The True Identity of the Quantum
Subjects 13-18
Fantasy Physics:
The Non-Existent Neutrino
It is claimed that the neutrino does not interact with matter yet billions of dollars are being spent on experiments to detect this particle. Experiments to date claiming to have proved the existence of the neutrino have not detected it directly. So how do they know it exists? Find out the flaw in the reasoning for the existence of this invisible or ‘ghost’ particle. This section includes a podcast, a link to the transcript in the eBook Fantasy Physics v The Fractal Universe, a booklist, a note on The Neutron and The Structured Atom Model, and link to the eBook Selected Papers which includes items by Pauli and Fermi.
The Vacuum Energy Catastrophe and the Big Bust
Current cosmology is based on questionable foundations but nevertheless continues to be promotedas inalienable truth and alternative views dismissed. The VEC relies on the Uncertainty Principlewhich has been demonstrated to be false and Einstein and Hubble both pointed out thecontradictions in astronomical data between the date of the Big Bang calculated on the basis of an expanding universe and the existence of systems of stars much older than this date. For an excellent discussion see https://iai.tv/video/cosmology-and-the-big-bust between Claudia Maraston, Julian Barbour and Eric Lerner. This section includes a podcast, a link to the transcript in the eBook Fantasy Physics v The Fractal Universe, a booklist, a note on the Blazing Sky Effect and Olbers Paradox, and a link to the eBook Selected Papers which includes items by Hubble and Einstein.
Why Intelligence is Non-Computable
This is a quote from Roger Penrose who gives a great lecture on AI, Consciousness and Computation at Oxford University. The podcast covers the Turing test, AI bias, Godel’s incompleteness theorems, reductionism and the ‘It from Bit’ controversy. This section includes a podcast, link to the transcript in the eBook Fantasy Physics v The Fractal Universe, a book list, a note on Analogue to Digital: A Subset of the Infinite and and a link to the eBook Selected Papers which includes a paper by Turing.
The God Particle or Deus ex Machina
How this particle was introduced into the standard model to preserve the symmetry between the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces. It is also tied up with the muddled creation myth of a Big Bang and a misapplication of the second law of thermodynamics. There are better theories. This section includes a podcast, link to the transcript in the eBook Fantasy Physics v The Fractal Universe, a book list, a note on Analogue to Digital: A Subset of the Infinite.
Fractals Philosophy Music and Morphic Resonance Part 1
This is a deep dive over two podcasts into the unifying nature of fractals whose characteristicsinclude the following:
- self-similarity and are therefore scaleable;
- combining both determinism and unpredictability;
- they can incorporate mathematically the phenomena of resonance.
They support the hypothesis by Rupert Sheldrake of morphic resonance. This section includes a podcast, link to the transcript in the eBook Fantasy Physics v The Fractal Universe, a book list, a note on Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio and a link to the ebook Two New Worlds Part 1 The Infra World byFournier D’Albe.
Fractals Philosophy Music and Morphic Resonance Part 2
This second part draws on analogies with telecommunications, highlighting the ability of electo magnetic waves to carry acoustic information. This then serves as a template for the possible mechanics of the brain’s ability to tune into an infinite range of frequencies; combined with the fractal nature of the world from atom to cosmos and provides support for Rupert Sheldrake’s hypothesis of morphic resonance. This section includes a podcast, link to the transcript in the eBook Fantasy Physics v The Fractal Universe, a book list, a note on Schopenhauer’s Theory of Music and a link to the eBook Two New Word ls Part 2 The Supra World by Fournier D’Albe.