French educational system and obtained the Diplôme du baccalauréat de l’enseignement du second degré, série mathématiques et sciences de la nature, at the Académie de Grenoble, France.

In 1989, I graduated in physics from the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland. From 1990 to 1991, I served as an assistant at the Department of Theoretical Physics (DPT) of the University of Geneva (UNIGE), where I studied the foundations of quantum theory under the supervision of Constantin Piron. In 1992, I joined the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IPT) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and, following a fruitful scientific collaboration with Ph. A. Martin, obtained my PhD in 1995 with a dissertation devoted to temporal observables in quantum scattering theory.

Since 1996, I have worked as a manager in the private sector, an independent researcher, and a teacher. In 2010, I founded the Laboratorio di Autoricerca di Base (LAB), whose mission was to develop and disseminate knowledge and competences aimed at maximizing human potential. In the same year, I initiated a scientific correspondence with Diederik Aerts, reconnecting with the ideas of the Geneva-Brussels school and leading, from 2014 onward, to an ongoing scientific collaboration.

In 2011, I published the first issue of the journal AutoRicerca, becoming its editor. In 2016, I joined the Centre Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies (CLEA) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), collaborating in particular with Diederik Aerts and Sandro Sozzo. In 2018, I became president of Area 302, an organization dedicated to promoting and organizing courses, seminars, conferences, congresses, and other scientific, educational, cultural, artistic, and social activities.

From 2021 onward, I further developed my online presence through a YouTube channel featuring educational videos on physics and mathematics, as well as topics related to inner research. In 2026, after fifteen years of activity, I decided to conclude the LAB project and its journal AutoRicerca, opening a new phase of exploration and research.