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Are cognizance and consciousness innate to our brain-minds, or the effect of a negative environmental feedback loop? We argue the latter case.

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Independent researcher, complex systems.

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This was an interesting read Tom..

The neutrino experiment you propose is interesting. It was not hard to justify giving you a moderately high rating, to help offset the 1 bomb you received early on. I Have not found any essays worthy of less that a 4, and I have only given ratings of 5 or higher so far. But I guess some folks figure that only an on-target essay should be given a decent grade - or something like that.

I wish you luck. Your essay is well written and deserves some positive attention.

All the Best.

Jonathan

    Hi Tom,

    Happy to see you again on FQXI and your papper,I asked me but where is Tom? :)

    Relevant general reading ,thanks for sharing and good luck in this contest.

    Best

      Dear Thomas Howard Ray,

      Please excuse me for I have no intention of disparaging in any way any part of your essay.

      I merely wish to point out that "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Physicist & Nobel Laureate.

      Only nature could produce a reality so simple, a single cell amoeba could deal with it.

      The real Universe must consist only of one unified visible infinite physical surface occurring in one infinite dimension, that am always illuminated by infinite non-surface light.

      A more detailed explanation of natural reality can be found in my essay, SCORE ONE FOR SIMPLICITY. I do hope that you will read my essay and perhaps comment on its merit.

      Joe Fisher, Realist

        Joe,

        What is simpler than a simple harmonic oscillation?

        Jonathan,

        Thanks for the "gentleman's 'C'".

        I would much rather preferred that you understood the implications of the experiment.

        I expect to revisit it..

        I try to plow through a large number of essays early on, before becoming more selective and thorough. Some are too dense to get through in a single run, because they cram in a lot of content or use heavy Maths elaborately. Lawrence Crowell tends to write using a lot of acronyms, along with tricky Math, which may impress a few people while losing many others.

        Your paper was clearly written, but perhaps I missed something profound behind the apparent simplicity of it. It seems like you are looking for a specific quantum gravity signature, and that it might also be difficult to precisely compensate for background neutrino flux. Would a colder fluid like liquid Helium provide greater isolation from thermal effects, being closer to absolute zero?

        I visited with CardioMag developer Karl Rosner last year, and they have a device that measures the heart's dynamic magnetic field with femto-Tesla sensitivity. But as you might imagine; it was a real problem to deal with the fact that magnetism is ubiquitous. How does one measure a deviation so small, in a magnetically noisy environment?

        It looks like you are proposing to use something just below a critical threshold, and a collimated beams of neutrinos. I don't know how one might direct a neutrino-beam with precision. It might be tough to overcome the engineering challenges to conduct the experiment. I like the idea, but it still seems a bit incomplete.

        All the Best,

        Jonathan

        I'll leave the materials science to the experimentalists.

        The experimental result, however, has implications for, among other things, quantum computing without the need for entanglement.

        All based on a simple harmonic oscillation.

        Dear Ray,

        Nice essay sir,

        Your ideas and observations are excellent. Firstly ... 'We intend to show that unified spacetime does not imply a mutually exclusive internal or external consciousness, and Einstein separability 2 is physically real'.....

        2. The Bohm-Hiley nonlocal interpretation preserves the classical notion that particles do possess a position and momentum independent of the observer, albeit with nonlocal mathematics....

        3. Einstein introduced the idea of non-rigid transformations, limiting the domain preserving Lorentz transformation to those regions of spacetime where time plays a minimal role, i.e., where space is Euclidean, which is almost everywhere--those regions of the old and the cold.

        4. You proposed a nice experiment, lets hope someone will do that.

        .............................. At this point I would like to mention that, In Dynamic Universe Model also this concept is same. But Dynamic Universe Model doesn't use Relativity concepts. So the associated problems of SR and GR like singularities and Bigbang etc are not present. By considering the other 60 percent of Galaxies in the Universe including Blue shifted Galaxies and Quasars, the model doesn't restrict itself to only expanding Universe model.

        For your information Dynamic Universe model is totally based on experimental results. Here in Dynamic Universe Model Space is Space and time is time in cosmology level or in any level. In the classical general relativity, space and time are convertible in to each other.

        Many papers and books on Dynamic Universe Model were published by the author on unsolved problems of present day Physics, for example 'Absolute Rest frame of reference is not necessary' (1994) , 'Multiple bending of light ray can create many images for one Galaxy: in our dynamic universe', About "SITA" simulations, 'Missing mass in Galaxy is NOT required', "New mathematics tensors without Differential and Integral equations", "Information, Reality and Relics of Cosmic Microwave Background", "Dynamic Universe Model explains the Discrepancies of Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry Observations.", in 2015 'Explaining Formation of Astronomical Jets Using Dynamic Universe Model, 'Explaining Pioneer anomaly', 'Explaining Near luminal velocities in Astronomical jets', 'Observation of super luminal neutrinos', 'Process of quenching in Galaxies due to formation of hole at the center of Galaxy, as its central densemass dries up', "Dynamic Universe Model Predicts the Trajectory of New Horizons Satellite Going to Pluto" etc., are some more papers from the Dynamic Universe model. Four Books also were published. Book1 shows Dynamic Universe Model is singularity free and body to collision free, Book 2, and Book 3 are explanation of equations of Dynamic Universe model. Book 4 deals about prediction and finding of Blue shifted Galaxies in the universe.

        With axioms like... No Isotropy; No Homogeneity; No Space-time continuum; Non-uniform density of matter(Universe is lumpy); No singularities; No collisions between bodies; No Blackholes; No warm holes; No Bigbang; No repulsion between distant Galaxies; Non-empty Universe; No imaginary or negative time axis; No imaginary X, Y, Z axes; No differential and Integral Equations mathematically; No General Relativity and Model does not reduce to General Relativity on any condition; No Creation of matter like Bigbang or steady-state models; No many mini Bigbangs; No Missing Mass; No Dark matter; No Dark energy; No Bigbang generated CMB detected; No Multi-verses etc.

        Many predictions of Dynamic Universe Model came true, like Blue shifted Galaxies and no dark matter. Dynamic Universe Model gave many results otherwise difficult to explain

        Have a look at my essay on Dynamic Universe Model and its blog also where all my books and papers are available for free downloading...

        http://vaksdynamicuniversemodel.blogspot.in/

        Best wishes to your essay.

        For your blessings please................

        =snp. gupta

        Thomas,

        Without a doubt, it am the indisputable fact that the real Universe must consist only of one unified visible infinite physical surface occurring in one infinite dimension, that am always illuminated by infinite non-surface light.

        Invisible "harmonic oscillation" am not simple.

        Joe Fisher, Realist

        Why do you think a harmonic oscillation is invisible?

        I'm delighted to see the Steven is the author you have cited here..

        For whatever reason, I am still not grasping your intended meaning. I'll look at Steven's paper when I can, and continue to attempt to wrap my head around what you have said, but I have a lot of reading on my to-do list. I will also take the time to find your e-mail (on a machine I seldom use) and send Steven's recent papers, plus make an invitation to the group thread. Current circulation includes Steven, Ed Klingman, Stan Robertson, Andy Beckwith, and myself.

        My own research is coming together in a really powerful way, right now. I missed the implications of an important innovation in theoretical Physics a few years back, even though it got on the cover of Scientific American and I am a subscriber. "Black Hole at the Beginning of Time" is a little misleading, though, compared to what the theory actually says. Pourhasan, Afshordi, and Mann were the authors of the Sci Am article and a paper.

        Anyhow; my presentation at GR21 was about Mandelbrot Gravity Theory and it turns out MGT exactly reproduces some aspects of the DGP gravity framework, including the 5-d black hole --> white hole as the origin of the space we currently inhabit. It falls out of the theory that inflation in an octonionic embedding space results in a 5-d maximum volume, then G2 symmetries kick in via the rolling-ball analogy. This relation is reproduced in M at (-0.75, 0i).

        This delivers us into a quaternionic bubble within the octonionic embedding space.

        All the Best,

        Jonathan

        I appreciate the time you are taking to explain further..

        I figure that if some things don't jump out after reading a paper top to bottom, it is the presentation which is lacking. I try to evaluate the premise on its own merits, or by its own basis, but of course that hinges on understanding what the author is talking about. I guess I am saying I thought you would impress me more with your clarity, given how deeply you have thought this through. Your rationale seems very precise, from your comments, but I can't glean all of that from reading your paper alone.

        I only gave Carlo Rovelli 8 out of 10 points, and I have not given out any 9s or 10s yet, but neither have I given out a 1, 2, or 3 rating. Someone would need to be crystal clear with a bang on idea, in order to get a perfect score from me. But a score of 1-3 seems ludicrous, even with the most inane ideas and least articulate writing I've seen here. So it would seem that some of the participants are not using the rating system to indicate the relative measure of quality, but instead are using the rating as a variable by which they can hammer down ideas they don't agree with. I am sorry you have been the victim of this.

        Regards,

        Jonathan

        Honestly, Jonathan, I don't give a damn about the ratings. I harbor no illusions that my essay will win a prize with the deck stacked from the beginning, in favor of the prevailing mystical POV held by FQXi as a whole.

        I value your input for the potential insights it brings, and for our stark contrast in views and approaches. You are an honest broker of truth, and I value that.

        My broader research program can be found at

        https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313512566_A_Neutrino_Experiment_To_Test_Quantum_Gravity

        Because only infinite surface that am always illuminated by infinite non-surface light am visible. An harmonic oscillation cannot be isolated so that any eye could see it. Phenomena that cannot be seen by an eye are considered to be invisible in the world of the realist.

        Joe Fisher, Realist

        Why do you think a harmonic oscillation cannot be isolated so that any eye can see it?

        Only nature could produce a reality so simple, a single cell amoeba could deal with it.

        The real Universe must consist only of one unified visible infinite physical surface occurring in one infinite dimension, that am always illuminated by infinite non-surface light.

        According to url: http://prxint.com/prx-oscillators.html There are many kinds of invisible oscillators. There am only one kind of unified visible surface.

        Joe Fisher, Realist

        Didn't answer the question, Joe. Isn't "seeing" a physical interaction?