Wednesday, March 23, 2016

TRANSCENDENTAL SCIENCE: BIOPHYSICS


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

Related publications:
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.
Relevant references by other authors

Monday, March 21, 2016

BIOPHYSICS, LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS






BIOPHYSICS
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 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 other 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. We found 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 those concepts.
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 made distinct by the action of the conscious drawing of a distinction, and 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?)  Why is more than 95% of reality hidden? And what is the purpose of intelligent life? Stay tuned!

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

THE PROBLEM OF EXISTENCE




EXISTENCE: TO BE, OR NOT TO BE, WHAT IS THE QUESTION?



Introduction
I want to begin this post by thanking every one of you who have followed me this far. I really appreciate your interest and willingness to put forth some mental effort to understand what I am trying to tell you. I was warned by other scientists and writers to stay away from mathematics as much as possible. “You will lose dozens of readers with just the mention of mathematics, and an equation will scare off almost everyone” they said. Over the years, Dr. Neppe and I have certainly experienced the truth of this. We’ve found the warnings to be borne out, even when the readers are scientists. Even gifted scientists and mathematicians balk at the mention of new mathematics. No one wants to invest long hours and diligent effort to learn new mathematics. But, going against all conventional wisdom, I decided to take TDVP to intelligent, informed laypersons with these blog posts. I decided to do this because I believe that, intelligent readers, even without much formal training in mathematics and physics, are capable of understanding the truth.

Sprinkled throughout these posts are allusions to the calculus of distinctions, the mathematical, geometrical system of logic that has allowed us to reach the level of understanding that has produced explanations of some of the puzzles that have perplexed scientists for hundreds of years, not the least of which is why quarks combine in groups of three to form protons and neutrons at the heart of atoms. I want to embark now on revealing to you, dear reader, the basic truths of the calculus of distinctions, because I believe that you will comprehend them. Furthermore, I believe that comprehension will enable you to make the paradigm shift to understanding reality as consciousness based. You will be able to say with conviction as Planck did, and as I do: “I regard Consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from Consciousness.”

WHAT IS ‘A CALCULUS’?
One online dictionary defines a calculus as: “A method of calculation”, but this is, of course, not helpful if you don’t understand the word in the first place! No understanding is gained when a word involving the same root is used in its definition. So what is the definition of ‘calculation’? Amazingly, the online dictionary defines calculation as “the act of calculating”! If you persevere, you will find definitions like “using mathematics to solve a problem”, or, if you find the Cambridge online dictionary, you have: “The process of using information you already have and adding, taking away, multiplying and dividing to judge the number or amount of something.” Good grief!

Add to this nonsense the fact that ‘calculus’ or ‘the calculus’ is almost always only used to mean specifically the abstract algebraic method of describing infinitesimal change developed by Newton and Leibniz, and it is no wonder that the average person avoids mathematics like the plague. Let’s see if we can bring some common sense to bear and shed some light on this problem of defining mathematics.

G. Spencer Brown’s Laws of Form
From the moment I developed the calculus of distinctions, I have recommended British polymath G. Spencer Brown’s wonderful little book “Laws of Form” to anyone wanting to understand the calculus of distinctions. In my opinion, Brown’s Laws of Form is the most important advancement in mathematics since Euclid’s Elements, and will eventually be recognized as the first step leading to the science of the future. Brown should be recognized as a genius of the first order. In this little book, of less than 150 pages, he re-aligns symbolic logic with mathematics and geometry and expands the Theory of Types (by Russell and Whitehead) to include the logical equivalent of imaginary numbers. This opens the door to the reality of extra dimensions in a way that they can be explored systematically. Unfortunately, Professor Brown may not see the real fruition of his work in his lifetime. He is now 93 years of age.

Back to definitions: G. Spencer Brown gives us a clear and concise definition of ‘calculation’ and ‘a calculus’ in Laws of Form. He says that ‘calculation’ is a procedure by which one form is changed to another, and ‘a calculus’ is a system of calculation. To fully understand what calculation really is, we must complete Professor Brown’s elegant definition of a calculus and calculation by including his definition of the term ‘form’. It is:  “The space cloven by any distinction, together with the entire content of the space, [is] the form of the distinction.” (Page 4, Laws of Form) In plain American English: the modification of any distinction whatsoever, from one form to another by some logical process, is calculation, and the steps and rules of the process define a calculus. Thus a calculus is simply a system of logically consistent rules and procedures, and the calculus of distinctions is the most general calculation system possible. All other calculi, including the calculus of Leibniz and Newton, are definable within the all-encompassing logical structure of the calculus of distinctions.

If the distinctions upon which the system operates are quantifiable, the calculus is a mathematical system. Space, time, mass, energy, and consciousness are all quantifiable using different types of variables. Space is quantifiable using three numerical variables of extent: x, y and z, or length, height and depth. Time is quantifiable as a fourth dimension of extent, using imaginary numbers to describe duration. Mass is quantifiable using numerical variables of content, as is energy, by virtue of its algebraic equivalence with mass (E=mc2). Consciousness is now also quantifiable in variables of content and extent, with the discovery of gimmel and its algebraic equivalence with mass and energy in TRUE units. (See prior posts on TRUE analysis and gimmel.)

In the representation of real phenomena in the simplest possible way, it is reasonable to assume that the most logical basic unit of observation and measurement might be determined by starting with the smallest naturally occurring elementary particle. The stable structures of physical reality under the conditions prevalent on the surface of this planet are composed primarily of three particles: electrons, protons and neutrons. The electron has by far the smallest mass of the three, as determined very accurately from many years of experimentation including many terabytes of particle collider data. [A terabyte is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, a byte is eight bits of information, and a bit is one quantifiable distinction described in binary digit code consisting of zeros and ones for electronic computer calculations.] Starting with the mass of the electron as the quantum unit of mass, and applying the principles of relativity and quantum mechanics, we determined the number of triadic rotational units of equivalence (TRUE units) making up the quarks, protons, neutrons, atoms, and molecules of normal matter. This led to the discovery of gimmel, the third form of reality existing along with mass and energy to make up the stable structure of the universe. The details of this derivation and discovery have been published in several journals and in the book “Reality Begins with Consciousness” by Close and Neppe.

Existence
While it is putatively an application of Brown’s calculus of indications, the calculus of distinctions departs from, and differs from Brown’s calculus in a few specific, and very significant ways: it extends Brown’s calculus of indications to include consciousness as both the initiator of intent and originator of objective distinctions. Also, in the application of the calculus of distinctions to phenomena of the observable universe, existence is central, in contradistinction to some applications of Brown’s calculus of indications, where existence is often peripheral and unimportant in the processes of logical calculation.

The difference between existential and conceptual distinctions is clearly defined in applications of the calculus of distinctions to phenomena experienced by human observers in the following way: To exist, i.e. to be real, a distinction must possess extent, and content. The elementary particle with the smallest mass, the electron, upon which the TRUE quantum is based, has three dimensions when at rest. If it is moving, it has at least four known dimensions, three of space, and one of time, or four of space-time, if you like. This means that existential distinctions made up of TRUE units of mass, energy and gimmel, are at least three dimensional. Why? Think of it this way: In a quantized reality, in terms of dimensions, a point has zero dimensions, so it cannot contain anything. This makes a point, also known as a mathematical singularity, conceptual, not existential. In quantized reality, a line has length, but no height or depth, thus a line also has no capacity for even one TRUE unit of content. A plane is two-dimensional, but with no thickness, and therefore no capacity for TRUE unit content. Conclusion: In a quantized reality, points, lines and plans are conceptual.

It should be obvious at this point, that a quantized reality is very different from a continuous reality, and the mathematics will be very different than conventional Newtonian calculus, which assumes continuity. To be existential, a point must consist of one TRUE unit, a line must be a string of TRUE units, and a plane must have a thickness of one TRUE unit. You might argue that perhaps space and time are continuous even if mass and energy are not. The demonstration is beyond the scope of this post, but it turns out that, as Einstein suggested, space-time without mass and energy is meaningless. And it may not be too surprising to you at this point to hear that it also turns out, with the discovery of gimmel, that space-time-mass-energy is meaningless without consciousness.        

No purported theory of everything, like the various string theories, brane theory, and even Hawking’s current favorite, M-theory, is even a contender for a real theory of everything, because they do not include consciousness. TDVP, the Close-Neppe scientific paradigm shift, includes consciousness in the equations and has, as reported in these posts, and documented elsewhere, solved an ever-increasing number of puzzles. Stay tuned for more.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

WHAT IS LIFE?


WHAT IS LIFE?
The physicist likes physics, first and foremost because it is simple, mathematical, and free of unpredictable human emotion and imagination. It allows the physicist to achieve a finite form of omniscience without the unmanageable concepts of divinity and infinity. It allows one to be a prophet, superior perhaps even to the prophets of religious tradition, because, when given specific measurements and observations in the present, the physicist can determine exactly, within measurement error, and close enough for practical purposes, the state of a given physical system at any given time in the future, thus predicting the future in a very real and reliable way! But anyone, even the most brilliant physicist, who wants to know the true nature of reality, will eventually come up against the effects of consciousness upon the physical system being studied, and will have to ask the daunting question: What is consciousness, and why does consciousness have a real impact in the physical universe?; in short; What is life?

QUANTUM PHYSICS AND LIFE
I am certainly not the first person trained in the disciplines of mathematics and physics to ask: “What is Life? And how do conscious living beings fit into the physical universe?” One of the pioneers of quantum physics, Erwin Schrӧdinger, addressed these very same questions in a series of lectures he gave at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Ireland, after fleeing Europe to escape Nazi persecution in 1943. His essay “What is Life?” published in 1944, was based on the Dublin lectures, and a little book by the same name, which also includes an essay on “Mind and Matter” and some autobiographical sketches, is a good place to start. I would like to start with some observations similar to Schrödinger’s, and then go beyond them. But you may ask what do I have to offer that was not considered by Schrӧdinger, obviously a genius of the first order? In a word: “Gimmel”, the third form of reality, which we have discovered existing in the heart of matter in addition to mass and energy.

What do quantum physics, elementary particles, and TRUE units of gimmel have to do with consciousness and life? If you have read many of my posts dealing with these subjects, you already know part of the answer to this question. I agree with Max Planck, quoted in the last post: “I regard Consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from Consciousness.” The research carried out by Neppe, Close and others strongly suggest that this is true. But, more than that, the calculus of distinctions mathematics of Close and Neppe’s TDVP, opens the door to a new understanding of the intimate relationship of quantum physics and consciousness.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATOMIC STATISTICS AND PHYSICAL LAWS
Erwin Schrӧdinger points out that if physical objects are made up of aggregates of smaller objects, molecules, atoms, etc., as they appear to be, then “physical laws rest on atomic statistics and are therefore only approximate”. In other words, the predictable changes in the state of physical objects result from the way all the many particles and forces of material reality interact on the average. This is a rational conclusion in a world limited to the interaction of matter and energy in space and time. But Erwin Schrӧdinger didn’t know about gimmel. As we explore the larger reality, not limited to the purely physical, with consciousness recognized as a fundamental aspect of reality rather than an emergent property of matter, the picture changes radically: Statistical analysis returns to its rightful role as a method for arriving at probable conclusions when a significant portion reality is unknown.

Schrӧdinger continues with a brilliant analysis showing how the discovery of the quantized nature of reality, and quantum physics in general changes many things in other scientific disciplines, like cosmology, chemistry and biology. He shows how Darwin’s theory of evolution must be revised based on the findings of quantum physics. Change can no longer be considered to be continuous and infinitesimally incremental, strictly following the rule of the survival of the fittest. It is minutely discrete and subject to occasional quantum leaps.

In these posts, I will show how, by going back to the ultimate quantum unit, the TRUE unit, and proceeding forward to the macro world, live organisms, the planet, solar systems, and far-flung galaxies, we can, analogous to the way Schrӧdinger proceeded from compound quantum particles to physical laws and science in general, see how science is radically changed by the discovery of gimmel and TRUE analysis.

We have seen how application of the nine-dimensional TDVP model and TRUE analysis to particle physics and the Periodic Table of Elements answers many questions unanswered by the current scientific paradigm (why quarks combine in threes, Fermion spin, the Cabibbo angle, super symmetry, the abundance of life-supporting elements, etc., etc., in future posts we will address important questions like: How does the discovery of gimmel change chemistry, biology and other sciences? What is the difference between living and dead organisms? Where does consciousness go when an organism transitions from living to dead? And more. 

Monday, March 14, 2016

GOD'S QUANTUM SECRETS



GOD’S DEEPEST SECRET
God’s deepest secret, like most truths, is utter simplicity. I could state it here in a few words, but without traversing the logical terrain from where we dwell in everyday awareness to arrive at this deepest secret, it would sound like a meaningless tautology. But it is a profound secret, in effect, hidden in plain sight.

There appears to be a pattern of surprising phenomena, concealed behind the reality we perceive: Only about four to five percent of reality is perceptible through our physical senses, and the conscious mind is only about four to five percent of the brain power locked up inside the average human skull. This is not an accident; this pattern of hidden secrets is pervasive throughout the universe. The Hubble space probe has revealed that only about 4.9% of the universe is made of ordinary matter and energy, the nature of the rest, currently called ‘dark matter’ and ‘dark energy’, is unknown to mainstream science. God’s deepest secret is hidden because reality is quantum in nature, ostensibly made up of extremely tiny distinctions of mass, energy and consciousness, perceived as separate, but actually intimately connected when the other ninety-five percent is revealed. Because reality is quantized, God’s deepest secret is going to be numerical in nature. This is why mathematics is the language of science. And God’s deepest secret is hidden in the three simplest concepts of number: whole number (integer), zero, and infinity.

THE HIDDEN SECRETS OF THE QUANTUM WORLD
What are these secrets, and how and why are they hidden? First of all, quanta are hidden from direct observation and measurement because they are so very small. Everyone knows that elementary particles are very, very, very small. It would take about one billion (1,000,000,000) Hydrogen atoms laid side-by-side to reach across your little fingernail, and the proton at the center of the Hydrogen atom is about one one-thousandth of the size of the atom. And the electron is much smaller. But all you really need to know is that they are almost unimaginably small. The purpose of this post is not to impress you with how much I know, so I won’t be talking about all of the particles of the so-called ‘particle zoo’. Most of them only exist for fractions of a nanosecond as debris from reactions engineered in particle colliders, and are irrelevant to this discussion.

There is another way that the secrets of the quantum world are hidden. Unfortunately, it is by the unintentional use of inappropriate mathematical tools. Mathematically logical procedures effectively simplify and explain reality, but when misused, i.e. applied inappropriately, they can confuse and conceal; and this is exactly what has happened in quantum physics. Let me explain: ‘The’ calculus, as used today, was devised by Leibniz and Newton more than 300 years ago, based on ideas developed by Fermat and Descartes, and even earlier, by Archimedes. It depends on the concepts of continuity and infinite divisibility, while quantum physics, the quantized nature of reality, which was discovered by Max Planck more than 100 years ago, reveals a world of discreteness and finite indivisibility. Application of differential calculus to quantum phenomena has produced confusion, obsfucation and even some of the so-called weirdness of quantum physics. Before we get into the details of how we can remedy this inadvertent mathematical blunder, I want to write a tribute to Max Planck, the father of quantum physics.



A TRIBUTE TO MAX PLANCK
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was born in Kiel, Germany in 1858. As a young student, he showed promise in music, and played the piano and organ extremely well. But as he prepared for university an exceptional mathematics teacher named Hermann Müller turned his interest toward science. In spite of a physics professor who told him that physics was essentially a complete science, with nothing left to be discovered, he decided to study the second law of thermodynamics, specifically the dissipation of energy from hot materials by radiation. In 1900 -1901, he developed the theory that energy flows, not in a continuous manner, but in discrete packets that he called quanta. This was a radical idea, but it fit the experimental evidence. His new theory explained why the glow of a red hot iron fireplace poker goes from red to white as more heat is added, without going through any of the other colors in between. Planck had no desire to revolutionize physics, he just wanted to explain the phenomenon he was studying. But this elegantly simple discovery started a revolution in physics that would be carried forward by Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrӧdinger and change the science of physics forever. Planck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919 for this discovery.
Planck, from a Christian family, openly opposed the national socialist movement (Nazism) that was under way at the time, and tried to intervene on behalf of Albert Einstein and other Jewish scientists who were being publicly denounced by Adolf Hitler. He even resigned his position as president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft in 1937 in protest. His son, Erwin Planck was executed in 1945 for involvement in a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler, and Planck’s home was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II. The war ended in August, 1945, and after the war, his discovery was again recognized by the scientific community as ground-breaking. The research center was renamed the Max Planck Institute, and he served as its director. Max Carl Ernst Ludwig Planck was considered to be one of the most important men of modern science when he died two years later in 1947.

My favorite Planck quotes are:

“As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear-headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as the result of my research about atoms this much: there is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.”

“I regard Consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from Consciousness.”

“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”


ENERGY ONLY OCCURS IN EXACT FINITE QUANTA … SO WHAT?

Max Planck discovered that energy flow only occurs in exact multiples of an extremely tiny unit of energy called a quantum, and Einstein proved that energy and mass, the basic measures of matter, are equivalent and can be converted from one to the other. The equation E = mc2 expresses their equivalence when energy, mass, space, and time are represented in consistent units of measurement. The simple fact that mass and energy are two mathematically equivalent quantized forms of the same substance of physical reality has revolutionized science and technology as nothing else in the history of science on this planet. The multitude of electronic devices that have so radically changed the world since 1935, were completely unimaginable before this discovery. But the full implications of this discovery have not yet been realized. When they are, the world will be changed more radically than it has been during the past eighty years. 

Stay tuned to learn more about the implications of God’s deepest secret. Join me in the journey from ordinary awareness to the deepest secret, the step-by-step infinite descent into the innermost nature of reality, and from that point, to discover the infinite ascent from the smallest unit of finite reality to the ultimate unity of Infinite Reality.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

BEYOND MATH AND PHYSICS: LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS


BEYOND MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS: LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

Mathematical Physics and Poetry
As you know, if you’ve read my resume, I am a physicist, mathematician and engineer by formal education and training. But, more importantly, before and after that, I am a human being. The purpose of this post is to put the findings of the Triadic Dimensional Vortical Paradigm (TDVP) into proper perspective: the perspective of life. Because, after all, without the existence of living, breathing, thinking beings, all the discoveries of science would be worthless. The mathematician (the first degree I earned) deals with things that can be measured and thus represented by numbers. The physicist (what I thought I wanted to be from the age 14) uses mathematics to describe relationships between matter and energy dynamically interacting in time and space. These two subjects, math and physics, are considered by most people to be difficult, complex, and virtually incomprehensible without extensive education. This, however, is a misconception perpetuated by the naiveté and egos of physicists. Mathematics and physics are, in fact, the simplest of subjects, because the complexities of life and consciousness are ignored. A science, whatever it is called, that considers only the interaction of matter and energy in space and time is a simple science. But it is easy for an academic mathematical physicist to forget this, and this deliberate ignorance of anything that cannot be weighed or measured, coupled with the arrogance of ego, leads them to imagine that they can produce a ‘theory of everything’!

True innovative, visionary scientists, of which there are precious few, know how little they know. I believe Albert Einstein was one, because he said “It is amazing that we can understand anything” and his motivation was to “know God’s thoughts”, in contrast with many mainstream scientists who “have no need for concepts like god or divinity”. In my opinion, anyone who claims to have a Theory of Everything (TOE) is simply announcing his or her ego and ignorance. Believing you can produce a TOE is mental masturbation, leading to intellectual impotence. Belief in scientific materialism is belief in a sterile universe devoid of life. A real scientist should be a poet, whose language is mathematics. A poet realizes that his words can never completely capture the majesty of reality, or the amazing miracle of life.

A mathematical statement like E=mc2 is actually a poem dealing with things that we can observe and measure. Mathematics is a simple language, a language striped of meaning beyond weight and measure. But, like a poem, it can hint at the fullness of reality that exists beyond weight and measure. You can see that mathematics is just a simple language by realizing that the left-hand side of an equation is the subject, the equals sign is the verb, and the right-hand side contains the object, and indirect object of the statement. Complex mathematical functions can contain adjectives, adverbs, infinitives, and participles, but they are still just simple statements.   

Quantum Statistics and Physical Laws
Like a good poem, the mathematical statement of a law of physics states an underlying principle that predicts the probable outcome of an observation. Why do I say “probable”? We’d like to think that an equation like F = ma (Newton’s Second Law of Motion) is exact. It says the force possessed by a moving object is equal to its mass times the acceleration behind its motion. It is exact, however, only if the object’s mass is constant over space and time. For general purposes, the law works, for instance in determining the force with which a car traveling 60 miles per hour strikes a tree. If, however, the object is a space craft or rocket traveling at a velocity near the speed of light, the statement is inaccurate. But it is even worse than that: reality is messy relative to mathematical expressions. A physical object is made up of billions of molecules, atoms, electrons, protons, neutrons, and quarks. The molecules, atoms and sub-atomic particles that make up a physical object are in a constant state of flux. It is only in the aggregate, on the average, that the object obeys Newton’s law. But the law works for all practical purposes at the macro-scale of everyday objects. The actual force will be equal to ma, within the margin of measurement error. Therein lies the elegance and poetry of F = ma. Much like a poem, it conjures up images of real events which may be much more complex, with the economy of finite symbols.

Paradox, the Fount of New Knowledge
The longer I live, and the more experience I have, the more I realize that anyone who has never contradicted himself/herself, has probably not said very much of any importance. Conflict and paradox are inevitable in a world of infinite possibilities, and no one wants a world of absolute determinism. (See the posts on Dangerous Knowledge and the Disappearing Genius.) Scientists bemoan the fact that relativity and quantum physics do not seem to fit together as they should. But, knowing that reality obeys Gӧdel’s incompleteness theorem, and is thus effectively infinite, paradoxes in science should be seen as doorways to new knowledge, new science.

From Top Down, or Bottom UP?
If we look toward the stars in distant galaxies, toward the edge of the visible universe, the math of relativity applies; but, if we look toward the heart of the atom, the realm of electrons and quarks, quantum mechanics is the math that yields the correct answers. But, as conscious beings, we live in the middle, and I submit that the math of the calculus of distinctions, which includes consciousness as a real and active part of reality, is the appropriate math for us. And it is pure poetry, I believe, that the calculus of distinctions also works on the quantum and galactic scale! The reason it works is because everything is God’s thoughts, and God is just a human word for the logic and intelligence that is manifest in the reality of the universe we experience. We experience only a small part of the universe through our physical senses, and we can only observe and measure quarks and galaxies indirectly, but we are capable of being aware of their existence, and much more, through expanding our consciousness beyond that experienced through our physical bodies. 

Quantum Equivalence
The most unique and important finding of TDVP is the discovery of the mass/energy/space/time equivalence at the ultimate quantum level. See the posts on TRUE units and gimmel, and published books and papers available on www.BrainVoyage.com, and in scientific journals. This discovery allows us to understand why there is a universe, why there is something rather than nothing, and reveals the fact that the universe is designed from the beginning for organic life and the physical expression of consciousness. Discovery of this equivalence has enabled us to explain a number of things not explained in the current paradigm, like particle spin and the triadic combination of quarks.

Physical Reality Ultimately Depends upon Non-Physical Reality

The discovery of quantum equivalence is actual validation of the TDVP shift to a consciousness-based scientific paradigm. We have demonstrated that no stable particle could have emerged from a big bang origin event without the existence of gimmel, the basis of consciousness. Thus, current materialistic science is turned upside down. Scientists seeking to understand consciousness should not be looking for ways to explain consciousness in terms of matter and energy, they should be looking for ways to explain matter and energy in terms of consciousness. 

Friday, March 4, 2016

GOD AND SCIENCE



I believe it is always best to read Einstein in his native language if possible, because some of the meaning of his thoughts may be lost in translation.


Rafiniert is der Herr Gott, aber Bohaft ist Er Nicht!
Ich Möchte nur Wissen, Gottes Gedanken, das Übrige ist Unwichtige Einzelheit.

Translation: “God is Very Clever, but He is not maliciously incomprehensible!”

“I only want to Know God’s Thoughts, the Rest is Unimportant Detail.”

What exactly did Einstein mean by these statements? I believe he saw the universe as God’s thoughts manifested in matter and energy, much of their true nature cleverly hidden; but not maliciously hidden, not so hidden that we can’t understand their deeper meaning.

The universe is God’s Shauspiel, His stage play, meant to entertain us and to challenge us to find the logic, purpose and meaning of existence behind the façade of overt physical reality. More than 95% of the universe is hidden from our direct view. It is our job to use our innate intelligence to explore and investigate, eventually to find the infinite Mind behind physical reality.

God is playing hide and seek with us, enticing us with glimpses of His Elegance and Glory in the smiling faces of flowers, towering mountains, verdant forests, broad expanses of ocean, spinning celestial orbs, solar systems and galaxies, wheeling into infinity. Just as the conscious mind is only a small portion of the intelligence existing on the surface of the sub-conscious and super-conscious minds, the manifest physical universe is only a small portion of reality. Our destiny as human beings is to expand our awareness, to know all of reality, and the journey to that end is only now just beginning.

The science of the past few hundred years, the knowledge and understanding of Aristotle, Plato, Pythagoras, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Leibniz, Fermat, Descartes, Laplace, Poincare, Di Vinci, Cantor, Hilbert, and many, many others, - even Einstein - is just a seedling sprouting from the labor of geniuses who are tilling the soil of the physical universe. That seedling will wither and die, however, without the water of consciousness, and the atmosphere of super-consciousness. Science is woefully incomplete and ultimately self-destructive if confined to the limited metaphysics of materialism.

Scientists, and everyone else, must awaken to the Greater Reality behind and beyond physical reality if we are to realize our true potential. The most brilliant scientist alive today is only a child, a curious, stumbling child learning, mostly by trial and error, touching and feeling the world around us, eager to explore the infinity of the secrets of the tiny portion of reality that is open before us. The scientist of the future must escape the stifling box of materialism and expand his/her consciousness to embrace infinity.


With the discovery that no physical universe could ever exist without the organizing participation of TRUE units of gimmel, the non-physical aspect of Reality, the budding scientist can climb out of the tiny box of materialism with the realization that Reality is much more than matter and energy interacting in space and time. The discovery and proof of the existence of multi-dimensional gimmel, the third form of reality that makes the infinite elegance and beauty of reality manifest in the universe, is presented in these posts in a way that anyone can understand.  Please read on.