{"id":8099,"date":"2011-06-01T01:55:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T06:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimagineershome.com\/blog\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2020-02-27T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T20:33:22","slug":"the-physics-of-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimagineershome.com\/blog\/the-physics-of-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"The physics of reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Does anyone else have problems with the bazaar explanations that many in the scientific community expect the non-scientists to accept?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">For example many scientists try to convince the uninformed and less educated that we and all other things exist only after a human has observed them.&#160; Well that&#8217;s not quite true.&#160; According to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, particles only come into existence after they have been observed by a conscious being. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">I wish I had know that before that tree branch that I and no one else observed fall on me last year because it would have save me a trip to the emergency room.&#160; You see the tree branch is made up of particles.&#160; Therefore according to quantum mechanics it did not exist because no one had observed it or the particles that make it up as it was falling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Some will try to justify this lunacy by telling you the &quot;reality&quot; of that tree limb is a result of mathematical equations.&#160; However, I define its reality in terms of the cast on my arm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">My father used to tell me that if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck it probably is a duck. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">All kidding aside I feel that scientist&#8217;s especially physicists should spend more time in the real world instead of the Alice and Wonderland one they create with mathematics <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">For example one of the more outrageous claims made by some physicists is that one-dimensional strings define our reality.&#160; String theory, as this idea has come to be called is a mathematical construct that defines all forms of energy and therefore &quot;reality&quot; in terms of the vibratory patterns of one-dimensional strings.&#160; But have you ever seen a one-dimensional string.&#160; I know I have not <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Has anyone else noticed that recently things seem to appear and disappear without <i>rhyme <\/i>or <i>reason<\/i> in physics similar to what happened in Lewis Carroll&#8217;s &quot;Wonderland&quot; when Alice first discovers the golden key is the only thing on the table, but the next time she looks there is also the bottle marked &#8216;drink me&#8217; or when the Cheshire Cat that appears and disappears with dizzying speed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Physics as the name implies is <span id=\"hotword\"><span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">the<\/span> <\/span>science<span id=\"hotword\"> <span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">that<\/span> <span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">deals<\/span> <span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">with physical properties matter,<\/span> <\/span>energy<span id=\"hotword\">, <span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">motion,<\/span> <span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">and<\/span> <span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">force and not with abstract mathematics.&#160; Therefore, physicists should <\/span><span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword11\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">look to the <\/span><span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword12\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">observable properti<\/span><span onclick=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;#b5d5ff&#39;;return hotWord(this);\" onmouseover=\"this.style.cursor=&#39;default&#39;\" onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor=&#39;transparent&#39;\" id=\"hotword\" style=\"cursor: default; background-color: transparent;\">es<\/span><\/span> of realty instead of the unobservable abstract proprieties of mathematics to define it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">The reason assuming the existence of one dimensional strings is without <i>rhyme<\/i> is because it is based on abstract mathematics which is a creation of the human intellect and can be used to create almost anything one desires.&#160; If one desires to find a quantitative solution to a physical question one can always manipulate them in one&#8217;s mind to that end.&#160; However, those manipulations should &quot;rhyme&quot; or at least have some connection to the physicality of the questions they are answering.&#160; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">While the only <i>reason<\/i> I can see for assuming that our world is made up on one-dimensional strings is to force that &quot;reality&quot; on nature because some feel it is the only way they can explain what we observe in it.&#160; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">However, that is not a valid one because as mentioned earlier physics is the science that deals with physically observable properties of nature and most humans except those who might happen to live in Alice&#8217;s world of make believe have ever observed a one-dimensional string.&#160; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">A quote from &quot;The Cheshire Cat&quot; that Lewis Carroll created in &quot;Alice and Wonderland&quot; brings out this point &quot;When is a croquet mallet like a Billy club? 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