Which came first the Quantum chicken or Relativistic egg?

The fact that we need two theories to explain the evolution of our universe means that one of them must have originated before the other. For example Einstein’s relativistic and gravitational theories can explain predict the evolution of the large scale structure and movement of the stars and planets but cannot explain the structure of … Read more

Do we really need Quantum Decoherence?

Quantum Decoherence was proposed to justify the framework and intuition of classical physics as an acceptable approximation: it is the mechanism by which the classical limit emerges from a quantum starting point and determines the location of the quantum-classical boundary.  Decoherence occurs when a system interacts with its environment in a thermodynamically irreversible way. This … Read more

Space-time or four *spatial* dimensions?

There are many theories that attempt to explain what we observed in our three dimensional environment in terms of higher dimensions.  However they all suffer from the same problem in that the existence of those higher dimensions are primarily based on abstract on mathematical models.  The reason is because we as three dimensional beings are … Read more

Why does space exist?

The Standard Model of Particle Physics and Quantum Mechanics give us a plausible reason why particles are what they are while Einstein theories give a reasonable answer to the question regarding why they come together to form planets stars and how they move in relation to each other. For example both Einstein’s General Theory of … Read more

Quantum energy distribution: a classical interpretation

Einstein was often quoted as saying “If a new theory was not based on a physical image simple enough for a child to understand, it was probably worthless.” For example one can easily understand how the curvature in space-time can be the causality of gravitational forces in terms of the physical image of a marble … Read more