Unified Field, Inertia, Observer and Consciousness

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The following is my answer to the question asked on Quora.com:

If energy/mass and space/time are all observer-dependent ways of construing the unified field, what is the observer? Is consciousness a property of the unified field?

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UNIFIED FIELD

The theoretical ground state for this universe is inertia-less primordial field. It may be referred to as the unified field. This field, when disturbed, gives rise to the electromagnetic radiation that possesses inertia. The inertia of electromagnetic radiation then condenses into mass within an atom.

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INERTIA

Inertia is primarily associated with mass. However, inertia is part of all phenomena. Motion is not infinite because motion is defined by inertia. There is a speed-limit to light because of inertia. The universe is kept together only because of inertia.

Inertia is analogous to friction. We can walk because there is friction. Similarly, a phenomenon exists because there is inertia. Inertia is ubiquitous just like motion. Inertia and motion are intimately related.

Energy may be looked upon as a form in which motion may be stored. Mass may be looked upon as a condensation of energy. We see inertia transitioning from wave-frequency to particle-mas within the atom.

Inertia may be plotted on a scale as described in INERTIA: A Summary

At the extreme left of this scale where inertia is approaching zero, we have the inertia-less unified field as “space.” At the extreme right of this scale, where inertia is approaching infinite, we have the extreme concentration of mass as “black hole.”

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OBSERVER

In the broadest sense there is no observer separate from what is being observed. Both observer and observed are part of reality. Ultimately, it is reality observing itself. Science is observing the universe from the viewpoint of the universe.

The net velocity of the universe relative to itself is zero. So, the velocity of a scientific observer relative to the universe is zero.

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CONSCIOUSNESS

Motion and awareness seem to be aspects of each other. The properties of animated organisms and inanimate objects are an expression of the motion and awareness that they are composed of. The universe is imbued with motion, and thus, it is imbued with awareness.

These ideas are expanded upon in What is Awareness, Scientifically?

The investigation to bring consistency to various concepts continues.

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March 4, 2015 – 8:12 AM Categories: KHTK | Comments (1)

The Struggle of Capitalism Today

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Reference: The Philosophy of Karl Marx

The gap between haves and have-nots continues to increase today. Conclusion by Karl Marx that this is an inevitable class struggle was flawed from the outset as explained in the reference above.

The actual problem is identified as follows:

The problem lies with greed and exploitation on one hand and a lack of education and indolence on the other. It is not a universal problem with classes. It may only appear to be so in certain societies at certain times.

Since this problem is becoming increasingly relevant today, I shall like to consolidate my comments from the above reference here.

Karl Marx was observing the dissatisfaction of common people of his time. The powers knew that such dissatisfaction could be inflamed to create problems for them. The Communist agitators could do it.

With the advent of the Industrial Age, considerable destabilizing forces were unleashed into the society of the time. Communism was a reaction to this situation. Karl Marx set out to formulate a philosophy to explain that reaction.

The assumption of class struggle is based on the conflict between those who exploit and those who are exploited. In the absence of exploitation there is no class struggle. In Communist manifesto, the bourgeoisie (the wealthy middle class) is identified with exploiters and the proletariat (the industrial working class) is identified with those exploited.

The problem is with greed and exploitation on one hand and a lack of education and indolence on the other. It is not a universal problem with classes. It may only appear to be so in certain societies at certain times.

The occurrence of classes in a complex society is natural because many different functions become necessary. People also have different ambitions, education and skills. Not everybody is alike. When ambition, education and skill are matched with functions in the society, and appropriate compensation is provided to meet the needs for different stations, then there remains no cause for any conflict or struggle.

In the communist manifesto I see a complex situation being oversimplified. The situation is not broken down to its basic parts, so logic could be applied. Crude black and white logic cannot be applied to complex situations. Like the binary principle of computer logic, it may only be applied after breaking a complex situation down to its basic parts. 

These are good observations made by Karl Marx. There were definitely big changes in the European societies as raw material poured in from colonies in the undeveloped world, and steam and machinery revolutionized industrial production. Feudal societies gave way to industrial societies. World market came about with overall increase in prosperity. Capitalism seems to be the natural outcome of these factors.

The purpose of capital was to fuel the engine of progress when there were plenty of resources and entrepreneurs.

In the manifesto, feudalism is being described as “natural” and bourgeoisie as an aberration that is motivated by cold, calculated self-interest. This resulted in the large scale exploitation of proletarians. Marx is incorrectly equating bourgeoisie with free trade, and free trade with exploitation.

Marx seems to be aware of the power that the exploited proletarians could exercise if they could only be united in their dissatisfaction. He is reacting against the fast pace of constant change in the modes of production that seem to be destroying the traditional character of society. This was quite unsettling and was looked upon as dilution of the quality of life.

Marx is reacting against the globalization of industry and commerce that seem to be destroying the national industries and threatening the self-sufficiency and the boundaries of individual nations.

Marx seems to be lamenting the loss of the traditional independence. He sees globalization resulting in increasing interdependence. This mode of production seems to be leading to concentration of property in the hands of a few. The situation appears to be moving toward political centralization.

It seems like Marx did not want the very conditions, which then came about in Russia and China under the name of Communism. This contradiction points to the weakness of the conjecture of class struggle, which his philosophy starts out with.

We are dealing with complex human nature that cannot be addressed through simplistic conjectures, such as, class struggle.

What needs to be resolved is the lack of education. Without proper education the greed and the desire for exploitation cannot be resolved.

My recommendation for forward progress is:

The Noble Eight-Fold Path

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March 3, 2015 – 6:58 AM Categories: Mindfulness | Comments (1)

What is Self Learning?

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The Safety Harbor Math Club

I am currently involved with a Training center at a ministry where I live. This ministry serves people who are homeless, or who are at risk of becoming homeless. It helps them meet their basic needs of food and shelter with the proviso that they should now attempt to improve their lot by educating themselves and getting a job.

Self-learning is based on one’s desire to know. You are self-learning even when you are being helped.

The Training center at the ministry helps people learn English and Mathematics toward obtaining a GED certificate. I am currently volunteering at this center as a tutor. I would like to see a Self-Learning Program implemented at this center.

Self-learning involves responsibility.  Responsibility means, “A response that is proper and adequate to a situation.”

The situation that a person at risk faces is lack of education to be employed. The proper response is to get educated. This sense of responsibility is the basis of Self-Learning. But to build up this sense of responsibility, conditions need to be set right.

Self-learning requires access to materials that are easy to understand. It also involves alert supervision that helps one overcome tough spots in learning.

This book will help a student learn the fundamentals of mathematics. When he is very young, parents can help. When the fundamentals are cleared, he can pick up other text books on mathematics and learn from them by himself.

The Book of Mathematics

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March 1, 2015 – 9:30 AM Categories: Education | Comments (2)

The Electron (old)

Please see The Electron

Reference: INERTIA: A Summary

You cannot locate the whole snake at a point, but you can locate it with total certainty in a patch of space. If you assume that the snake must be located at a point then you will come up with something like the Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle.

This is the case with an electron. An electron is much smaller than an atom, but it cannot be located at a point because it hardly has any mass. An electron is spread out in space like a snake.

There is no uncertainty if the location of an electron is recognized as a “patch of space” rather than a point. Then there would be no “probability function,” which makes Quantum Mechanics math very complicated.

The physical location can be approximated as a point only to the degree there is mass. To the degree there is less mass and more wavelength, the location cannot be approximated as a point.

Maybe the Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle gives the minimum size of a “point” location.

The current view of Electron as a “point particle” seems to be inconsistent.

Electron has a wavelength and it is definitely spread over a patch of space. The location of electron cannot be approximated as a point because it hardly has any mass.

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February 28, 2015 – 12:11 AM Categories: Science | Comments (16)

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INERTIA: A Summary

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Reference:

Propagation of Light

Disturbance Levels of Space

A New Model of Atom

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From the article on Inertia from Wikipedia:

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion (including a change in direction). In other words, it is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at constant linear velocity. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics that are used to describe the motion of objects and how they are affected by applied forces. Inertia comes from the Latin word, iners, meaning idle, sluggish. Inertia is one of the primary manifestations of mass, which is a quantitative property of physical systems. Isaac Newton defined inertia as his first law in his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which states:
The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to preserve its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly forward in a straight line.

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Einstein’s concept of inertia remained unchanged from Newton’s original meaning. However, this concept of inertia may be extended to motion that does not involve mass.

A very fundamental motion appears as light. Light is made up of oscillating electric and magnetic fields. The formation of electric and magnetic fields encounter resistance, called permittivity and permeability respectively. Since light has no mass and it travels in space where no medium exists,  this resistance may be viewed as an inherent property of light. Thus, light has inertia. Inertia is defined in this article as follows.

Inertia is the inherent tendency of motion to maintain its status quo.

Per Maxwell’s equations, the speed of light is the inverse of the square root of the product of permittivity and permeability. Thus inertia acts to define the speed of light. We may express this as follows.

Inertia defines the boundaries of motion.

Inertia resists any change in uniform speed regardless of what that speed is. Therefore inertia is the same in all inertial frames of reference. That means inertia is a universal property.

Inertia provides a universal frame of reference.

Thus, inertia underlies all phenomena. It applies to electromagnetic waves throughout the spectrum as frequency, or quantization levels. It applies to all matter throughout the spectrum of elements, compounds and mixtures as mass.

Inertia underlies all phenomena whether wave or a particle.

The inertia may be pictured over a scale that extends from zero to infinity. This picture may look like Gabriel’s Horn.

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When inertia is decreasing toward zero (left end of the scale) it may said to be increasingly spreading out in the form of space. When inertia is increasing toward an infinite value (right end of the scale) it may said to be increasingly concentrated at a point. Space is a continuous entity, while the point is discrete.

Space may be filled with points; but space is continuous, and not a set of discrete points.

Inertia appears as mass on the right of the scale. Mathematically, mass may be treated as if located at a point. But inertia that appears on the left of the scale as quantization levels, cannot be represented by a point location. This was expressed by Heisenberg as uncertainty of location. That view erroneously assumes that the location of inertia must always be defined in terms of points. That is not so. Location of inertia may be defined as a region of continuous space. Euclidean “point” is not always appropriate to describe a physical location.

Heisenberg’s uncertainty occurs because physical space and location are being interpreted mathematically through dimensionless points.

Somewhere in the  middle of the above scale, inertia transitions in its characteristics from “quantization” to “mass.” In reality, this transition occurs inside the atom at the interface of the electron region and the nucleus.

Inertia transitions from “quantization” to “mass” inside the atom.

This view of inertia brings about a new understanding to the phenomena occurring at subatomic levels. It extends classical mechanics to explain the phenomena which currently lies in the domain of quantum mechanics.

Inertia seems to transition in some way at the boundary of an atom, and at the boundary of the nucleus. These transitions need to be investigated.

Concept of inertia seems to be more basic than the concept of space, time, and spacetime. This needs to investigated.

Inertia arises only when there is “change” This compares to the arising of the sense of motion. It is conjectured that the sense of gravity may also be comparative. Better understanding of inertia may lead to a deeper understanding of gravity.

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Notes added February 25, 2015
  1. The surface of an atom seems to provide the threshold quantization level at which light starts to slow down and converge as if by a lens.
  2. The surface of the nucleus of an atom seems to provide the threshold quantization level at which transition takes place from electromagnetic disturbance to mass.
Notes added November 30, 2018
  1. In the above essay, the word “disturbance” is replaced by an already existing word “quantization”. Therefore, the disturbance levels are now referred to as quantization levels. Quantization comes from the word quanta that was introduced by Einstein in 1905, to describe the particle-like behavior of light. Einstein observed that as the frequency of the blackbody radiation increased, the wave-like radiation appeared increasingly as particle-like packets (quanta) of energy. This is the process of quantization. An example of quanta is the photon of light.
  2. Inertia basically refers to substance. Since light has a finite velocity it  has inertia. Therefore, light is an electromagnetic substance that is different from material substance.
February 21, 2015 – 6:46 PM Categories: Science | Comments (17)