Any one else here obsessed with physics?

[Ronald Zeeman]

I like RIchard, have his autobiography in my persona library.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Love this stuff trying to visualize it in my head is so much fun.

 

[arithmetic]

re you asking about Bells theorem, yes I got a epiphany years ago that resolves' this Sorry I had a Stroke a year ago lost ability to walk so lose of feeling is pinky and index finger on left side was a touch typer before slowly improving walking now old hat at this.

This is what I wrote years ago:

Imagine a length, any length approaching zero to approaching infinity. This is the x axis. Now imagine a second length, its only criteria be that it be equal in length to the first length. This is the y axis. These two lengths represent any length in space. If the length is defined as one unit, using Pythagoras theorem the hypotenuse is an irrational number, the square root of two. This length in space must also exist if the other two lengths are absolute, therefore none of the lengths can be absolute. An absolute point cannot exist, only a distribution around a point. For a black hole no singularity just a distribution within the event horizon.

The one current theory the jives with this conjecture is “Loop Quantum Gravity”. Developed in Canada by a Canadian physicist and currently a very strong contender for how every thing works.

"This length in space must also exist if the other two lengths are absolute"
What a beautiful argument! Thank you
"An absolute point cannot exist, only a distribution around a point."
I wonder whether it was exactly this argument that so troubled Pythagoras.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I was surprised almost 30 years ago why nobody else noticed this length of square root of two must exist as the the circumference of a very large circle actually supports quantum mechanics. So easy to visualize. I guess a substantial IQ only goes so far.

I put this on an amateur physics site then the response was Who are you I used a handle paintzee. Waiting for some one to say this is wrong and why, never happened. Explains irrational lengths like pi. So easy for a visual thinker to see.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I see what Roger sees Think he nailed it

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I really like RIchard, so much in common.

 

[vergil96]

I really like RIchard, so much in common.

Well, many people dream to have such a position at such a young age. He graduated his PhD at 24 and all... He had a lot of priviledge to not face any issues that prohibited him from graduating, he didn't have a burnout for any non-academic reason... The whole video seems to be about that position and how awkward it was and how Oppenheimer helped him.

Feynmann is one of my favourite scientists, btw. I enjoyed reading his lectures a lot, one of the people who taught me how to use mathematics. In addition to his discoveries - also a great didactic.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I like the way he thinks, similar to my own.

 

[vergil96]

I was surprised almost 30 years ago why nobody else noticed this length of square root of two must exist as the the circumference of a very large circle actually supports quantum mechanics. So easy to visualize. I guess a substantial IQ only goes so far.

Actually, square roots are infinite series. So are other irrational numbers such as e and pi. It's an estimation technique.

Series (mathematics) - Wikipedia

If we take a square with side of length a, and a diagonal of length sqrt(2)*a, then take a circle with a circumference of 2*pi*r=sqrt(2)*a, it gives: r=a/(sqrt(2)*pi)

Still not a rational number, because it now has not only the square root of 2, but also pi.

It doesn't imply this number doesn't exist, though. Numbers, in general, if they are not natural numbers that are used to count occurances, are estimations. They reflect, describe relationships between things they describe. For example, 24 sugar cubes might fit into a cup. Or if a pack of sugar cubes has x cubes in it, then it will be x/24 cups. The speed of light means how much distance a photon travels in vacuum in a second. And a lot of more abstract relationshios. Mathematics is a language.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

My argument is the actual physical length must exist or be fuzzy I do not debate math as I am a visual thinker. Does the length of square root of two exist down to the Planck,

 

[vergil96]

It might seem counterintuitive, but "physical length" is also an estimate. Let's say the square root of two was measured using a string and a ruler. The string was at first used to measure the diagonal, then to form a circle. Then it was measured with a ruler. On the atomic scale, the boundaries of both the string and the ruler vibrate. Some might even float away or some dust might arrive. The paint on the scale of the ruler also doesn't have clear boundaries. The length is the measurement - how many stripes on the scale of the ruler did the string have during the measurement?

I know it sounds crazy. That's what I learnt while doing a physics degree.

On a fundamental level, science doesn't know what space (as spatial dimensions) is. Nor does it know what time is. All we can do now is measure realtionships or things against each other. For all we know spacetime isn't objective either - there is time dilation and length contraction at speeds near the speed of light and in strong gravutational fields. If it exists at all, we don't know any objective measure of space or "quantum grid".

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I like Roger Penrose way of looking at thing math is not physics. Physics is what can be measured. does time dilation and contraction work with a empty universe. Like video shows conservation of energy has limits do to the universe expanding really through me for a loop or the of the speed of light being unmeasurable. I like arguments like the universe cannot be infinite, as it would be light all the time. Makes me push my visual abilities to the limit

 

[vergil96]

Pure mathematics is even more discrete (relying on distinct states rather than the concept of a continuum) than physics. Did you have a try at group theory?

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Pure mathematics is even more discrete (relying on distinct states rather than the concept of a continuum) than physics. Did you have a try at group theory?

Closest thing I got in my high school math was set theory. I watched a great courses video from Sean Carroll, where he stated point particles do not exist only waves. Also saw Steven Hawking use similar argument to mine to mine. I know Murray Gell-Mann used group theory. When in high school math was easy now with stroke and age not so sure.

 

[vergil96]

Group theory in quite a neat concept, imo. Very interesting. I had it at school and in my eary university years, so I don't have any materials to recommend - other than textbooks and lectures, most should be fine and for sure a lot of them float around the internet.

I also liked Sephen Hawking's books a lot.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Read Hawking's books when they first come out. still have them in my library he hinted to limits to length in magazine article I read a few years ago really surprised me thinking he can see what I see. My last year of high school same as first year university. I watched a lot of lecture on math see thread things neatly organized have pic. page 16.