A NEW PARADIGM DESCRIBING The NATURE OF REALITY AND WHAT IT IMPLIES FOR THE
FUTURE OF SCIENCE: PREFACE (PART 2)
Towards a “theory of everything”
Many physicists, including Einstein,
Pauli and Hawking have dreamt of a ‘theory of everything’. But to this point,
their dreams have not been fulfilled. The reason is simple. You can’t have a theory of everything if you
doggedly exclude a major part of Reality from your theory. That major part
of Reality excluded by contemporary reductionist science has two components, consciousness
and infinity.
In this paper, we focus on the first
concept, consciousness, in the context of that component of reality that we
call the “finite” because that involves discrete quantized integral components
that can be analyzed according to the principles of dimensionality.
Based on empirical findings in
chemistry and also involving collider data and mathematical applications, our
work extends Theoretical Physics. This extension is because this involves 9
dimensional spin models not just the 3 dimensions of space in a moment in
(3S-1t) which is the basis of most current theorizing. Whereas 3S-1t can
explain a great deal, our work has shown there are limits to some solutions
that can only be solved by applying a 9-dimensional spin model. Because this
involves going beyond the experiential 3S-1t to 9D finite spin, examination of
life, and consciousness components, a new science Dimensional Biopsychophysics
has developed.
For many years, we
have insisted that the dream of a theory of everything is never going to be
realized until we find a way to put consciousness into the equations of
science. Close found the way to do this-using a new mathematical tool called
the Calculus of Distinctions. The calculus of distinctions is critical not the
traditional Newtonian-Leibnizian infinitesimal calculus, because empirically,
this is what we should be applying as everything quantal is integral. We do not
just tend towards zero. In reality, in the finite, we stop at the minimum being
quantal, not at the tendency towards the zero of Newtonian calculus. The inspiration came to Close in a
dream in 1986, and he published it in 1990 in a book entitled “Infinite
Continuity” 35. But then, and
even today, most scientists are unwilling to invest the considerable effort to
learn this whole new system of mathematical logic. Therefore this is accessible
only to a few. In this paper we discuss this further.
Historical basis of TDVP
Since 1989, we have been determined
to find a better way to explain putting the fundamental reality of
Consciousness into the equations of science. In 1996, the mathematician and
physicist, Edward Close PhD published the book “Transcendental Physics” 36, in an effort to
make his 1990 work more accessible 35. It still reached
a few more scientists interested in the merging of science and spirituality.
One who shared Close’s vision, and became his research partner for the past
seven years, was the neuroscientist Fellow of the Royal Society (SAf), Vernon
Neppe, MD, PhD. Together Drs. Close and Neppe developed a comprehensive
framework, a paradigm for the science of the future. We call it the Triadic
Dimensional Distinction Vortical Paradigm (TDVP). It was first published as “Reality Begins with Consciousness” in
2012 37, and has been
reviewed by more than 300 scientists and philosophers worldwide. We’ve also
published a number of technical papers, and recently, we’ve found a way to
explain the revelations of the Calculus of Distinctions of 1989, 1996 and 2011,
in a more accessible way 10; 38. This paper does that, and in
the process, we believe, it does much more.
The fundamental questions
This paper provides the answer to two important questions:
1. Why
is there something rather than nothing? And:
2.
What is missing from the current scientific
paradigm?
The answer to both questions can be
summed up in one word: Consciousness. Without consciousness there could be no
physical universe; and yet, there is no place in the current paradigm for
consciousness. The clues that consciousness is the answer to the first question
are plain in both relativity and quantum physics, but most mainstream
scientists, steeped in reductionist materialism, are blind to those clues, and
their belief – it is not even a valid scientific hypothesis – that the universe
could exist without some primary form of the consciousness manifest in sentient
life, is stubbornly maintained and the clues are ignored. This implies that
there are both finite and infinite aspects to reality.
Many of the key scientists of the
past were deeply spiritual (for example, Georg Cantor, Albert Einstein, Isaac
Newton, Wolfgang Pauli and Max Planck) but they did not dare to introduce
consciousness into the equations of science. The model of TDVP attempts to
unify science and spirituality, and emphasizes the tethering of consciousness 5; 6.
This clearly fits this science-spirituality dichotomy. But the materialistic
belief system widely taught in our educational institutions today brings
otherwise rational people to scoff at, and ridicule, any mention of any form of
intelligence superior to their own. This egotistical position of mainstream
scientists is justified in their minds by the successes of materialistic
science. But those successes lie almost entirely in the realm of explaining
superficial physical mechanisms. Deeper and ultimately much more important
questions about the meaning and purpose of manifest physical reality, life and
conscious awareness, are beyond their reach. Those questions, of paramount
importance to humanity, are within reach of meaningful analysis when
consciousness is included in the equations of science. The purpose of this
paper is to show how this is done.
In this world of human experience, we
will never truly understand the Nature of Reality until our searches for
scientific and spiritual knowledge are merged into one serious, combined
effort. Once this happens on a global scale, we maintain that humanity will
experience an explosion of new knowledge and understanding far beyond anything
experienced so far in the current era of recorded history. In this paper, we
show how consciousness is describable in the equations of quantum physics and
relativity, and a few of the explanatory revelations produced as a result. And,
we regard this is only the tip of the iceberg!
jumping beyond the current reality (Part 3)
In 1714, the German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz stated
that the most important question of all is: “Why is there something rather than nothing?”1 Science
proceeds from the assumption that there is
something, something that we perceive as the physical universe. In order to
investigate this something that we
appear to be immersed in, we go about trying to weigh and measure the
substances it is made of and look for consistent structures and patterns in it
that can be described mathematically. We call such mathematical descriptions
“Laws of Nature”.
Towards a new system of units
To find the laws governing the relationships between different
features of physical reality, we have to define a system of units with which to
weigh and measure those features. Historically, units of measurement have been
chosen somewhat arbitrarily. For example, the units of the so-called English
Imperial System were based on the practice of measuring things with what one
always had at hand: parts of the human body. A horse was so many “hands” high;
one could measure rope or cloth by “inching” along its length with a joint of
one’s thumb or finger. Short horizontal distances were measured in multiples of
the length of one’s foot, or the distance from the tip of one’s nose to one’s
thumb on a laterally extended arm, and a mile was 1000 paces, when a pace
consisted of two steps. Since not all people are the same size, measurements
obtained this way are somewhat variably inaccurate. Consequently, units were
eventually standardized so that the measurements of a given object, carefully
obtained by anyone, should always be the same. But, even though units of
measurement were standardized in many countries, the basic unit was not
necessarily the same from one country to the next.
As physical science advanced, the need for international
standards grew, and the international system of units (SI) based on invariant
physical constants occurring in nature, with larger units being multiples of
ten s the smallest unit, was developed. The number base of 10 was chosen
because it was already used almost worldwide. It was a natural outcome of
counting on one’s fingers, and starting over after every count of ten. Science
generally uses SI units now for two reasons:
1. All
but three countries of the 196 countries on the planet (the US, Liberia and
Burma) use the SI metric system as their primary system of measurement. This is
significant, even though the UK still uses a mixture of the two systems, as
does the US and a few other countries to a lesser extent.
2. Computations
are simplified when all units are related by multiples or factors of 10,
eliminating the odd fractions relating inches, feet and miles, ounces and
pounds, pints quarts and gallons, etc. in the English system.
Consciousness, dimensions, TDVP, distinctions and reality
Why are we pointing this out? In the process of developing the
TDVP model, we find a need now to define a new unit of measurement based on
discoveries of quantum physics and relativity. The purpose of this paper is to
explain why a new basic unit is needed and how it is derived. It may seem to
come as a surprise, that in the process, we provide an answer for Leibniz’s “most important question”, and introduce
new science.
Beyond seeking practical applications that improve the quality of
life, the motivation behind our efforts in science, religion and philosophy is
the desire to know and understand the true nature of reality. Science, as we
know it, is the science developed during the past 800 years. This is a very
short compared to the length of life has existed on this planet: less than two
ten-millionths of the apparent age of the Earth. This science seeks to
understand the reality experienced through the physical senses in terms of the
measurable parameters of matter, energy, space, and time. It is only in the
past century, that based on a number of clues from relativity and quantum
physics, we have recognized that science is incomplete. And it may be only in
the past decade, that we have identified an urgent need to include the
conscious actions of the observer in the equations of science. This is why we
argue that Consciousness is truly the missing link in the current scientific
paradigm.
In a universe where consciousness is an integral part of reality,
meaningful structure is no accident. Conscious entities are able to recognize
meaningful order and patterns in the reality they experience and interact with
certain aspects of it to enhance and perpetuate existing meaningful patterns
and structures that are beneficial to their existence and growth, creating
negative entropy in the process. Could it be that consciousness is and always has been present in some form,
even in the very most basic structure of reality, as quantum experiments seem
to indicate? If so, we may have the answer Leibniz’s question. If consciousness
is an integral part of reality, continually creating meaningful structure at
the quantum level, there must be a way to include it in our scientific paradigm
and the mathematics that describes it.
The
Neppe-Close TDVP model 8, and particularly
Close’s Calculus of Distinctions 10; 38 and his Dimensional
Extrapolation 3, plus the re-application
of critically important largely ignored principles of number theory including
Diophantine Equations and with Close’s Conveyance Expression, reflect serious
efforts to upgrade the mathematics of the physical sciences 9 to include the
direct and indirect involvement of consciousness 39. If successful,
there is reason to believe that this new paradigm will provide a comprehensive
framework within which all the branches of science can be expanded to include
phenomena heretofore excluded from scientific investigation.
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