TRANSCENDENTAL BIOPHYSICS: LIFE,
CONSCIOUSNESS AND NEW PHYSICS
INTRODUCTION:
How does the
discovery of the third form (gimmel) affect our understanding of life, and more
specifically, the area of scientific study called biophysics? Recall that there
could be no stable physical forms without the existence of the third form of
reality, not measurable as either mass or energy. (If you don’t remember how
the application of the principles of relativity and quantum mechanics to
normalized Large Hadron Collider data using the mass of the electron as the
basic TRUE quantum unit with the application of Fermat’s Last Theorem revealed
the third form, please review the series of posts under “Putting Consciousness
into the Equations” and posts about Fermat’s Last Theorem, gimmel and TRUE unit
analysis. These concepts and derivations have also been published elsewhere, in
technical journals and in “Reality Begins with Consciousness”, available at www.BrainVoyage.com.) The way the
discovery of the third form affects biophysics is most obvious in the
replacement of much of the statistical and probability analyses currently assumed
as the basis of biophysics with new mathematical processes involving gimmel in the
processes of biological change such as mitosis and mutation. This of course
affects how we must think of the evolution of species, since it removes the
randomness assumed to exist in natural selection.
I want to
establish the logical basis for this presentation of new concepts in biophysics
without bringing in all the mathematical details here, by discussing the
probabilistic and deterministic approaches to science, as they are used and
misused in the current paradigm. I think I can best do this by relating some of
my experiences and discussions with a couple of brilliant scientists when I was
one of the seven charter members of the Department of Interior USGS Systems
Analysis Group. Over a period of three years, I had many discussions about
probabilistic vs deterministic analysis with Dr. Nicholas C. Matalas, Director
of the Systems Group, as well as other members of the Group, and Dr. Benoit
Mandelbrot, an IBM mathematician who worked with us on some environmental modeling
projects. Dr. Matalas, received his PhD in probability theory from Harvard
University, and Dr. Mandelbrot was the creator of fractals. As a research
group, we found Dr. Mandelbrot’s fractal functions useful in the mathematical
modeling of environmental systems.
Dr. Matalas,
who preferred to be called Nick, and I became good friends and we both very
much enjoyed discussing probabilism vs determinism. He took the position that reality
is basically probabilistic, that the laws of physics are statistical in nature,
and thus only approximate; while I argued that statistics and probability
analyses are estimation tools appropriate for use when the exact mathematical
nature of a relationship is unknown. Neither of us could ever totally convince the
other. And I remember discussing fractals with Dr. Mandelbrot, a somewhat shy,
but warm and friendly, large man of European origin. We agreed that the success
of the use of fractal functions to model coastline morphology, cloud and
storm-cell formations and other environmental features was probably due to the
similarity of the iterative nature of fractals to the structure of cells,
molecules, atoms, and quanta that made fractals and physical reality
essentially holographic. Now, many years after those interesting discussions
with Nick Matalas, Ben Mandelbrot and others, I now see how the inclusion of
the third form of reality, and application of the calculus of distinctions
clarifies the concepts of probability, determinism and fractals..
In this
series of posts I will attempt to bring that clarity to the subject of
biophysics. In general, Max Planck’s discovery of the quantum nature of the
mass and energy of physical reality, and Albert Einstein’s discovery of the relativistic
nature of space and time, combined with the discovery of gimmel and TRUE
analysis, radically changes what is known and knowable about biophysics, life
and consciousness. Starting with the utter simplicity of the distinction of an
object of observation from everything else, we have the binary logic of
Bayesian algebra and computer science. Then by including the consciousness of
the observer, the logic becomes triadic, and the whole universe begins to be
revealed in a completely new and exciting way.
G. Spencer
Brown’s statements that “A universe comes into being when a space is severed or
taken apart” and that “Although all forms, and thus all universes, are
possible, and any particular form is mutable, it becomes evident that the laws
relating such forms are the same in any universe” are replaced by: A living
universe comes into being when space and content are divided and made distinct
by the action of the conscious drawing of a distinction. This triadic
relationship is articulated in the conveyance equations of the Triadic
Dimensional distinction Vortical Paradigm (TDVP), expressing the laws governing
all of reality, not just the 5% of the universe available to the physical
senses.
In posts to
come, I will describe the difference between the materialistic statistical
randomness basis of current biophysics and the conscious symmetrical stability
basis of the new biophysics of TDVP. This will allow us to see subjects like
creation and evolution in a new light, and answer questions like ‘Why are
elementary particles so small? (Or, conversely, why are conscious living
organisms so large relative to the size of the electron?) Why is more than 95% of reality hidden? And
what is the purpose of intelligent life?
PARADIGM SHIFTS AND BIOPHYSICS
Relativity and Quantum Physics
Before
I discuss how the TDVP shift with the discovery of the third form of reality affects
our understanding of life and consciousness, let’s look at how the previous
paradigm shifts of relativity and quantum physics have affected our
understanding of biological organisms. Relativity has had, up to this point
little, if any, direct affect. This is mainly because the direct study of
living organisms is practically limited to life on this planet. The
relativistic effects, for example, of linear time and space distortion only
become relevant at the extremes of content and extent, (mass, energy and linear
motion) in relation to the observer and the object of observation. So until we
can observe the effects of space travel on living organisms moving across the
universe at near light-speed velocities, the relativistic effects on
biophysical processes like growth and aging are largely a matter of
speculation.
However,
the theory of relativity has more potential for enhancing our understanding of
biology through its role in defining TRUE quantum units of equivalence than it
has ever had before. The effects of quantization, on the other hand, are immediately
relevant from the minimum distinction of content and extent (the TRUE unit),
through the entire range of size and motion, most likely to the maximum
distinction of extent and content, i.e. the entire universe. But let’s look now
at how the effects of quantum physics manifests at the everyday scale of living
organisms on the surface of planet Earth.
Biophysics. Life and the Experience of Consciousness
The
goal of biophysicists is to explain the events that are observed to take place
within the dimensional boundaries of a living organism in terms of a
theoretical model consistent within a comprehensive scientific paradigm. The
quite natural approach is to try to explain the events observed to be taking
place in organic cellular structures by applying the currently known laws of
physics and chemistry within the current scientific paradigm. This approach has
only been partially successful so far. Biophysicists must of course take the
position that just because they can’t explain everything, including especially
the experience of consciousness, there is no reason to believe that they won’t
be able to do so eventually. It is my position, however, that they will not
succeed in explaining consciousness with this approach because it is
unnecessarily limited: consciousness is not included in the equations they are
using to describe the processes occurring within and around living organisms.
As
we’ve seen in these more than 180 posts, putting consciousness into the
equations involves applying the principles of relativity and quantum physics
and developing the appropriate new mathematics, resulting in new discoveries
that are producing a full-blown paradigm shift. But let’s back up a bit, and
have a look at how we got there, by starting with seeing how quantum mechanics
affects certain biological processes.
Due
to the remarkable work of biologists and geneticists over the past 60 years,
the physical structure of RNA, DNA, and living organisms in general, has been
discovered in enough detail to reveal the fact that the classical laws of
physics and chemistry are completely inadequate and incapable of explaining
life and the experience of consciousness. In their zeal to make biology as
simple as physics and chemistry, biophysicists have taken the metaphysical
position, as did my friend and Director of the USGS Systems Analysis Group
discussed in the last post, namely the position that reality is basically probabilistic in
nature and that the laws of physics, are statistical in nature, and thus only yield
approximations of the real picture. The discovery of the third form, however
has produced a more detailed understanding that pushes the estimates of
statistical analyses farther back to reveal more detail and remove some of the
perceived ‘weirdness’ of quantum physics.
Does God Play Dice With the Universe?
The TDVP
revelation through TRUE unit analysis of more of the biophysical details
providing the symmetry and stability needed for the existence conscious organic
life, has vindicated Einstein’s famous statement “Der Herr Gott würfelt nicht!”
(The Lord God does not play dice! [with
the universe]). But, you may say, what about Heisenberg’s uncertainty
principle? Doesn’t that imply that God, or Nature, if you prefer, does play
dice? In my opinion, it does not. The uncertainty principle, which Heisenberg
derived from a statistical analysis of the probability of precisely measuring
both location and angular momentum of a particle at the same time, has come to
be regarded by most mainstream physicists as a fundamental feature of the particle/wave
nature of elementary quanta. But the value of the product of probabilities in the
inequality expressing the uncertainty principle is a function of h, the Planck constant, and thus it is
related to the size of the quantum entity involved. So, rather than a
gambling-type uncertainty, it actually limits the precision with which the
parameters of can be known, by applying conventional mathematics within a
finite range, and thus provides a window within which the quantum may be found.
But now, with the influence of the appropriate number of TRUE units of gimmel,
the precise parameters for a given particle are not random; they can be
precisely determined using the calculus of distinctions and the solution of the
appropriate Diophantine (integer) conveyance equation. The mathematical logic
supporting this statement is beyond the scope of this post, but the precise
determination of the mix of TRUE units of mass/energy and gimmel has been
calculated for the elementary particles and has been published elsewhere. See
references at the end of this post.
The Legitimate Use of Statistical Analyses
Statistical
analyses of biophysical processes occurring in living organic entities reveal
striking and very significant differences between the atomic and molecular structures
supporting life, and the atomic and molecular structures of the inanimate
matter usually studied by particle physicists. Most notable is the ability of
living organisms to create negative entropy. They are able to avoid the devastating
effects of the second law of thermodynamics, which mandates the inevitable
decay of material structures toward maximum entropy, a state of dissolution, ending
in the absolute equilibrium of the mass and energy that was associated with the
structures with the mass and energy of the physical surroundings. In the case
of inanimate matter, this is simply a natural process observed in every finite
closed physical system. In the case of living organisms, however, in plain
English, the road to maximum entropy spells death.
We know that
complex organisms like human beings are motivated by the sophisticated qualia
of conscious awareness, not the least of which are pain and fear, to avoid
death and destruction by whatever means available, but what is it about living
organisms that even at the cellular level, propels them to avoid entropic
decay? Is consciousness present in some form, even in one-celled organisms? If
so, where does it originate? Could consciousness be present even farther down
the scale of measurement, into molecules, atoms and elementary Particles?
TRUE Unit Analysis
As mentioned
above, TRUE unit analysis is very effective in determining the mix of
mass/energy and gimmel in elementary particles, and bears out, with
mathematical precision, the conclusion reached through statistical analysis
that the molecular structure of living matter is very different from non-living
matter, even if the same atomic elements are present. If gimmel is the carrier
of the logic, meaning and purpose of consciousness, as it seems to be, TRUE
unit analysis is a potentially powerful tool for use in exploring and
understanding life and consciousness. I will argue that gimmel is either a form of consciousness, or a finite
extension of multi-dimensional consciousness in four-dimensional space-time. I
believe this is true because there is no other candidate extant for gimmel, and
because it explains the improbable existence of conscious entities in a
universe that appears to be very precisely designed for them.
Additional Questions
Why are
particulate entities like atoms, electrons, protons, neutrons and quarks so
astonishingly small, related to the size of the cells and organs of conscious
beings? If consciousness is present in some form, in physical reality at every
level, and every scale of measurement, is it even present in inanimate matter?
This line of thought leads into even deeper questions of symmetry and
stability, of mind and matter, creation and evolution, conscious and
subconscious processes, conscious choice, free will and determinism, etc., but
before we go that far, let’s look at the implications of the findings of
quantum physics on biophysics within the current scientific paradigm, and see how
quantum considerations has
affected our understanding of biological processes.
Biophysicists
working within the current materialistic paradigm realize that, not only are
the laws of physics as we now know them, too simplistic to explain the
biological processes of living organisms, let alone consciousness, but the laws
of natural selection for survival as proposed by Darwin also fail. Darwin
attempted to explain the emergence of different species over time by a step-by
step development of complex organisms, including humans from single-celled
organisms. In fact, the idea of continuous evolution from one species to
another over a long period of time, as postulated by Darwin is now known to be
incorrect.
The first
clue is found in attempts at selective breeding: In a statistically-significant
sized sample of individual organisms of a specific species we find a range of a
certain physical characteristic, for example, say length, and if we breed pairs
that both have the maximum length in the range, Darwin would have expected a
sample of their offspring to have heights skewed toward the longer end of the
range, but such is not the case. Experiments have shown consistently that the
offspring of pairs selected this way have the same range of a given
characteristic as all of the individuals in the original sample of parent
individuals. Geneticists have found that existence of different species is not
due to incremental changes over time that are passed on to progeny, but rather
they are due to changes that happen suddenly, i.e. discontinuously, like a
quantum leap. The resulting mutational change is actually due to quantum jumps
in the structure of the gene molecule common to the original species. These
jumps are called mutations, and are assumed by most biologists to occur
randomly, caused by cosmic radiation, or some other, currently unknown, influence.
If the characteristic manifested by this quantum jump in the gene is conducive
to survival, then it is more likely to continue to be passed on in the genome
of the species than it would be if it wasn’t conducive, or even detrimental to
survival.
For the
purposes of this discussion, what we have learned from the biophysical study of
genetics is that so-called evolutionary changes are often discontinuous and
probably reflect the patterns of the quantum nature of elementary particles,
even if the mass and energy of the change are large-number aggregates of quantum
particles; and a large number of physical characteristics are encoded in the
simple cellular structures of even the simplest of biological structures, the
egg and sperm. So we can conclude that quantum physics facts impact biophysics
in major ways, that physical characteristics are duplicated faithfully over
many generations unless there are ‘outside’ forces, and that the vast
difference in size between atoms and living organisms is what allows the
encoding of hundreds, perhaps even thousands of physical characteristics in the
genomes of living organisms.
In the next
post, we will see how the existence of gimmel, the third form of the ‘stuff’ of
reality, sheds new light on the puzzle of how and why stable conscious and
intelligent life exists in a universe that appears to be composed of random
arrangements of the elementary quanta of quarks, electrons, protons and
neutrons in a violently expanding physical universe.
References:
In the archives of this blog
1. The Simple Math of TRUE Units, the True Unit, the
Conveyance Equation and the Third Form of
Reality – Posted Feb, 1, 2016
2.
Putting Consciousness into the Equations of Science, a series of posts: Part 1
through Part 20:
Putting Consciousness into the
Equations of Science, Part 1: The Third Form of Reality (Gimmel) and the “TRUE” Units (Triadic Rotational Units of
Equivalence) of Quantum
Followed by subsequent posts, to
Part 20, Summary and Conclusions – Posted
Jan. 5, 2016
3.
Also see TRUE Units and the Natural Elements of the Periodic Table – Posted
March 11, 2015.
In peer-reviewed and published references
2. Close ER, Neppe VM: The
thirteenth conundrum: introducing an important concept, TRUE units – Triadic Rotational
Units of Equivalence. IQNexus Journal 7: 2; 60-71, 2015
4. Close ER, Neppe VM: The Cabibbo mixing angle and other particle
physics paradoxes solved by applying the TDVP multidimensional spin model. IQNexus Journal 14: 1; 13-50, 2014
5. Close ER, Neppe VM: The eighth conundrum: angular momentum and
intrinsic electron spin. IQNexus
Journal 7: 2;
44-45, 2015.
6. Neppe VM, Close ER: The third conundrum: How the core dimensional
calculations in the Neppe-Close Triadic Dimensional Distinction Vortical
Paradigm (TDVP) contributes to a workable model of reality. IQNexus Journal 7: 2; 24-30, 2015.
Related
publications:
1. Close ER: Appendix B: 1965 Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem,
in The Book of Atma. Edited by. New York: Libra Publishers. pp.
93-99 1977.
4. Neppe VM, Close ER: The concept of relative
non-locality: Theoretical implications in consciousness research. Explore
(NY): The Journal of Science and Healing 11: 2; 102-108, http://www.explorejournal.com/article/S1550-8307(14)00233-X/pdf 2015.
5. Close ER, Neppe VM: The eleventh conundrum: The
double Bell normal curve and its applications to electron cloud
distribution IQNexus Journal 7: 2; 51-56, 2015.
6. Close ER: Infinite continuity: a theory integrating relativity
and quantum physics. Los Angeles: Paradigm Press, 1990.
8. Brandin V, Close ER: The calculus of dimensional distinctions:
Elements of mathematical theory of intellect. Moscow: 2003.
Relevant
references by other authors
1. Morgart E: The theory of everything has nine dimensions: The sparkling
diamond and the quanta jewel turn quantum physics and the nine-pronged world of
consciousness— on its ear. USA Today
Magazine: 1
(January); 66-68, 2014.