Essay Abstract

It was sometime within the last two million years that something unique and wondrous came into being. It was the chance convergence of a multitude of causal improbabilities, the contemplation of which brings one to the summit of the sublime. Awareness made a great leap forward from its starting point in the Phanerozoic Eon and became aware of itself. Thus, a power was unleashed unlike any other. It was the faculty of reason, a power that has the potential to harness all other cosmic forces. But as Nietzsche wrote, "Man is an unfinished animal", and so, the true scope and full application of reason remain a mystery waiting to be solved by those who possess it.

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George Bizadellis is a retired Vice President & CMO. He is also a CPA and has held positions in corporate finance and in public accounting. He has been an instructor of accounting and a subject matter expert on strategy, both at the university level.

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Dear, George Bizadellis

I inform all the participants that use the electronic translator, therefore, my essay is written badly. I participate in the contest to familiarize English-speaking scientists with New Cartesian Physic, the basis of which the principle of identity of space and matter. Combining space and matter into a single essence, the New Cartesian Physic is able to integrate modern physics into a single theory. Let FQXi will be the starting point of this Association.

Don't let the New Cartesian Physic disappear! Do not ask for himself, but for Descartes.

New Cartesian Physic has great potential in understanding the world. To show potential in this essay I risked give "The way of The materialist explanation of the paranormal and the supernatural" - Is the name of my essay.

Visit my essay and you will find something in it about New Cartesian Physic. After you give a post in my topic, I shall do the same.

Sincerely,

Dizhechko Boris

Boris, sorry it took a while to get back to you.

There's no need to apologize for your English, especially when dealing with such technical philosophical issues that are in your essay. Your English is definitely better than my Russian, which is non-existent!

A Russian saying I've always loved is: "Izvestia nye Pravda, y Pravda nye Izvestia"

I found your essay very interesting. It contains a lot of significant information.

I will, however, have to read and reread it over a period of time to get a fuller understanding. It will be a wonderful learning experience, so I thank you.

I do agree with your approach to address physics in the context of philosophy.

Regards,

George

    Dear George Bizadellis,

    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, please don't worry about disparagement.

    I sincerely think that valid criticism makes a person smarter and better. (Of course, praise received is always the best!)

    I will read your essay and post a comment for you by tomorrow.

    Regards,

    George

    Nice essay Bizadellis,

    Your ideas and thinking are excellent for eg...

    '1. Lamarckian evolution, that led from a non-living, non-conscious abiotic environment to the conceptual consciousness of human beings.

    2. Wu is a Buddhist concept that can be interpreted as reconsider the scope of the inquiry or withdraw the question. It comes into play when the complexity and context of the answer is such that a yes or no is not enough to properly address the question.

    3. The Anthropozoic Eon

    The Human Miracle: Cause Change Chance = Choice

    Per Ludwig von Mises: "Human action is...will put into operation and transformed into an agency, is aiming at ends and goals, is the ego's meaningful response to stimuli and to the conditions of its environment, is a person's conscious adjustment to the state of the universe that determines his life.

    4. Time

    Wu. There is no single 'arrow of time'.

    It is because of the complexity involved in achieving aims and intensions chosen by the conceptual consciousness that the need for time arises.

    etc...'

    Wu is Good idea, But regarding time, I want to have discussion with you. In my opinion time moves forwards only. We never see time moving Backwards or in an any other direction like Prof Stephan Hawking mentioned, like an imaginary perpendicular axis to the arrow of time, do you have any observations on that? .... ............

    ..................... I want you to ask you to please have a look at my essay, where ...............reproduction of Galaxies in the Universe is described. Dynamic Universe Model is another mathematical model for Universe. Its mathematics show that the movement of masses will be having a purpose or goal, Different Galaxies will be born and die (quench) etc...just have a look at the essay... "Distances, Locations, Ages and Reproduction of Galaxies in our Dynamic Universe" where UGF (Universal Gravitational force) acting on each and every mass, will create a direction and purpose of movement.....

    I think intension is inherited from Universe itself to all Biological systems

    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

      Joe, thank you for pointing me to your essay. I always enjoy perspectives that are different than mine.

      Under the section 'Law of Emotion', a turn of phrase I really like, you state, "...all surface travels at the same speed..." Is this the same as saying all things travel through spacetime at the same speed, c?

      Also, in Exodus, god identifies himself to Moses as 'I am, that I am'. Is this the sense that you use the word 'am' instead of the word 'is'?

      Again, thanks for the different viewpoint.

      Regards,

      George

      SNP Gupta, thank you for the kind words. Your essay is very interesting and fun to read. It's one from which I can learn a lot.

      I've only done a couple of readings of it and will need to really review it further. There's a lot there!

      Give me a couple of days and I will get back to you. I would love to discuss time with you.

      Again, a great job!

      Regards,

      George

      George, отлично! To move, to interact, to influence.....find points of stability, self-organization, the balance between destruction and self-organization, evolution, elimination of waste, reproduction, etc. the Opportunity for this lies in the structure of space, which is matter. Otherwise, we cannot understand how there is a mind. No mathematical formulas. However, I put a high estimate.

      Sincerely,

      Dizhechko Boris

      8 days later

      Hi George

      There are a number of notable things about your essay which places it among the best I have seen in this contest. You bothered to look at the dictionary meaning of intelligence, and it gives the best definition I have seen till now! Your extensive treatment of 'reason' is quite exceptional. I wish I had thought about it as deeply as you have, since I too use the concept of reason as a crucial component of my essay. I like the distinction you draw between 'conceptual awareness' and the perceptual level below it. Like you, I too believe that this distinction might be crucial if we are to understand the functioning of reason.

      Your discussion of time, mathematics and economics was just fantastic.

      Since you are an admirer of Hayek, you might want to see how his work has been incorporated into the platform I developed in my essay. I agree on the 'methodological individualism' as an organizing paradigm of economics, although I couldn't quite follow the reference to genetic-causal method of analysis.

      Only quibble I have with your essay is that the concept of Wu did not really fit in with the essay. Perhaps it could have been developed a tad better. Nevertheless, I have no hesitation in rating your essay as one of the best I have come across.

      Warm Regards, Willy

        Hello George,

        Very good essay. Here are the highlights for me:

        1. All societies dance, sing and create art. And laugh! (Will an advanced artificial intelligence be able to sing and dance and laugh?)

        2. Lamarck is gaining on Darwin.

        3. To quote Albert Einstein, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."

        4. And most importantly: Mathematics is not goal-free. No human endeavor is goal-free.

        If you like take a look at my entry. I concentrate on the phenomena of choice in a short dialog (koan).

        Thanks for your fine essay. I rate it highly.

        Don Limuti

          Willy,

          Thank you very much for the kind words.

          Hayek has always been one of my idols. His integrated understanding of economics, law, epistemology, and history is unprecedented in the modern world.

          As to my title Wu, you are extremely perceptive. On the night just before the due date, I did a character count and found out I had over 37,000! I spent the night and much of the next day cutting and rearranging. Under the 'Methodologies to Overcome' section, for example, I eliminated a discussion of the misuse of terms (Idols of the Marketplace) such as 'singularity', 'information', 'function', 'nothing', and 'equals' that hamper understanding. Those changes, and some others, somewhat weakened the force of the title.

          But I kept the title because it imparts an overarching sense of the way many fundamental questions are too often imprecisely phrased and framed, thus inhibiting progress in addressing the underlying issues.

          Just to expand a little on a couple of items. When it comes to an analysis of exchange, Hayek and the other Austrian economists were aware that there is no equality in exchange. Each participant to an exchange makes the trade precisely because he thinks he will be better off after it. Incorrectly assuming that there is an equality in exchange has led Marxist, Keynesian, and neoclassical economists into inconsistencies, contradictions, and lacunas in their theories of value.

          The genetic causal analytical framework postulates that market outcomes (and indeed all social structures) are the result of the purposeful actions of individuals, and to understand these outcomes, analyses must trace the logical consequences of processes that begin with and are put in motion by the choices of individuals.

          Thank you again. I look forward to reading your essay and will get back to you within the next few days.

          Highest regards,

          George

          Don, I can see by your essay that you are indeed involved with communications. This essay is a gem!

          In one short dialogue, you were able to both express the difficulty with resolving the conflict between determinism and free will and the fun in trying to do so.

          Don used his "mind to understand and plan and choose". And while he held steadfast and translated his intention into a goal and an action plan, Lexi ended up wandering to her goal.

          You also introduced emotion in an interesting way with A.I., as well as subtlety introducing the arrow of time in planning for the next FQXi contest.

          Your essay was a joy. By only regret is that Don and Lexi didn't continue their conversation for a couple of more pages!

          I will rate it highly. (Continue to sing and dance and laugh with all your future writings.)

          Highest regards,

          George

          SNP Gupta,

          Thank you for pointing me towards your essay and sorry it took me so long to respond. The concept of DUM was very interesting.

          Although I have contemplated the size of the universe, your essay really brought that home to me. And I do agree that "ours is single unit and is a closed one." Therefore, there is no multiverse.

          It's an interesting concept to have the universe giving birth to galaxies just as living things give birth to their offspring. If I understand correctly, there is no creation of matter in DUM and thus new galaxies are born from the 'radiation' left over from dead galaxies in a kind of eternal occurrence.

          You state "the motion of the any particle in the Universe can be described by the action of Universal gravitational force (UGF) due to all the other masses in the Universe at that moment, next moment, as well as moment by moment later." You also state "The electro-magnetic radiation shifts its frequency near huge gravitating masses." Under DUM, how are the predictions of the standard model altered, if at all? What of the predictions of string theory and loop quantum gravity?

          General relativity, dark matter, the big bang, singularities, black holes, and the steady state theory are all out under DUM. I think I know the answer, but what about special relativity?

          In regards to dark matter, I do think the jury is still out. You stated that SITA's "...prediction that there is no dark-matter was experimentally proved..." But absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence. There are experiments planned in the near future that may shed light on the issue.

          But if it turns out that dark matter doesn't exist, do you think some form of modified MOND, which would also account for the observed properties of galaxy clusters, explains the greater observed velocities of stars in galaxies than Newtonian mechanics predicts?

          Finally, I'm leery of the phrase 'time moves forward' because I don't think time moves at all. Time is a measurement. It is a relation between a measuring rod and that which is being measured. We don't say 'length' or 'width' or 'height' move forward or backward just because the object we are measuring undergoes some kind of change.

          Again, thank you. I learned a lot from your essay and it was very rewarding reading it.

          Regards,

          George

          George,

          Very novel and unique approach. I even followed most of it (I think!) I think we should adopt Wu for the English language, it definitely seems to need more words to effectively describe 'science'.

          Favourite line? ; "It wasn't mathematics that led Einstein to his theories of relativity. It was the syllogism...and...imagination!" Extra points for that!

          I found using that approach could solve QM with a classical mechanism too. Shocking, but isn't life!? Do take a look & tell me if I'm crazy.

          Very best

          Peter

          Dear Sirs!

          Physics of Descartes, which existed prior to the physics of Newton returned as the New Cartesian Physic and promises to be a theory of everything. To tell you this good news I use spam.

          New Cartesian Physic based on the identity of space and matter. It showed that the formula of mass-energy equivalence comes from the pressure of the Universe, the flow of force which on the corpuscle is equal to the product of Planck's constant to the speed of light.

          New Cartesian Physic has great potential for understanding the world. To show it, I ventured to give "materialistic explanations of the paranormal and supernatural" is the title of my essay.

          Visit my essay, you will find there the New Cartesian Physic and make a short entry: "I believe that space is a matter" I will answer you in return. Can put me 1.

          Sincerely,

          Dizhechko Boris

          12 days later
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