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Introduction (2009): This website is primarily on the subjects of truth
and reality. We get about 300,000 page views each week and are one of the
top philosophy / physics sites on the Internet. The central thesis is best
stated in three parts;
i) We must know the truth to act wisely, and truth comes from physical reality.
ii) Our present and past societies are not founded on truth and act unwisely
(overpopulation, destruction of nature, pollution, climate change, religious
and economic wars, etc.).
iii) We now know the correct language for describing physical reality (all
matter interactions are wave interactions in space), and this knowledge
is critical for our future survival, being the source of truth & wisdom.
So how do we prove that this is true? Everyone will agree that true
knowledge of reality must explain and solve the fundamental problems of
knowledge in physics, philosophy and metaphysics. This website
does exactly that. The above subject pages provide short summaries / simple
solutions to these central problems of knowledge. To begin it is useful
to read the Introduction
& Summary to this Physics Philosophy Metaphysics Website.
Short Summary of Quantum Physics These Quantum Physics pages (on either side) show how this new
understanding of physical reality (that all light and matter interactions
are wave interactions in Space) explains and solves the central problems
of Quantum Theory.
The mistake was to work from Newton's foundation of particles
and instantly acting gravity forces in space and time (many things) and
then have to add more things to explain light and electricity, i.e. charged
particles, continuous electromagnetic fields and waves (Faraday,
Maxwell,
Lorentz,
Einstein's
Special Relativity).
Thus by 1900 the central concepts of Physics were; Matter as discrete particles with both gravitational mass
and electrical charge properties (mass-charge duality). Light as continuous electromagnetic waves (velocity of
light c).
Continuous electromagnetic fields created by discrete charged particles
(discrete particle-continuous field duality). Local charge interactions limited by the velocity of electromagnetic
waves (velocity of light c).
The solution to this confusion and contradiction is simple once
known. Describe reality from One thing existing, Space (that we all commonly
experience) and its Properties. i.e. Rather than adding matter
particles to space as Newton did, we consider Space with properties of a
continuous wave medium for a pure Wave Structure of Matter. This is the
Most Simple Science Theory of Physical Reality (despite many claims
to the contrary, science does actually work, we just needed the correct
foundation of continuous Space rather than discrete matter).
Most importantly, this Dynamic
Unity of Reality provides simple solutions to all the 'strangeness'
of quantum physics that has resulted from this discrete / disconnected 'particle'
conception of matter.
i.e. Matter is a Wave Structure of Space - the Spherical Wave
Center creates the 'particle' effect. Light is a Wave Phenomena - however, spherical standing
waves (matter) act as spherical resonators and only interact (resonantly
couple) at discrete frequencies / energies which gives the effect of discrete
light 'quanta'. Reality is both Continuous (Space) and Discrete (Standing Wave Interactions). Reality is both Local and Non-Local - matter is causally
inter-connected in Space by its Spherical In and Out Waves (traveling at
velocity c, i.e. Einstein's Locality). However (and very importantly), with
relative motion these matter wave interactions form de
Broglie phase waves that travel at high velocities (c2/v),
explaining EPR and apparent Non-Locality / Instant-Action-at-a-Distance. Reality is Causally Connected but Non-Deterministic / Statistical.
The waves in quantum theory are real waves (not abstract 'probability waves')
but lack of knowledge of the interconnected whole (infinite Space) causes
statistical behaviour of matter (as Einstein believed).
I realise this is a pretty abrupt / radical introduction to a new way of
seeing things - that it will take some time to adjust. But the Wave Structure
of Matter is simple sensible and obvious once known. Each Quantum Physics
page has a short summary and important quotes, so it is easy to click around
and confirm things for yourself. Enjoy! Think! Geoff
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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a
revolutionary act. (George Orwell)
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. (Mohandas Gandhi)
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.
(Edmund Burke)
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late. (Thomas Hobbes)
Quantum Theory: Max Born The Wave Structure of Matter shows that Max Born's
Probability Waves Interpretation of Quantum Theory is due to the incorrect
'particle' conception of Matter.
No
concealed parameters can be introduced with the help of which the indeterministic
description could be transformed into a deterministic one. Hence if a future
theory should be deterministic, it cannot be a modification of the present
one but must be essentially different. (Max Born, on Quantum
Theory, 1949)
It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded
and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom. (Max
Born)
The question of whether the waves are something 'real' or
a function to describe and predict phenomena in a convenient way is a matter
of taste. I personally like to regard a probability wave, even in 3N-dimensional
space, as a real thing, certainly as more than a tool for mathematical calculations.
... Quite generally, how could we rely on probability predictions if by
this notion we do not refer to something real and objective? (Max Born,
Dover publ., 1964, 'Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance', p. 107)
Max Born (Quantum Theory) was the first to discover in
1928 (by chance and with no theoretical foundation) that the square of the
Schrodinger wave equations (which is actually the energy density of space)
could be used to predict the probability of where the particle would be
found.
Since it was impossible for both the waves and the particles to be real
entities, it became customary to regard the waves as unreal probability
waves and to maintain the belief in the 'real' particle. Unfortunately (profoundly)
this maintained the belief in the particle/wave duality, in a new form where
the 'quantum' scalar standing waves had become 'probability waves' for the
'real' particle.
If
God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so
much to our imperfect intellects that in order to predict little parts of
it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice
with fair success. (Max Born, on Quantum Theory)
I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science,
with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way
by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.
Max Born (1882-1970) German Physicist. Nobel Prize, 1954.
One obvious objection to the hypothesis of an elastic Aether
(Space) arises from the necessity of ascribing to it the great rigidity
it must have to account for the high velocity of Waves. Such a substance
would necessarily offer resistance to the motion of heavenly bodies, particularly
to that of planets. Astronomy has never detected departures from Newton's
Laws of Motion that would point to such a resistance.
(Max Born, on Quantum Theory, 1924)
The question of whether the waves are something "real"
or a function to describe and predict phenomena in a convenient way is a
matter of taste. I personally like to regard a probability wave, even in
3N-dimensional space, as a real thing, certainly as more than a tool for
mathematical calculations ... Quite generally, how could we rely on probability
predictions if by this notion we do not refer to something real and objective?
(Max Born, Dover publ., 1964, "Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance",
p. 107)
Albert Einstein Quotes on Max Born & Historical Analysis of Quantum
Physics
On
the basis of quantum theory there was obtained a surprisingly good representation
of an immense variety of facts which otherwise appeared entirely incomprehensible.
But on one point, curiously enough, there was failure: it proved impossible
to associate with these Schrodinger waves definite motions
of the mass points - and that, after all, had been the original purpose
of the whole construction. The difficulty appeared insurmountable until
it was overcome by Max Born in a way as simple as it was unexpected. The
de Broglie-Schrodinger wave fields were not to be interpreted as a mathematical
description of how an event actually takes place in time and space, though,
of course, they have reference to such an event. Rather they are a mathematical
description of what we can actually know about the system. They
serve only to make statistical statements and predictions of the results
of all measurements which we can carry out upon the system. (Albert
Einstein, on Quantum Physics, 1940)
It
seems to be clear, therefore, that Born's statistical interpretation of
quantum theory is the only possible one. The wave function does not in any
way describe a state which could be that of a single system; it relates
rather to many systems, to an 'ensemble of systems' in the sense
of statistical mechanics. (Albert Einstein, on
Quantum Physics, 1936)
Thus the last and most successful creation of theoretical
physics, namely quantum mechanics, differs fundamentally from both Newton's
mechanics, and Maxwell's e-m field. For the quantities which figure in Quantum
Mechanics's laws make no claim to describe physical reality itself, but
only probabilities of the occurrence of a physical reality that we have
in view. (Albert Einstein, on Quantum Mechanics, 1931)
I cannot but confess that I attach only a transitory importance
to this interpretation. I still believe in the possibility of a model of
reality - that is to say, of a theory which represents things themselves
and not merely the probability of their occurrence. On the other hand, it
seems to me certain that we must give up the idea of complete localization
of the particle in a theoretical model. This seems to me the permanent upshot
of Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty. (Albert Einstein,
on Quantum Theory, 1934)
Quantum Physics The Wave Structure of Matter (WSM) and Spherical Standing
Wave Interactions explains Discrete Energy States of Quantum Physics (Quantum
Theory / Quantum Wave Mechanics).
A Simple Solution to the Particle / Wave Duality of Light and Matter &
Quantum Entanglement
"You must be the change you wish to see in the
world."
(Mohandas
Gandhi)
"When
forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence:
Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter.
... Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially
extended. In this way the concept 'empty space' loses its meaning.
... The particle can only appear as a limited region in space in which
the field strength or the energy density are particularly high. ...
The free, unhampered exchange of ideas and scientific conclusions
is necessary for the sound development of science, as it is in all spheres
of cultural life. ... We must not conceal from ourselves that
no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without
a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined
to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm
and the misguided. ... Humanity is going to need a substantially new way of thinking
if it is to survive!" (Albert Einstein)
This is the profound new way of thinking that Einstein
realised, that we exist as spatially extended structures of the universe
- the discrete and separate body an illusion. This simply confirms the
intuitions of the ancient
philosophers and mystics.
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No
concealed parameters can be introduced with the help of which the indeterministic
description could be transformed into a deterministic one. Hence if a future
theory should be deterministic, it cannot be a modification of the present
one but must be essentially different. (Max Born, on Quantum
Theory, 1949)
If
God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so
much to our imperfect intellects that in order to predict little parts of
it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice
with fair success. (Max Born, on Quantum Theory)
On
the basis of quantum theory there was obtained a surprisingly good representation
of an immense variety of facts which otherwise appeared entirely incomprehensible.
But on one point, curiously enough, there was failure: it proved impossible
to associate with these Schrodinger waves definite motions
of the mass points - and that, after all, had been the original purpose
of the whole construction. The difficulty appeared insurmountable until
it was overcome by Max Born in a way as simple as it was unexpected. The
de Broglie-Schrodinger wave fields were not to be interpreted as a mathematical
description of how an event actually takes place in time and space, though,
of course, they have reference to such an event. Rather they are a mathematical
description of what we can actually know about the system. They
serve only to make statistical statements and predictions of the results
of all measurements which we can carry out upon the system. (Albert
Einstein, on Quantum Physics, 1940)
It
seems to be clear, therefore, that Born's statistical interpretation of
quantum theory is the only possible one. The wave function does not in any
way describe a state which could be that of a single system; it relates
rather to many systems, to an 'ensemble of systems' in the sense
of statistical mechanics. (Albert Einstein, on
Quantum Physics, 1936)
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
(Mohandas Gandhi)
The free, unhampered exchange of ideas and scientific conclusions is necessary for the sound development of science, as it is in all spheres of cultural life. ... We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm and the misguided. ...
Humanity is going to need a substantially new way of thinking if it is to survive!" (Albert Einstein)
This is the profound new way of thinking that Einstein realised, that we exist as spatially extended structures of the universe - the discrete and separate body an illusion. This simply confirms the intuitions of the ancient philosophers and mystics.
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