3. Relativity

Lorentz transformations contradict an objective methodological interdiction

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A fact of principled compatibility of a measured rod in one inertial system of coordinates and a measuring ruler in moving by other system only in the unique point by means of the elementary space-time diagram was proved evidently and convincingly. The methodological inadmissibility of intersystem comparison of any spatial or time pieces is accented. A conclusion on a methodological incorrectness Einstein’s way of synchronization of clocks and all known variants of a conclusion of Lorentz transformations on this basis is drawn. The other variant of space-time transformations is offered and its compatibility with the Michelson-Morley Experiment is shown. Philosophical reflections of the author about the true cognitive status of Lorentz transformations are adduced.

Quantum confinement: a classical explanation

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One of the conceptual problems that has been largely ignored in modern quantum theory is what defines the boundaries of a quantum system after an observation is made. Quantum theories define a particle’s position before one is made in terms of the probabilities associated with Schrödinger’s wave equation.  In other words there is a non … Read more

Gravity verses Dark energy

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We have shown throughout this blog and its companion book “The Reality of the Fourth *Spatial* Dimension” there are many theoretical advantages to defining the universe in terms of four *spatial* dimensions instead of four-dimensional space-time. One is that it allows one to understand the physical relationship between Dark Energy and gravity by extrapolating the … Read more

The Flatness Problem

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“The Flatness Problem” as it has come to be called by many cosmologist relates to the observation that some of the initial conditions of the universe appear to fine-tuned to very “special” values, and that a small deviation from these values would have had massive effects on the physical properties of the universe as it … Read more

How many dimensions do we need

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to completely define the reality of our universe? Einstein was able to define the relativistic properties of motion and the equivalence of gravitational and accelerated reference frames in terms of the geometry of space-time.  However, as Lee Smolin mentions in Chapter Three (page 49) of his book “The Trouble with Physics” he was unable to … Read more