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Introduction (2011): This website is primarily on the subjects of truth
and reality. We get about 600,000 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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Hell is Truth Seen Too Late. (Thomas Hobbes)
Quantum Theory: Paul Dirac Discussion of quotes on the Evolution of Quantum
Theory from Paul Dirac.
Explaining Dirac's theoretical discovery of Positron as an Opposite phase
Spherical Standing Wave (thus explaining matter / antimatter annihilation).
Quantum Theory: Paul Dirac (1902 - 1984)
When
one looks back over the development of physics, one sees that it can be
pictured as a rather steady development with many small steps and superposed
on that a number of big jumps. These big jumps usually consist in overcoming
a prejudice...And then a physicist has to replace this prejudice by something
more precise, and leading to some entirely new conception of nature. (Paul
Dirac, Quantum Theory)
This statistical interpretation is now universally accepted
as the best possible interpretation for quantum mechanics (quantum theory),
even though many people are unhappy with it. People had got used to the
determinism of the last century, where the present determines the future
completely, and they now have to get used to a different situation in which
the present only gives one information of a statistical nature about the
future.
A good many people find this unpleasant; Einstein has always objected to
it. The way he expressed it was: "The good God does not play with dice".
Schrodinger also did not like the statistical interpretation and tried for
many years to find an interpretation involving determinism for his waves.
But
it was not successful as a general method.
I must say that I also do not like indeterminism. I have to accept it because
it is certainly the best that we can do with our present knowledge. One
can always hope that there will be future developments which will lead to
a drastically different theory from the present quantum mechanical theory
and for which there may be a partial return of determinism. However, so
long as one keeps to the present formalism, one has to have this indeterminism.
(P.A.M. Dirac, on Quantum Theory, "The Development
Of Quantum Mechanics" Conferenza Tenuta il 14 Aprile 1972, in Roma,
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1974)
It
seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in
one's equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure
line of progress. If there is not complete agreement between the results
of one's work and experiment, one should not allow oneself to be too discouraged,
because the discrepancy may well be due to minor features that are not properly
taken into account and that will get cleared up with further development
of the theory. (Paul Dirac, Scientific American, May 1963)
I must say that I am very dissatisfied with the situation,
because this so called good theory does involve neglecting infinities which
appear in its equations, neglecting them in an arbitrary way. This is just
not sensible mathematics. Sensible mathematics involves neglecting a quantity
when it turns out to be small - not neglecting it just because it is infinitely
great and you do not want it! (Paul Dirac, On Quantum Mechanics
and Mathematics, 1937)
"Physical knowledge has advanced much since 1905, notably
by the arrival of quantum mechanics, and the situation [about the scientific
plausibility of aether] has again changed. If one examines the question
in the light of present-day knowledge, one finds that the aether is no longer
ruled out by relativity, and good reasons can now be advanced for postulating
an aether. . . . We can now see that we may very well have an aether,
subject to quantum mechanics and conformable to relativity, provided we
are willing to consider a
perfect vacuum as an idealized state, not attainable in practice. From the
experimental point of view there does not seem to be any objection to this.
We must make some profound alterations to the theoretical idea of the vacuum.
. . . Thus, with the new theory of electrodynamics we are rather forced
to have an aether"
(Dirac, Nature, 1951, vol. 168, pp. 906-907)
"Just because the results happen to be in agreement
with observation does not prove that one's theory is correct" (Dirac
1987, p. 196).
Quotes attributed to Paul Dirac
Art and science have their meeting point in method. (Paul
Dirac)
God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world. (Paul Dirac)
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by
everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the
exact opposite. (Paul Dirac)
The fundamental laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large
part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and
the difficulty lies only in the fact that application of these laws leads
to equations that are too complex to be solved. (Paul Dirac)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac
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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When
one looks back over the development of physics, one sees that it can be
pictured as a rather steady development with many small steps and superposed
on that a number of big jumps. These big jumps usually consist in overcoming
a prejudice...And then a physicist has to replace this prejudice by something
more precise, and leading to some entirely new conception of nature. (Paul
Dirac, Quantum Theory)
But
it was not successful as a general method. 
It
seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in
one's equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure
line of progress. If there is not complete agreement between the results
of one's work and experiment, one should not allow oneself to be too discouraged,
because the discrepancy may well be due to minor features that are not properly
taken into account and that will get cleared up with further development
of the theory. (Paul Dirac, Scientific American, May 1963)
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