Point Quads...Seriously?

We’re in the process of constructing the spacetime model that I say is one of the things the physicists are missing that’s currently blocking their progress. In this post we’ll learn more about the structure of our spacetime. To discover its geometry, we used a symmetry principle—that the physics of the universe should look the same to every observer. The same principle can teach us something about time. Remember that there is an aspect of the universe that is atemporal—there’s no time. This means that the temporal aspect of the universe—the one we see—should also have zero time. Now, how in the world can a temporal universe have zero time? Easy. It just has to take a step backward for every step forward in time. What this does is split our spacetime into two similar fields, one going forward in time and one going backward. But there’s a subtlety here: one direction always has more points because the universe expands with every time step, forward or backward.

Particles, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy

In my last post, we gave birth to the spacetime model that the physicists are missing—one of the reasons why they’re not making progress. Now we need to flesh out the model by adding the structural details that will allow us to explain the standard models of particle physics and cosmology.

A Really Big Bang, and then...Inflation

In her excellent blog, Backreaction, phenomenologist Sabine Hossenfelder laments the difficulty of finding a precise answer to the question, “What is a Singularity?” She talks about several kinds of mathematical and cosmological singularities and attempts to clear up the confusion about them.

Metaphysics Is Physics--Just Think About It.

We tend to think of thoughts as nonphysical, nothing but the results of electrical activity in our brains. But are they all nonphysical? What about atemporal existence?  As I explained in this post, it’s a thought that exists in itself because it’s conscious—it thinks itself. I say that makes it physical. as solidly real as any other thing you can think of, and certainly more so than you or me, since it’s immortal and we’re not. By “physical,” I mean exactly what you’d think—stuff you can touch and feel.

Many Worlds Are Called, but Only One Is Chosen

In a blog post entitled “Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Is Probably Correct,” Sean Carroll explains his strong belief in Hugh Everett III’s theory. It’s obvious that this universe results from a series of events, almost all of which could have produced some other outcome. So, there must be many, many possible universes, maybe not an infinite number, but a lot. Why this universe? Do all of these possible universes exist? The physicist Hugh Everett III thought that they do.

All the Metaphysics You Need to Know

 “I think, therefore I am”. That was the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes. What was he saying?

"What Are We Missing?"

The physicists have problems. They’re charged with finding out what the universe is all about, and they don’t have a clue where to go from here.

Beware the Retired Engineer!

Physicists often complain about the volume of mail they receive from crackpots who want them to verify their badly conceived theories. What I didn’t realize is that any given crackpot has a high likelihood of being a retired engineer, and more specifically a retired electrical engineer! It came as quite a shock to learn this, since I happen to be a retired electrical engineer (and, some would say, a crackpot as well).