Dear Jack

Thank you. I'm glad my essay presented food for thought. Your having considered evolution as a possible explanation for universal order and complexity marks you as a person of interest to me. I am going to do what I can to have a look at your essay before ratings conclude. I am already committed to reading a number of essays before competition close, but whats one more :)

Some helpful advice for you. Maybe dont go to peoples pages and request they read your essay. Thats what I did yesterday, I was a 7.4 and became a 6.6 before their bombing run had eased off. What a mistaka to makea! Oh well, the whole point is to have ones essay read. So all good

Thank you once again

Kind regards

Steve

Dear Steve, [from my essay-thread, in reply] thanks for dropping by and alerting me to your absorbing essay.

The fuller story: "As high seas crashed about you, a black bottle smashed aboard. Seeing the now-revealed message, you transcribed it here as your opening paragraph: not realising that you had discovered the missing introduction to Moby Dick."

Thus does your poetic bent go on to reveal your wide-ranging knowledge of important themes and buzzwords: inviting me to an exciting universe of discourse based on ideas, thoughts, poetry, etc. Alas, for me (an engineer), devoid of mathematics.

It's this last aspect that I seek to address in my essay -- mixing my poor poetry with simple math --- prompting another alas: it's nowhere near as popular as yours.

So please bring your poetry and your heavy-duty know-how to bear on my essay: for I will welcome such to trigger corrections and improvements. Hoping it will help to bring out the best in you, here's some background info.

Background to Wholistic Mechanics (WM)

Whereas QM emerged from the UV-catastrophe ca1905, WM emerges from the locality-catastrophe typified by John Bell's dilemma ca1965: ie, seriously ambivalent about AAD, Bell adamantly rejected locality. He later surmised that maybe he and his followers were being rather silly -- correctly; as we show -- for WM is the local theory that resolves Bell's dilemma [there is no AAD] and proves the Bellian silliness.

So WM begins by bringing just one change to modern physics: rejecting naive-realism, true realism insists that some beables change interactively, after Bohr's disturbance-dictum. Thus recognising the minimum-action associated with Planck's constant, WM then recognises the maximum speed associated with light: for true locality insists that no influence propagates superluminally, after Einstein.

The union of these two classical principles -- the foundation of WM -- is true local realism (TLR). Under TLR, EPR's naive criterion for "an element of physical reality" is corrected, then the Laws of Malus and Bayes are validated in the quantum world. Then, via the R-F theorem ca1915, Born's Law is seen to derive from elementary Fourier theory. This in turn allows us to understand the physical significance of Dirac's notation; etc. Thus, beginning with these elementary natural principles, WM's universe-of-discourse focuses on beables in spacetime: with mathematics taken to be our best logic.

NB: Formulated in 1989 in response to a challenging article by David Mermin (1988), many leading Bellian physicists and philosophers have committed to review the foundations of WM and its early results. Since no such review has ever been delivered, I am not yet aware of any defect in the theory. Further, WM provides many ways to refute Bell's theorem (BT): one such is provided on p.8 of my essay.

PS: To those who dismiss my essay due to an alleged typo in the heading, I follow C. S. Peirce (absent his severity): "It is entirely contrary to good English usage to spell premiss, 'premise,' and this spelling ... simply betrays ignorance of the history of logic."

Assuring you that critical comments are most welcome,

Gordon Watson More realistic fundamentals: quantum theory from one premiss.

Dear Gordon

Thats a lovely message to receive after yesterdays bruising. I'm going to bump your essay up the list of those to read :)

Dont kid yourself, your writing style is fine and delightful. It is effective in flattery in any rate, and worked on me.

You write on a subject I enjoy. It is a subject that tasks then mind heavily, and that might have more to do with peoples selective interests more than it does your writing style. Especially this end of the contest when we're all trying to read as many essays as possible. So much learning and brain cramming. It can be a little tiring.

Thanks for your kind words and I look forward to talking again soon.

Steve

Steven,

I gave a high rating to your essay on 2/7/18. Hope you can check out mine.

Jim

Here's a letter I wrote for Karen Crowther. I would like to share it with all of you too.

Dear Karen

You picked a good theme for this years essay, and you are accomplished in that you did the subject good justice. Congratulations of a great essay and a great score. I hit you with a 10 but it wasn't sufficient to move you up to 7.7. But it will have pushed it closer to that tipping point

I just want to give you a quick run down, why you might read my essay with a view to measuring it by your check list. I'll make this short but the essay, if you should read it, is more comprehensive.

You have identified the prospect that a Quantum Gravity Theory might present means of unifying Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity. With this in mind, please consider the following approach?

Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity, two fundamental theories of one world. However QM and GR have clocks in common, in terms of clocks being a study in QM (made of QM), and GR being a study of clocks (time dilation). Two fundamental theories, servicing one world and two fundamental theories serviced by one device? QM might be surmised, a study of forces (clock springs). GR might be surmised, a study of time (clock faces). But clock springs and clock faces are connected via shaft, from which you can deduce they are locked in proportional motion with each other. When you consider that clock springs drive the clocks function, and the clock hands but follow the springs instruction, (making clock hands superfluous in terms of being a physical cause or influence). Then when you consider how gravitational environments modulate a clocks rate of function, then have your minds eye look past the superfluous clock face, and instead look to what effect is imposed on clock springs. Quantify the springs parameters and you will see the term "force dilation" is justified.

QM is a study in the clocks back end function, where the forces reside and issue their cause. GR, gravitational environments impose effects on clocks, but consider the prospect of those effects being imposed foremost on clock springs. GR is translated as a consideration of QM force dilation. This is a unifying effort well worth following up on.

My essay then goes onto extend consideration of force dilation, within context that atomic activity/forces/work are derived from a field energy potential of space. Guv = Tuv representing the nature of the interaction between matter and space whereby space field is converted to atomic forces. Guv field providing Gluons with the capacity to generate force/mass, and Gluons then have the capacity to convert force to motion, "gravitational acceleration". That is a pretty simple and straightforward approach to QG theory that ties QM and GR together.

The Guv space field owes its origin to Auv, or Dark Energy. Which it is possible to interpret as a continually regenerating universal field. I go onto hypothesis that the Baryon universe might owe its existence to this Auv field, which serves as a natural energy potential Baryons have evolved structure and agency to best exploit. So we arrive at a junction whereby we are inquiring after Darwinian principles to question universal systems, order and process. That the universe might be an example of nature having been given a natural energy potential, it invented a circumstance of Darwinian emergence.

You place a large emphasis on the challenge faced by fundamental theory, in transcending the length scales. For example, what type of unified field theory might transcend and encapsulate all length scales? Consider biology and how it is serviced by theory which mitigates this issue. Biology is serviced by systems on various length scales, sub cellular, cellular and multicellular, and even societal. And all these systems being modular in building compound biological structure and complex organisms. The theory of Darwinian Evolution connects and translates all of these length scales within a common and seamless context. Darwinian Evolution applied to atomic field theory, would conceivably achieve the same result. Sub atomic, atomic, molecular, cosmological scales all bridged by common context of being an evolved system. Not only unifying the length scales, but conceivably providing the context for rationalizing universal order and complexity, of universal system structure and process.

I know this will all seam pretty far out there, but there are not many theory types which have prospect of qualifying your listed criteria for fundamental. This theory might be considered for review based on novelty, because logic can be applied to it and it does extend prospective answers to your criteria list. I think you might have some fun with it, and putting your essay rationale to the test.

Thank you for your consideration

Kind regards

Steve

Darwinian Universal Fundamental Origin

Steven,

I'll just catch up here as in my posts. You leaning pole will 'weight' precisely the same whatever it's angle, but the change in torque and weight 'distribution' is indeed by Cos theta. (i.e. use 2 weighing scale, one for each end, the total is a constant whatever the angle!!).

I drew a sphere in my essay 3 or 4yrs ago showing why, which comes back to simple geometry & Pythogorus. The 'torque' is orthogonal. And YES it is a fundamental fact much of physics has ignored.

As for peer review. The way it works is departures from mainstream are turned away by the doorman or front desk to protect the editors so rarely get near it unless by an eminent name!

Thanks to Ulla M I've now found the Poincare sphere already WITH those orthogonal forces I identify which has long existed and been ignored! But a precise understanding and description is key.

Very Best.

Peter

Thanks.

The centered text is a bit difficult to read.

I copy from my essay answer.

"It questions the fundamental nature of the interaction between space and matter Guv = Tuv" - a very good Query, indeed. Why is gravitation seen as symmetric, invariant and 'collapsed' when it maybe is a false grasp to do so? It is maybe only one side of things? Matrices are also a quantum approach. It will be interesting to read your essay. Many thanks.

Ulla.

Clocks are relevant only as harmonic oscillations, I Think.

    Peter

    Thanks for following up on that discussion. I couldn't determine if you were recognising that which I referred too. But yes, you do. The transition of weight for the top end of the pole, as it is leaned over. You refer to as torque.

    I am not familiar with how this consideration of torque relates to a spheres? That is something I will have to follow up with you. And it sounds as though Ulla has something interesting to contribute in this regard. I will follow up on this also.

    So yes. A poles top end weight transition as it is leaned over in a gravitational field, creates the same curve as a Photons probability distribution (at the same respective angle). The question is, is this a meaningful observation? Does it tell us anything about the photons properties or behaviours?

    The pole and the Earths gravitational field is representative of an interaction between two systems, which gives a variable value for weight (top end of pole). The same can be said for the Photon and the detector, they represent an interaction between two systems, which gives a variable value for Quantum probability. They are both values obtained from twin systems.

    Let us focus on the nature of force interactions. We might use the example of the pole in Earths gravity to build a model for consideration. The simplest distillation of force interaction considerations is represented by (forces applied to bodies, and bodies resistance to forces applied) or (forceful influence, and resistance to forceful influence).

    The poles weight transition is a consideration of the poles resistance to pull of Earths gravity at various angles. Simple!

    Is it possible this is the nature of the relationship between a photon and detector, that gives variable quantum probability? The prospective origin of Bells Inequality. Photons possess force, and it makes sense this is coupled with the ability to resist forces applied toward changing its state, angle. And we know that the detector is applying force to the photon, because it does change the Photons state, angle.

    If all force interactions do possess component of (force and resistance to force), and the photon and the detector are a force interaction, then the answer is (of course the photons angle can effect its ability to resist the forces acting to change its state, angle.

    These are ultra-simple observations and conservative claims. And they do provide the prospective basis for decoding Bells Inequality. A pole in a gravitational field decodes a photons quantum probability. A simple geometry (pole) coupled with considerations of (forces applied and resistance to forces applied). To decode massive particles requires varied geometries (spheres) but the same force considerations apply as for the Photon.

    Peter, in my view your work represents the needed geometric considerations. However could benefit for the force dynamics. Physical interactions are about geometries, but also the "force interactions". There can be no interaction without forces. Force interactions include the dynamic of "resistance" which does contribute a necessary component.

    I'm glad I could say this for you. I wasn't sure we were on the same page the other day, so I didn't see the point in going further. The beauty is in how simply these considerations are retro fitted to your current body of work. It just clicks on. That is part of the reason I was so impressed by your work, and its prospective validity. But also allows you to begin your sequence of decoding geometries from a simpler basis geometry (poles), that then leads on to your higher level decoding efforts of massive particles (spheres). The simpler your starting position, the more fundamental your basis, the more justified and easy to interpret is your argument/theory.

    Think about Incorporate force interaction dynamics into your hypothesis.

    Steve

    Steven,

    I appreciate your taking the time to read my essay and comment on it. We all need to be honest. As you have seen, there is not a lot of that in this contest. I appreciate it.

    JIm

    Hi Ulla

    Thank you for dropping by my page and considering reading of my essay. I will certainly read yours.

    Yes, the equality between Guv and Tuv is something interesting to reflect upon. Physical interactions are usually energy conversions, from one type to another. It is interesting to ask the question, which is cause and which follows as an effect? between Guv and Tuv.

    I think Clocks are relevant in terms of the forces that drive their function. Force drives clocks, therefore clocks measure force. My essay explains the details

    Talk soon

    Steve

    Dear Steven,

    (copy to yours and mine)

    Thank you very much for writing me a message.

    Excuse me for being short-sighted, I refrained from communicating with you after your categorical statement in 2017.

    «These topics being prominent in the minds of people, evidences the complexity and fine tuning problem is a most pressing issue confronting our universal awareness. No matter we try, it will not find explanation in absence of a natural organisation principle!».

    I consider that I am one of the few who answered the question posed about the self-organization of matter even in the title of my essay.

    It is so close to me.

    «Questions of a fundamental nature of the world push up against our theories of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity».

    «It does indeed appear we exist as a world of matter fields of force, operating under temporal governance».

    In my essay it is shown that all the force interactions of the elements of matter are carried out at resonance frequencies of toroidal gravitational waves. In the universe, there is a general grid of resonant frequencies of limiting elements (such as an electron), which synchronizes all quantum parametric processes), so time is a derivative of the period of synchronous resonance frequencies and cannot be distorted.

    «MOND having achieved prediction of spiral galaxy rotation velocities, the same formula fails to extend prediction to motions of galaxy groups. If a single fudge factor fixed everything, it might tell us something important. But it's difficult to justify a unique fudge to suit numerous unique examples of gravitational interaction».

    «a unique fudge to suit numerous unique examples of gravitational interaction». are explained very simply. Due to the invariable gravitational potential in the disks of galaxies, the stars move approximately at the same speed, which does not correspond to Newton's law of gravitation and Kepler's laws.

    I think that the overwhelming majority of scientists do not assume that the gravitational potential is equal to the square of the equilibrium orbital velocity, because all are accustomed to consider the gravitational potential through the gravitational coefficient, which, in my opinion, is not fundamental.

    In addition, the gravitational potential is related to the temperature of the medium of the physical vacuum (analog of "dark matter"). And the temperature in the galactic disk is approximately the same, so the speed of the stars does not depend on the distance to the center of the galaxy.

    I highly appreciate hope your essay and hope for reciprocity ....

    I request you to please post your reply in my essay also, so that I can get an intimation that you replied.

    I highly appreciate your well-written essay in an effort to understand.

    I hope that my modest achievements can be information for reflection for you.

    Vladimir Fedorov

    https://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/3080

    Steve,

    Yes indeed, properly rather 'vector analysis' for force dynamics, but we can also construct the full wave function in vectors!

    The issue with your pole was you never referred to just the 'top' of the pole, so you'll see all my responses made sense.

    In fact your analysis still isn't quite true because there's a difference between the uniformly distributed mass of a pole and the case of a 'point' mass at that radius. However your point is otherwise well made and matches mine (see also my essays from 2-3 yrs ago).

    Good job on your essay, score going on now for a nice boost.

    Best of luck in the run in.

    Peter

    Dear Steven,

    Your essay opens a myriad of questions in an apparent search for a way to approach the essay topic. Yet you answer so few of them, it makes one wonder whether you have any destination in mind..

    However, you do sense the crucial importance of causality, waxing poetic about its mutual effect on both GR and QCD (QM...). That was beautifully enigmatic, although you missed the tragedy for QM, since it must fundamentally change to be causal and thereby consistent with GR.

    Ah well, I hope that in your musings you find a path to the truth.

    Wayne

      Wayne

      Really, no destination in mind? Posed questions and didn't answer them? Can you give me an example of a question I posed but didn't answer? In any case, I can't be held responsable for your comprehension skills.

      Steve

      Wayne

      People invent clocks, then Einstein comes along and discovers their rate is modulated in gravitational environments.

      What you have done is listen to somebody say, "forces drive a clocks function, so forces must be implicated in general relativitys effects".

      To which your respond. Nothing of any interest here, bit of poetic mumbo jumbo maybe!

      Maybe it's that you're not very deductive

      Steve

      Dear Steven:

      Lucky you that you can go sailing!

      Sailing has indeed been the inspiration for many great thinkers and students of nature. Indeed, you're no exception. I thoroughly enjoyed your writing and found your idea of force dilation very interesting and worthwhile as a way to reconcile galactic rotation with GR.

      My very short essay focused on the applicability of the ideas represented by the word "fundamental" itself to physics, rather than focusing on any particular theory or attempt at a theory. It is a warning that considering things to fundamental can confuse rather than clarify physical relationships.

      However, you did a good job of using "fundamental" in simplifying your explanation.

      Sincerely,

      Luis Felipe Patino-Cuadrado

        Dear Luis

        Thank you. I will read your essay as well, but I'm afraid I won't be able to before contest close. I'm out and about surfing camping and writing this on my phone. Didn't end up going sailing.

        You like the clock rendition? If you like, in the days to follow allow me to discuss the ins and outs of the subject. Help you determine if there really is anything of interest in this observation and my interpretation of it. And there is.

        I recently framed it like this

        People invented clocks, then Einstein comes along and discovers their rate is modulated in gravitational environments.

        I suggest that, "forces drive a clocks function, so forces must be implicated in general relativitys effects". How could it not be? It is observable and quantifiable. Force dilation.

        Steve

        7 years later

        Hi Steve,
        I have come to your essay and last answer 7 years later, but that is the beauty of FQXI essays and forums.
        I enjoyed reading your essay. I, too, along with others like Edwin, believe that time/energy need to be considered as some form of unity. You come close to it with your force dilation. That's good - asking why?
        In past FQXI essays I have stated that via the Einstein-Planck equation, when you put the clock into the equation (as a volume of space filled with the energy of the clock) you find that the tick of the clock is inversely proportional to the energy density of the clock. It a simple idea that holds great power. Now, in general, energy density will be primarily by mass equivalent (as is gravity). The more mass, the more energy, the slower the tick. In deep space, away from mass, the local mass of the clock is all that statistically affects the forces that drive the clock, be they potential energy or some form of atomic transition. But when the clock is located near a large mass (a star), those forces that drive the clock are swamped by the force field of the star, which has the effect of slowing down the natural force mechanism of the clock.
        In my model there are only electromagnetic forces and gravitational forces in what I call the star's force field. Most people would discount the electromagnetic field as the positive and negative charges are in balance, and thus only consider the gravitational field. Be careful here, as I make a distinction between the electromagnetic field as a force field and electromagnetic radiation, as a travelling disturbance in that field.
        So I believe your idea has merit.
        Aussie Dave.