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Bye Bye Einstein
This last post in the series explains why I believe it is time to say goodbye to Einstein, and why I look forward to how our worldview develops in the light of this CERN discovery of material superluminality. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Quotes, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, Philosophy, Physics, relativity, Richard Feynman, Untitled
Why not Discard Special Relativity?
This second post in my series on the superluminality observed (or suspected) at CERN looks at why we cannot accept it.
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged Albert Einstein, CERN, Maxwells Equations, Philosophy, Physics, relativity, Richard Feynman
What is Unreal Blog?
This post is an expanded version of a Web interview regarding my blog. It attempts to answer the question why I blog. And why one should take philosophy seriously. Seriously!
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Topical
Tagged cognitive neuroscience, life, Philosophy, philsophy of mind, physical reality, Physics, Pirsig, relativity, space and time
Half a Bucket of Water
When philosophers look at anything, it becomes a bit technical. Their technical analysis may sound boring and irrelevant. Here is an attempt to tilt things in their favor. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged Philosophy, Physics, quantitative finance, relativity, space and time
The Big Bang Theory – Part II
This post is a continuation of my earlier musings on the Big Bang theory. This one looks at the foundational assumptions of quantum gravity. In management speak, it is a high level overview, which sounds like I understand it. In a physicist’s lingo, it is merely a layman description or a hand-waving argument. In other words, the management types out there may like it better than the smart ones. You be the judge! Continue reading
Posted in Debates, Philosophy, Physics, SFN - Science Forums
Tagged Ashtekar, big bang theory, cosmology, paradigm shift, Physics, quantum gravity, relativity, spac-time, space time continuum, universe
Are Radio Sources and Gamma Ray Bursts Luminal Booms?
This post is the blog version of my article published in the International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMP-D) in 2007, soon to become the Top Accessed Article of the journal by Jan 2008. Although it might seem like a hard core physics article, it is in fact an application of the philosophical insight permeating this blog and my book. Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Essays, Physics, Science
Tagged AGN, Doppler shift, galaxy, grb afterglow, Lorentz invariance, perception, Physics, radio sources, relativity, sonic boom
The Big Bang Theory
People present the Big Bang theory in physics pretty much like Evolution in biology. But I feel that it is disingenuous to do that. To me, it looks as though the Big Bang theory is so full of patchwork, such a mathematical collage to cook up something that is consistent with GR that it is hard to imagine that it corresponds to anything real. Here is a short list of my trouble with the theory. Continue reading
Posted in Physics
Tagged big bang theory, black hole, galaxy, little universe, Physics, relativity, singularity concept, Steven Weinberg
Constraints of Perception and Cognition in Relativistic Physics
This post is an abridged online version of my article that appears in Galilean Electrodynamics in November, 2008. [Ref: Galilean Electrodynamics, Vol. 19, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2008, pp: 103--117]
It can be viewed as a good summary of my book, The Unreal Universe, with all the gory mathematical details. Originally written for a professional audience, this post may interest my physicist friends, especially those with a philosophical openness in their beliefs. Continue reading
Einstein on God and Dice
God does not play dice with the universe — said Einstein. Whatever could he have meant? Here is my interpretation. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Quotes
Tagged Albert Einstein, Nobel prize, quantum mechanics, relativity
Universe – Size and Age
I posted this question that was bothering me when I read that they found a galaxy at about 13 billion light years away. My understanding of that statement is: At distance of 13 billion light years, there was a galaxy 13 billion years ago, so that we can see the light from it now. Wouldn’t that mean that the universe is at least 26 billion years old? It must have taken the galaxy about 13 billion years to reach where it appears to be, and the light from it must take another 13 billion years to reach us. Continue reading
Posted in Debates, Physics, SFN - Science Forums
Tagged big bang theory, Debates, galaxy, relativity, speed of light, universe size
Unreal Time
Another discussion from an on-line forum, this post looks at space and time. [...]The first question we need to ask ourselves is why space and time seem coupled? The answer is actually too simple to spot, and it is in your definition of time. Space and time mix through our concept of velocity and our brain’s ability to sense motion. There is an even deeper connection, which is that space is a cognitive representation of the photons inputs to our eyes, but we will get to it later.[...] Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Relativity, Debates, Philosophy, Physics
Tagged Debates, Philosophy, Physics, relativity
Of Rotation, LT and Acceleration
Here is a geometric interpretation of Lorentz transformation (or how to go from SR to GR). Continue reading
Anti-relativity and Superluminality
A discussion on the meaning and interpretation of Special Relativity. The perceptual effects are known in physics; they are called Light Travel Time effects (LTT, to cook up an acronym). These effects are considered an optical illusion on the motion of the object under observation. Once you take out the LTT effects, you get the “real” motion of the object . This real motion is supposed to obey SR. This is the current interpretation of SR. My argument is that the LTT effects are so similar to SR that we should think of SR as just a formalization of LTT. (In fact, a slightly erroneous formalization.) Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Relativity, Debates, Philosophy, Physics
Tagged Debates, Physics, relativity
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