The
task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen,
but to think what no body yet has thought about that which everyone sees.
(Arthur Schopenhauer)
It would be strange / negligent to 'write off' science (i.e. postmodern relativism
/ logical positivism) while the most simple and obvious solution had never been considered - yet this is exactly what has happened. This is why
philosophy is known as the discovery of the obvious, as we are often blind to the obvious, history clearly confirms this.
Now that we are aware of the Wave Structure of Matter (which is deduced
as the most simple science theory of reality) it seems to me that scientists would be silly / negligent to ignore this knowledge.
Yet the frustrating thing is that most will! As I see things (human nature)
the main reasons for this are;
i) Several thousand years of failure to work out reality (which is simple and obvious once known), thus most people / academics are now so skeptical that they just assume it is impossible for us to correctly imagine reality (we are trapped in the Mind!). Any mention of absolute truth and reality is deemed 'crackpot'. This is made more difficult again as the internet is full of crackpot theories on truth and reality - and most people are not natural philosophers (including most academic philosophers and physicists) thus they do not have the skills / ability to determine quality from crap, truth from fanciful imagination (this sounds harsh, but it is common observation of many philosophers, from Albert Einstein, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer to Plato and Aristotle).
For the incredibly great majority of men are by their nature absolutely incapable of any but material aims; they cannot even comprehend any others. Accordingly, the pursuit of truth alone is a pursuit far too lofty and eccentric for us to expect that all or many, or indeed even a mere few, will sincerely take part in it. (Arthur Schopenhauer)
ii) The current censorship in physics publications which makes it very difficult to get new knowledge published in scientific journals (particularly when it contradicts the existing 'particle' paradigm, despite the general acceptance that particle physics does not work and causes numerous paradoxes & problems). See article by Nobel Prize wining Physicist Brian Josephson on Censorship in Physics Preprint Archive (Science Publications / Journals)
iv) People often have their own conceptions of truth and reality (which they like), and once humans have formed their ideas they rarely change - particularly if they are religious beliefs, as Nietzsche writes;
For such is man: a Theological Dogma
might be refuted to him a thousand times - provided however, that he had
need of it, he would again and again accept it as true.
Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a
lack of will.
Fanaticism is the sole "volitional
strength" to which the weak and irresolute can be excited, as a sort of hypnotising of
the entire sensory-intellectual system. (Friedrich Nietzsche)
iii) Most academics are now very specialised, very busy, and tend to have a vested interest in maintaining the existing knowledge foundations (since they have built a career on them). This makes it difficult for them to consider new knowledge (even if they wanted to). The following quote from John Ralston Saul (Voltaire's Bastards) is a bit long, but it makes a very important point about the dangers of specialisation;
One of the specialist's most successful
discoveries was that he could easily defend his territory by the simple
development of a specialized language incomprehensible to the nonexperts. ... The example of philosophy actually verges on comedy. Socrates, Descartes, Bacon, Locke and Voltaire did not write in specialized dialect. They wrote in basic Greek, French and
English and they wrote for the general reader of their day. Their language
is clear, eloquent and often both moving and amusing. The contemporary
philosopher does not write in the basic language of our day. He is not
accessible to the public. Stranger still, even the contemporary interpreter
of earlier philosophy writes in inaccessible dialect.
Why, then, would anyone bother to read these modern obscurings of the original
clarity? The answer is that contemporary universities use these interpretations
as the expert's road into the original. The dead philosophers are thus
treated as if they were amateurs, in need of expert explanation and protection. ...
The new specialized terminology amounts to a serious attack on language
as a tool of common understanding. Certainly today, the walls between the
boxes of expertise continue to grow thicker.
The expert claims that his expanded language has paralleled an expanded
understanding in his area. But this understanding is limited precisely
to fellow experts in that area. Ten geographers who think the world is
flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors. If they have a private
dialect in which to do this, it becomes impossible for outsiders to disagree
with them. Only a sailor can set them straight. The last person they want
to meet is someone who, freed from the constraints of expertise, has sailed
around the world. ....
The purpose of language is communication. It has no other reason for existence.
A great civilization is one in which there is a rich texture and breadth
and ease to that communication. When language begins to prevent communication,
the civilization has entered into serious degeneracy.
v) We have evolved from primitive tribal (herd like) animals. We are emotional / religious creatures seeking common beliefs which bind us together and enhance the survival of our tribe (we are more likely to fight for a common emotional belief, our history of warfare shows this). Thus our minds are not well suited for thinking carefully about truth and reality (we tend to be confused by our limitless imaginations and incomplete senses, often believe things simply because they are a famous part of our ancestry and culture). As Thomas Kuhn wrote;
Almost always the men who achieve these fundamental inventions of a new paradigm have been either very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they change. ... scientific training is not well designed to produce the man who will easily discover a fresh approach. (Kuhn, 1962)
History shows that we are very easily misled by the beliefs of
others, that we are rather herd like in our thinking, and those new to
the herd are more likely to see things differently. Thus famous beliefs,
which are in fact wrong, have evolved within modern physics and philosophy
for thousands of years and have continually influenced and misled us. As
Bertrand Russell wrote;
Most sciences, at their
inception, have been connected with some form of false belief, which gave
them a fictitious value. (1946)
The three most significant 'false beliefs' of both physics and
philosophy are the assumed existence of 'Time', 'Particles', and 'Forces
/ Fields'.
Most significantly, the concept of the discrete particle dates back thousands
of years and has deceived and confused us with its resultant paradoxes
and absurdities, and unfortunately, has limited our ability to think differently.
vi) Our Senses are incomplete and deceptive representations of the mind. We only sense a fraction of the real world, which is then represented by our mind (e.g. the sky is not blue, though we do see a certain frequency of light waves as the Wave Structure of Matter explains). Likewise, we 'see' things as separate and discrete objects when reason (and physics) tell us that all things in the universe are subtly interconnected (e.g. to explain why the earth orbits the sun, how we can see stars across the universe). As David Hume writes;
It
must certainly be allowed, that nature has kept us at a great distance
from all her secrets, and has afforded us only the knowledge of a few superficial
qualities of objects; while she conceals from us those powers and principles
on which the influence of those objects entirely depends. (Hume, 1737)
When we look about us towards external objects, and consider the operation of causes, we are never able, in a single instance, to discover any power or necessary connexion; any quality, which binds the effect to the cause, and renders the one an infallible consequence of the other. (Hume, 1737)
vii) The Postmodern Logical Positivism (Relativism / Cultural Construction) view of knowledge now dominates academia due to these past failures. Metaphysics became a fanciful ideal, and this creates a self fulfilling prophecy that we can never know reality. Einstein explains this well!
By
his clear critique Hume did not only advance philosophy in a decisive way but also - though through
no fault of his - created a danger for philosophy in that, following his
critique, a fateful 'fear of metaphysics' arose which has come to be a malady of contemporary empiricist philosophising; this malady is the counterpart to that earlier philosophising in the clouds,
which thought it could neglect and dispense with what was given by the
senses. ... It finally turns out that one can, after all, not get along without metaphysics.
(Albert Einstein,
Remarks on Bertrand Russell's Theory of Knowledge)
Given these difficulties, it seems that using the Internet is
the most efficient way to get this knowledge visible to the world - thus
explaining why this website exists - and why we depend upon your help (see social networking sites below).
History shows that despite our human frailties, true knowledge does slowly
filter into society, that there are enough sensible logical people with
skeptical open minds who recognise truth when they see it. As Schopenhauer
writes;
But life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
Although as a rule the absurd culminates, and it seems impossible for the voice of the individual ever to penetrate through the chorus of foolers and fooled, still there is left to the genuine works of all times a quite peculiar, silent, slow, and powerful influence; and as if by a miracle, we see them rise at last out of the turmoil like a balloon that floats up out of the thick atmosphere of this globe into purer regions. Having once arrived there, it remains at rest, and no one can any longer draw it down again. (Arthur Schopenhauer, 1818)
The deepest
sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation,
and merciless to fallacy in logic.
(Thomas Huxley)
The following articles have all been re-written
in May 2007 - they are generally short and simple!
Their purpose is to refute the common arguments for why we cannot know reality.
What is the Most Simple Science Theory of Reality and Does it Work?
Wave Diagrams to Help Visualise the Spherical Standing Wave Structure of Matter in Space
Human Nature: Why the Most Simple Science Theory of Reality was Never Considered
Philosophy is Known as the Discovery of the Obvious!
Skepticism: A Good Mind is both Skeptical and Open
Mathematics does not Describe Reality, only its Quantities
On Absolute Truth and Reality. Wittgenstein and the Relative Vs. Absolute Meaning of Words
Godel's Incompleteness Theorem Applies to Finite Numbers not Physical Reality / Infinite Space
How our Finite Minds can Understand Infinite Space and its Wave Motions
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We are to admit
no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient
to explain their appearances.
(Sir Isaac Newton, Principia:
The system of the world)
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/simple-science/why-most-simple-science-theory-reality-ignored.htm
Why the Most Simple Science
Theory of Reality was Never Considered (On Human Nature)