Darrell,

Good for Tubal. You capture the perspective of scientists -- "each suspects the other is missing an important insight" and they "stovepipe" -- "correct from within their own discipline."

Liked your play on the word "bit" at the end: "Has human metaphysics gone amok? Or has human mathematics gone amok? You will figure it out in a bit."

I tend to criticize much of the same concepts, including "consciousness" determining reality and being present at the BB and the tendency to confuse behavioral characteristics of micro and macro objects in "It's Great to be the King."

I would like your views on it.

Thanks for an interesting read.

Jim

Dear Darrell,

You have rightly grasped that the dichotomy between classical physics (CP) and the quantum physics (QP) is due to the misconceptions we have about 'Natural numbers' (NN). In CP we think that NN are continuous, where as in QP we think that NN are discrete ones. It is this differentiation in NN which is responsible for the above dichotomy. So if we can know how these two forms of NN arise from our conception of them helps in solving the current problem in physics. Then we can know why space and time are continuous at the classical level and discrete at the quantum level. The figures you have given help one in understanding your line of thinking. Over all, a nicely presented essay with lucid references to Wheeler and centered on his thought. Thanks for writing an interesting article based on an unique idea of NN. For this I have rated this essay with maximum score.

Please go through my essay also (http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/1827) and express your comments on it in my thread before the dead line of 7th Aug.

Best wishes,

Sreenath

Dear

"You actually live in your most recent past to change your next potential future You live in your most recent future to decide your next past"

This is an essential perception of Tubal which could have been taken from my contribution to this contest.

Seeking the foundational issues however I think is not an insanity it is a natural sense of humanity that begins already when you are a child, and cannot stop to pose the question "WHY" at any answer that is given to you.

The duality of Tubal and Darrell is a property of humanity that shows that we are further on the path we are walking on than we think, each recent past as you put it is parallel with my "eternal NOW" where every past and future are AVAILABLE , placing yourself in another "universe" is opening different doors to that different available universes. Reading science fiction authors proves our ability to perceive other realities, like the one of Tubal.

I liked very much your essay, visited your website, agreed with Sreenath about the rating you/Tubal deserves (and did the same) and hope that you or even Tubal can spare some non-causal time to read/comment and also rate [link:fqxi.org/community/forum/topic:1810] my essay : "THE QUEST FOR THE PRIMAL SEQUENCE"[:link]

best regards

Wilhelmus

    Dear Darrel,

    You are absolutely true. The imagination has major role than maths in any theoretical advancements. Mere mathematical juggling cannot carry us nowhere. VERY GOOD!

    I can invite you too in my essay (http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/1855).

    I hope you would have good prospect in the contest.

    Regards

    Dipak

    Dear Tubal,

    Only at this late stage have I discovered the truth about my essay from your quite brilliant master version! It was certainly implanted in my mind by a Bundal. It's a relief to finally know where all the notions came from that I thought were 'original'.

    But do tell me How many Bundels don't believe in us? Are there skeptics and troglodytes there too, or it is just us?

    My Bundlemaster certainly agreed "Mathematics May Be a Spurious Basis for Understanding Existence.", and current maths can't yet even describe the evolution of nature. I have written of a cyclic cosmology (see 2011 essay) and certainly agree; "Both space and time need to be discrete... Space and time have an ending and they have a beginning. It is a continuous process."

    But time is short and I must entice you e read my essay before the end of the world as we've known it (for the last two months). It has been called things like; 'groundbreaking,' 'wonderful' and 'fantastic' in my blog (just don't read the Abstract - I did that myself!) And if you hurry I hope you'll have time to (top!?) rate it for my mentor. (If you think it's rubbish please leave it till Thursday!!

    And I think it's the entirety of 'human comprehension' which has gone amok! Do they have any new paradigms where you are. We seem to have entirely run out here. We may stay in this rut till we're recycled again.

    Very best regards. ...Ohh!- a shortcut; The Intelligent Bit.

    Peter

    Dear Darell,

    We are at the end of this essay contest.

    In conclusion, at the question to know if Information is more fundamental than Matter, there is a good reason to answer that Matter is made of an amazing mixture of eInfo and eEnergy, at the same time.

    Matter is thus eInfo made with eEnergy rather than answer it is made with eEnergy and eInfo ; because eInfo is eEnergy, and the one does not go without the other one.

    eEnergy and eInfo are the two basic Principles of the eUniverse. Nothing can exist if it is not eEnergy, and any object is eInfo, and therefore eEnergy.

    And consequently our eReality is eInfo made with eEnergy. And the final verdict is : eReality is virtual, and virtuality is our fundamental eReality.

    Good luck to the winners,

    And see you soon, with good news on this topic, and the Theory of Everything.

    Amazigh H.

    I rated your essay.

    Please visit My essay.

    Darrell - I enjoyed your essay. Original, insightful, entertaining with a hint of humor. Thank you.

    I imagine that you might find the concept of subtime a useful addition to your insights.

    Kind regards, Paul

    You are welcome Darrell. I hope you will find the time to rate my essay in kind.

    Best wishes,

    Manuel

    Final Day Post-

    I have enjoyed reading and rating essays. I am sorry I am unable to read or rate further essays. I have a personal schedule that will not allow me to give the proper time and space for reading and rating essays in physics, a task I cannot perform quickly (unless they are poor). I was not able to read or rate all of those who read and rated mine. I apologize for this. I know I am not unique when I state I am not in the habit of trading high scores. What I read I rated appropriately and at least two essays earned perfect tens from me. It does not surprise me that these two essays are scoring higher than most of the other essays in this contest. I will also confess that both essays are better than mine. Thank you FQXi for your work. I look forward to discussing issues in physics and mathematics in future years on this website. -Darrell Poeppelmeyer

    Thanks Darrell - I hope you enjoyed it?

    Antony

    Darrell,

    I wanted to let you know that I just saw your post to someone else's post on my thread from a couple of weeks ago and read your very kind remarks. I feel badly that I didn't see it until now and wanted to take the time to acknowledge it. I also want you to know that I REALLY appreciate your post above. Whether or not you rated mine is unimportant to me - your kind remarks were so very much appreciated.

    Best of luck to you in the future.

    Sincerely,

    Ralph

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