A Very Brief Statement by Irvon Eugene Clear

Irvon Clear

Essay Abstract

Our observations are contained within human experience. We create models to express predicatable observations based on our experiences. Why are we pursuing a perfect description and understanding of the universe when we have yet to experience a perfect object, force or relationship within it?

Author Bio

I am a nontraditional student, an MBA graduate, a professional electrical engineer, a University of Phoenix faculty member and a hospital facility manager. I have completed ten plays and self published a novel: "The Game: Part One." I was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year in 2004. Imagine...an erotic novel containing great ideas! I am a member of the Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative (CPI) with staged reading presentations: Court of Priests at the Aronoff Center on 1/11/11 and Generations Passing 10/11/11. Cold salon readings (University of Cincinnati campus) for A Reasonable Person, Universe, Marabout, and Steam.

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Irvon Eugene Clear,

"Why are we pursuing a perfect description and understanding of the universe when we have yet to experience a perfect object, force or relationship within it?"

I wasn't aware that we were pursuing a description and understanding of perfection, only the imperfect universe by means of our imperfect observations leading to our imperfect models. A physics Theory-of-Everything is definitely not about perfection. It is the limited pursuit for a single model for artificially unifying our theoretical mechanical interpretations for differences in patterns of changes of velocity. That is what I think. I wish you had written a real essay. Something with enough substance to give it a meaningful rating.

James

Irvon Clear

James, there is only one winner in a contest. Same thing in society...most of us seek success and only a few will actually achieve it. But we all support society in order to keep the possibility of success for everyone.

I do not believe that the purpose of this contest is to establish a winner. In this case we are both being encouraged to communicate with each other.

There is a universe of surviving results. It seems to be your focus when you describe a Theory-of-Everything. It is a universe of objects, forces and relationships but it does not entirely fill the dimensions of the space that contains it.

There is a universe that fills everything in space. It is the universe of potential. It contains objects, forces and relationships that actually exist at the moment of observation but it also contains all of the objects, forces and relationships that could have existed but did not exist at the moment of observation. I am actually describing the same universe but it is being described by two different states of awareness.

I am currently working on "An Intuitive Explanation for the Existence of Everything" that is constructed by asking the simple question: does it exist? This is the fundamental question that can lead us to an understanding of how the transition from perfection to imperfection actually occurred. It also includes human experience within its understanding. It is a continuing work in progress and by design it is expected to be continually modified as my awareness of our collective human awareness of what actually exists becomes more accurate. Isn't that the process that describes our current collective condition? Aren't we learning more about our current environment? And don't we expect to learn more as we extend our collective presence and awareness into the future? What adds even more mystery to our current situation is the observation that our environment is continually changing.

I believe this also describes the environment that contains the mechanical systems you are describing. Human beings have always been able to experience the same thing and describe it differently. We are especially adept at attaching our own agendas to our observations. In my case, beginning with the question what is it assumes a questioner sensing his/her environment. Actually that's what everything that exists does.

Hope your essay comes closer to winning.

Irvon

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Irvon Eugene Clear,

Thank you for your cordial response. It tells me more about your thoughts. Best wishes for your effort to develop "An Intuitive Explanation for the Existence of Everything". I don't concern myself with winning the contest. I look for becoming known for what I think. So I think a lot about both what others think and what I think and then write down what I think :)

James

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Dear Irvon E.Clear,

You have expressed some interesting ideas.I understand that simplicity and unexpectedness can work well, focussing attention. However the extreme brevity of your work seems to severely jeopardise its chances in the competition from the outset. Seems a strange deliberate choice, to me, when you are an experienced writer and could no doubt have crafted much more.I don't agree with all of the assumptions in your "very brief statement" but would have happily have gone on a mental journey with you to explore them more deeply.

Irvon Clear

Georgina, the journey you are referring to is still a possibility. In fact, it is possible with every human face. As I mentioned previously to James, I am working on a more comprehensive statement. It is becoming a testament of my individuality. I am hinting that it will be a continually changing testament and hopefully it will become more accurate as it includes a more sensitive awareness of the "others" in my environment. I welcome your interest and I extend an invitation to you to assist me in the development of this Intuitive Explanation for the Existence of Everything. As a clue to my intentions: the expression of an idea is in itself an expression of art. It seems that we are not only the observers of the universe but we are also its expressive artists. We are responding to our observations in more ways than formulating explanations. All of our observations may not lead us to more understanding but to an increased awareness that leads us to more observations. A process that adds meaning to human experience in terms of continuing artistic expressions. We can add to but never complete the process.

Best Wishes

Irvon

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Hi Irvon,

You certainly seem to have a very diverse background. Your first sentence struck me especially because it appears to already contain an assumption, namely that the only alternative to something existing is that it doesn't exist. You may find a different way of conceptualizing this most fundamental question in my essay. If you find the time to look at it and comment, I' be grateful.

Irvon Clear

Armin, you asked me to read your essay. I enjoyed it and within your observations, statements and constraints I believe I understand and agree with your point. Given your arguments I agree that there is no reason to expect or require a unification of ignorance (exceptions to theories of anything) to be labeled a Theory of Everything.

But there is an Intuitive Explanation for the Existence of Everything if you start with one basic assumption: what existed, exists, and will exist is allan evolved and survived result of the creation of all possible objects, forces and relationships that are not a part of God. The result of an intentional creation of all things imperfect. This creates individualized forms and potential. What unifys them is the experience of existence and the realization of responsibility, freedom and self realization...the foundational principle of an individualized religion. I would even argue that in spite of what we currently perceive to be organized religions they are in fact collective expressions of individualized experiences. I would also agree that this is not space or time specific. There is no specialidentity to earth in the creation of all things not a part of God.

Thanks for sharing the experience of your essay.

Irvon

pjackson

Irvon

"If we have the correct model we do not expect to have to make excuses for observed exceptions."

Absolutely. You may also enjoy my essay as an author, (or not). But the emergent model with no exceptions to excuse is important anyway.

Best wishes

Peter

Irvon Clear

Peter, I am working on an Intuitive Explanation for the Existence of Everything. It begins with one initial state of being...perfection. It anything existed in the beginning it was perfect. The only other possibility was nothingness. Then perfection created all possible objects, forces, and relationships that are not perfect. A point in nothingness was spherically expanded into a universe of possibility. This was the creation of space. Perhaps a simpler way of expressing it is to describe the universe as filled with imperfect objects, forces and relationships that actually exist. What we conceptualize as empty space is actually the existing potential for all objects, forces and relationships that could exist but do not exist.

If we are only looking for things that exist at the moment of observation we will see a universe that is filled with potential and very sparsely populated with evolved things. I value nothingness as a valuable gift. It is actually the potential to do the impossible. Everything that was impossible in the past and is now real in the present and future comes from the "empty space" in our universe. The dimension of space measures all of the possibilities that are within it. It accommodates what could happen which is a much greater magnitude of possibility than what has actually happened.

I appreciate your work and find it challenging. For me it supports the idea that when we observe with more accuracy we have to accept the possibility that some portion of previously empty space can become real. I am posting this comment on your site as well.

Irvon

pjackson

Irvon

"Impossible means only it hasn't been done YET". Not only my favourite axiom but the way I live my life and view science. I can find an analog of your intuitive explanation. It is a real mechanism, as I'm a very 'locally real' guy.

It comes from recycling and re-ionization (an astrophysical anomaly not previously explained) by AGN's (SMBH's). Re-ionization breaks the matter of a galaxy (and other scales) down to it's purest form. More completely fresh matter condenses from the dark energy field by perturbation. That then makes the unique (less 'perfect' collections of evolving mass. The whole universe is then 'potential'.

My work explains how that non zero spatial matter evolves over non zero time on interactions. Present physics does not. It is indeed challenging to those only used to math to visualise the evolving effects of motion.Ken Wharton rationalises why correct maths can't do this. I hope my essay may make the top 35 to be studied more closely and judged and hope you think it worth helping.

Best wishes

Peter

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Peter, does space have any characteristic that is unique to it? Does it have something that is the initiative energy and mass that evolves existence?

pjackson

"does space have any characteristic that is unique to it? Does it have something that is the initiative energy and mass that evolves existence?"

Good question. The reason for it 'having no part in the propagation of light' would be removed by my Discrete Field Model of nested kinetics, but it still can't implement the 'changes' we see to transmitted em energy, i.e. it is strictly not a 'carrier' in the same way a matter medium is.

However. The 'quantum fluctuations', ion shocks and and Higgs particle energy must come from somewhere, and the 'dark energy' field is the only candidate. Not only that it contains 73% of the Universes mass/energy so can't now really be denied except by the most belief based of physicists and doddery old professors who can't abandon the old assumptions (and the clones, or is it 'clowns', they've indoctrinated). Unfortunately the aforesaid still hold the keys to the gates so mankind must wait patiently for them to pass them on or pass on.

(who was it said physics only advances when old physicists die off?)

Studying galactic evolution (Look at early open spirals like Hawk for example) matter propagates most where the speed of matter through the field is the greatest, i.e. at the bar ends. So twin vortices by perturbation. Is it that simple?

I've shockingly found the only difference between an asteroid and a comet is velocity through the local field! Nobody can falsify it, or of course publish it!

Bless.

How sensible does that sound to you?

Peter

Constantinos Ragazas

Dear Irvon,

What is enduring and true is brief! What can be said about it in essence needs to be very brief. Thus, your very title tells the story. And I agree. Indeed, all we individually know is found in our experience of what we know. All knowledge is self-knowledge! Your essay is very refreshing of this truth ancient Greeks taught! In my essay, "The Metaphysics of Physics", I make similar arguments. I am sure you will find it interesting and enjoyable. Please read and rate it! In the background buzz of this competition, similar views need to harmonize to make the 'message' resonate in the minds of physicists and other people.

Best wishes,

Constantinos

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Excellent!

James Hoover

"Until we actually observe perfection there will be no successful model of it."

If something is perfection, wouldn't it be futile to build a model. Models only help to understand that which you can hope to understand or approximate. Perfection is not something we can approximate, I would say.

Jim

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Irvon Eugene Clear,

Looking back at your non-essay. There is no path to be followed from nothingness to the potential for somethingness. A path to knowledge would require somethingness right from the beginning. Nothingness has no potential. I do not understand your view. I see nothing here.

James

Irvon Clear

In response to both James Lee Hoover and James Putnam:

There is something in human experience that is perfect. It has the following characteristics:

1) It is omnipresent...you can't go anywhere and not be in it.

2) It reflects omniscience...it accommodates all possible events and their

possible results. Its magnitude demonstrates the knowledge of what can

possibly happen...everything that can possibly happen is accommodated.

3) It is not effected by time.

4) Nothing can be added to it and nothing can be removed from it.

5) It is the one thing that could have been created by perfection to create an

imperfect evolving universe.

6) It contains the possibility for the existence of anything that is

imperfect. It is a unit characteristic and as the units are increased the

possibility of existence also increases.

7) It allows the transition from nothingness to the existence of anything that

is imperfect.

8) Human existence is one of the consequences of its creation.

9) Its creation is the initial creation event for everything that is imperfect.

It is Space.

Irvon

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Dear Irvon Eugene Clear,

You have made your view clear. :) Thank you for sharing it. Being low in community ratings does not prove that one is wrong. I am looking through the lowest voted essays in case there are scientific gems that are not receiving attention. Some posts here have been at some level of agreement with you. I am not one of those, but, I am posting messages for the purpose of bringing these essays back into the spotlight for a moment. Maybe longer if they attract additional attention on their own. I will be moving on to other essays. Good luck.

James

Irvon Clear

James, thank you for your consideration.