It is said that the next great advance in fundamental physics will be precipitated by a breakthrough experiment which disagrees with the current theoretical framework. We argue against this, using the examples of quantum theory and of relativity as a case study: key theoretical breakthroughs (preceding the pioneer experiment) leading to improved understanding tend to be ignored. Rather, the present theoretical framework happens to be the one which was put forth first, ahead of other subsequently discovered frameworks which also agree with current experiments and are in fact superior to the present establishment viewpoint regarding their internal consistency. And yet, human prejudice and bigotry conspire to let the less superior framework prevail, until the next breakthrough experiment arrives. Only then the pre-existing better frameworks, which in fact agree with the breakthrough experiment, come to be accepted, hesitatingly. And so, the cycle goes on.
Quantum theory could have been different, relativity could have been different
As a result of the essay, the proposals are good, radical.
Quantum theory, general relativity, string theory - phenomenological (parametric, operationalistic, "effective") theories without ontological substantiation (ontological basification). In the metaphysical basis of knowledge, a Great Ontological Revolution is needed. The result is the construction of a New Ideality, an ontologically substantiated primordial structure (ontological frame, framework, foundation), which will give an understanding of the Reality and a new heuristic. Step by step from Phenomenological Physics to move on to Ontological Physics. Instead of "Shut up and count," the motto should work: "Understand and quickly count."
The mathematician and philosopher Vasily Nalimov is right, who a quarter of a century ago set the task of constructing a "super-unified field theory describing both physical and semantic manifestations of the World" (V. Nalimov "The Self-Aware Universe", 1996)
In the same direction, the ideas of the Nobel laureate in physics Brian Josephson (which are not very noticed by mainstream science), set out in the essay "On the Fundamentality of Meaning".
Lee Smolin: “All the theories we work with, including the Standard Model of Particles Physics and general relativity, are approximate theories, applying to truncations of nature that include only a subset of the degrees of freedom in the universe. We call such an approximate theory an effective theory.”
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: "The true physics is that which will, one day, achieve the inclusion of man in his wholeness in a coherent picture of the world."
A.N. Whitehead: “A precise language must await a completed metaphysical knowledge.”
Thank you Vladimir, for your comments. I especially liked Lee Smolin's remarks.
1.Perhaps I give you a solution for the TT time. Lets make the following ewperiment: you are in rest in an inertial reference and a beam of light pass in front you than you conclude that the beam is travelling with the speed c of light. Now you are in rest in the refrence wich travel with the speed c in the same sens of the beam, the question is what is the speed of the space in front you?. The response is clear: it is also c. As you have a space coordinate when you are in rest in the space reference, you should have a time coordinate when you are in rest in the light reference. The space coordinate can be anyone but the time coordinate should be related to the your energy. If you are in rest in space of any space reference in motion according to the first one than your coordinate time is your rest energy divide by an universal constant. It is easy to deduce your time coordinate in the first reference by Lorentz transformation. This is constant when your energy is constant and it vary when your energy vary but at the same rate of th universal time T as dTT=dT. For a photon its time coordinate is equal to its energy divided by an universal constant.
- For elementary particles you can verify tha it exist an Integer as N=K+A.log(mass of particle) for every particle of corse including in this formulae the new universal constant.
3.It exist a unique Natural system of measuring unities (by including the new universal constant) which is different from Planck system. - I will try to explain the radial acceleration of galaxies in which General Relativity breakdown to Newton gravitation in the end of this Competition.
5.Special Relativity and quantum mechanics can be the same theory as the following: for every particle it is associated a quadrivecteur lenght identity, this quadrivector have a lenght in time and a lenght in space. There is a ratio between this quadrivector and the quadrivector energy-momentum , this ratio is an universal constant. Also there is a ratio between the quadrivector identity lenght and the quadrivector wavevector and this ratio is an universal constant--> you can deduce directly the duality wave-corpuscle.
6.Any corspuscle can be in many states. If those states are infinite than there is a classical measure to get by applying Bohr principle correspondance. Eventhought in low level states and considering Bohr principle of correspondance as a quantum principle so there is a calssical measure to get also.
7-Universe is a mathematical construction at any level.
Thank you for your comments
"I will try to explain the radial acceleration of galaxies in which General Relativity breakdown to Newton gravitation NOW:
General Relativity breakdown to Newton gravity when the position of a galaxy is below a certain radius function of the acceleration a0,the Hubble constant , the mass of the galaxy and the new universal constant. I don't need MOND theory.
The new universal constant is also function of Planck constant, speed of light, contant lambda and constant G. The new universal constant explain many things.
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The third instance is directly related to the second one above, and no less significant. Popescu and
Rohrlich showed that the condition of relativistic causality (i.e. no signaling) by itself permits
nonlocal correlations stronger than those permitted by quantum theory. This mysterious mismatch
between relativity on the one hand, and quantum mechanics on the other, raises the question as to
whether there exists a dynamics more general than quantum dynamics, where such supra-quantum
nonlocal correlations arise. In fact, there is evidence that such a situation arises in Adler’s trace
dynamics. One might ask what kind of physical systems exhibit this stronger-than-quantum
nonlocality, and what experiments might find them. Yet, only rarely does this question evoke
interest, and more attention is focused on saving quantum mechanics and finding additional criteria
which would disallow supra-quantum nonlocality from occurring in nature
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What I am going to bring up, is that this discussion is devoid of the insight that tHooft made as far as embedding QM within a deterministic structure
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Deterministic Quantum Mechanics: The Mathematical Equations
Gerard 't Hooft*
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Without wasting time and effort on philosophical justifications and implications, we write down the conditions for the Hamiltonian of a quantum system for rendering it mathematically equivalent to a deterministic system. These are the equations to be considered. Special attention is given to the notion of “locality.” Various examples are worked out, followed by a systematic procedure to generate classical evolution laws and quantum Hamiltonians that are exactly equivalent. What is new here is that we consider interactions, keeping them as general as we can. The quantum systems found, form a dense set if we limit ourselves to sufficiently low energy states. The class is discrete, just because the set of deterministic models containing a finite number of classical states, is discrete. In contrast with earlier suspicions, the gravitational force turns out not to be needed for this; it suffices that the classical system act at a time scale much smaller than the inverse of the maximum scattering energies considered.
- Introduction: Ontological Quantum Mechanics
Discussions of the interpretation of quantum mechanics [1–20] seem to be confusing and endless. This author prefers to consider the mathematical equations that make the difference. Having the equations will make the discussion a lot more straightforward. Here, we reduce the theory of quantum mechanics to a mathematical language describing structures that may well evolve deterministically. The language itself is equally suitable for any system with classical or quantum evolution laws1.
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If there is a mix of certain inputs with a deterministic flavor this solves the questions arising in the quote from the article which I copied from above,.
We need to have a clearer headed view as to the possible mix of determinism and quantum non locality in setting up our questions
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The essay further touches upon the tension between quantum mechanics and relativity, emphasizing the discovery of Bell's inequalities and the violation of local realism. It mentions the possibility of dynamics beyond quantum theory that allow for stronger-than-quantum nonlocal correlations. The author suggests exploring a reformulation of quantum theory without space and time as fundamental concepts to uncover new physics.
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As you point out there has been a plethora of crackpots whom declaim Einstein is wrong. One of my favorites is the meme associated with variable speeds of light. UNBELIEVABLE
As to your suggestions, the basic work around point is that an embedding of quantum mechanics within a deterministic structure may be with extension of some of Einstein lead to quantitzation of Gravity. With all the brain power evidenced in your most erudite essay I can imagine you as doing an extension of Einsteins equations to allow for a suitable embedding background for the tHooft program as to a quasi Deterministic quantum mechanics equation. After the essays are graded and if you are a top scorer as I think your essay warrants , I look forward to joining you in the future in this most magnificent endeavor.
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You have to think big!
It is known that Newton determined the gravitational coefficient through the parameters of the orbits of the planets of the solar system. If the gravitational coefficient is determined in a similar way from the parameters of the orbits of electrons in the Hydrogen atom, then the gravitational coefficient of the planetary system of the Hydrogen atom becomes 40 orders of magnitude greater than in the solar system. Then the Planck parameters of the Hydrogen atom are the parameters of an electron with its radius equal to the radius of the Compton wave of the electron. Those. each level of fractal matter has its own “Planck parameters”, and the generally accepted Planck parameters are an abstract delusion and have no real meaning at all. Indeed, what relation does the gravitational coefficient from the parameters of the Solar system have to the parameters of the planetary system of the Hydrogen atom? None!!!
You have to think big!
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