Subsequent Holes in Understanding

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Reference: Subject: Education

  1. A person finds it difficult to learn a subject when there are holes in his understanding.

  2. To set up a person for self-learning the first action is to repair the holes in his understanding.

  3. As holes in a person’s understanding are mended he starts to repair further holes by himself.

  4. He is assisted in this effort by having subject contents that are laid out in a logical order.

  5. In general, a person follows up on some confusion and narrows it down.

  6. He makes a list of key words related to the area of confusion.

  7. He arranges those words in the logical order in which the concepts are related to each other.

  8. He then studies those words (concepts) and expands the list as necessary.

  9. He rearranges the words (concepts) in a better logical order as necessary.

  10. As he notices logical holes in that list he repairs them through study, research and new observations.

  11. The logical holes parallel the holes in understanding.

  12. As the logical holes are filled with correct logic, the holes in understanding are repaired.

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E-Learning

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Reference: Critical Thinking in Education

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TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM:

  1. The current system of education must advance from Industrial Age approach of one size fit all.

  2. It must meet the need of critical thinking in the Information Age.

  3. The needs of Information Age may be called E-Learning.

  4. E-Learning is not only learning online but it is also about development of the ability to self-learn.

  5. E-Learning is about developing the course content that is divided into modules.

  6. The beginning module should provide a simple overview of the subject. It should clearly state its fundamental postulates and teach its basic concepts.

    For example, please see Remedial Math Level 1.

  7. The subsequent modules should teach advanced concepts of that subject according to their logical development.

    For example, please see Remedial Math Level 2.

  8. The student must learn each module with 100% mastery before moving on to the next module. The advance must be based on understanding and performance.

  9. If a student cannot master a module 100%, then he may simply audit that course. That course shall not be deemed as part of his official curriculum.

  10. E-learning is about learning with understanding. Putting stress on the student to pass a certain grade at a certain time is not part of E-learning.

  11. E-learning is about putting the student through a customized curriculum that explores his potentials to the maximum.

  12. E-Learning is about filling the holes in the student’s understanding as and when confusions arise.

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TO THE STUDENT:

  1. You don’t have to wait for the education system to change for you.

  2. Go out and take responsibility for your own education.

  3. Don’t just rely on the formal education system to make the most important decisions of your life–of what you learn and how you learn it.

  4. Listen to the following talk by a successful student:

  5. You may read the following book of an unusual student:

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What is Quantum Field Theory?

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Reference: Answer from Barak Shoshany at What is quantum field theory?

I loved the answer from Barak Shoshany. My understanding of Quantum Field Theory is developing as follows.

(1)    A “particle” is a high frequency pulse in a low-frequency background field. We may refer to the low-frequency field as the corresponding “space”.

(2)    Movement of a “particle” within the “space” is like movement of a pulse relative to other pulses within a field.

(3)    A pulse is seen as continuous with the surrounding field. Thus a “quantum particle” is always continuous with the surrounding “field space”.

(4)    The steep gradient of frequency change from “field space” to “quantum particle” appears as gravity around a particle. The high frequency of the particle appears as mass.

(5)    The “quantum particle” may be wide enough to contain a still higher “frequency spike” within it. The frequency spike shall appear as “condensed particle” within the particle. The particle shall now be perceived relatively as space.

(6)    Thus there can be more condensed particle within a particle; and more condensed space within a space. It is just how you look at it. At higher frequencies the “particle – space” shall appear more condensed.

(7)    Thus all particles shall be related to each other. They will maintain continuity among themselves.

(8)   The “wave-particle” duality is now adequately explained by this iterative “particle – space” model.

(9)   The nucleus of an atom is a particle within the electronic field of the atom. And the electronic field of the atom is a particle within the field we call space. So the nucleus of an atom is a “particle within a particle”. This makes atom a “compound particle”.

(10)  The particle is a high frequency pulse within a pulsating field. Its motion shall be measured relative to similar pulses in the field. It may appear either motionless or in motion.

(11)  The Higgs field is more like the theoretical field of zero frequency or “undisturbed space”. It is the basis of all other “disturbed spaces” or fields.

(12)  Any spike in Higgs field will appear as “creation of mass” because one is going from zero to a finite frequency. To go from zero to the mass of atomic nucleus is a big jump in frequency and will require a large amount of energy.

(13)  Fields interact with each other. A field converts energy from interaction into a particle. Energy is conserved but not the number of particles.

(14) The location of a particle shall be the “footprint” of the particle in its relative space. This “footprint” is a finite dimension of the order of the wavelength of the surrounding space. This location may be approximated by a Euclidean point only when the particle is highly condensed, such as, the nucleus of an atom.

(15) Heisenburg’s Uncertainty principle assumes that all locations may be approximated by a Euclidean point. This assumption is questionable.
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What is a Quantum in Physics?

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Reference: Relativity and the Problem of Space
  • Newtonian mechanics seem to cover the area where mass is concerned.

  • Einsteinian relativity seems to cover the area where field is concerned.

  • But the interface between mass and field is not fully resolved.

This is the area of Quantum Mechanics that needs to be resolved fully.

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Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum
  1. In the attempt to bring theory into agreement with experiment, Max Planck postulated that electromagnetic energy is absorbed or emitted in discrete packets, or quanta.

  2. In 1905 Albert Einstein suggested that radiation existed in spatially localized packets which he called “quanta of light”. A photon is a single quantum of electromagnetic radiation. It is proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.

  3. While quantization was first discovered in electromagnetic radiation, it describes a fundamental aspect of energy not just restricted to photons.

  4. Quantum is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction. The magnitude can take on only certain discrete values. The energy of an electron bound to an atom is quantized, which results in the stability of atoms, and hence of matter in general.

  5. Quantum is part of the fundamental framework for understanding and describing nature.

Quantum seems to have replaced the “material point” of the old.

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The Logical Structure of the Universe

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The Universe has a structure based on the logic of Integrity of Reality (Continuity, Consistency and Harmony).

1. Universe: Static to Kinetic

2. Universe: Spiritual to Physical

3. Universe: Space to Consciousness

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