| … | … | @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ This topic is meant to be about (mathematical) physics. |
| 169 | 169 | old ideas will be presented and developed in strange, |
| 170 | 170 | unusual, |
| 171 | 171 | bizarre and outright hallucinatory ways. |
| 172 | | |
| 172 | There will also be uncorrected mistakes and misapperceptions. |
| 173 | 173 | \end_layout |
| 174 | 174 | |
| 175 | 175 | \begin_layout Abstract |
| … | … | @@ -188,7 +188,165 @@ Part Ten has turned into a bit of unmanageable mess, |
| 188 | 188 | So this diary slices off this particular topic, |
| 189 | 189 | large in it's own right, |
| 190 | 190 | so that it is more manageable. |
| 191 | | A recap for the new reader is in order: |
| 191 | A recap for the new reader is in order. |
| 192 | Some of the below are |
| 193 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 194 | \end_inset |
| 195 | |
| 196 | foundational |
| 197 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 198 | \end_inset |
| 199 | |
| 200 | observations, |
| 201 | in that they seem to be true. |
| 202 | Others are |
| 203 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 204 | \end_inset |
| 205 | |
| 206 | aspirational |
| 207 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 208 | \end_inset |
| 209 | |
| 210 | , |
| 211 | in that they seem to be true as metaphors, |
| 212 | but lack any formal physical or mathematical foundations. |
| 213 | The goal of this text is to start the construction of that bridge. |
| 214 | \end_layout |
| 215 | |
| 216 | \begin_layout Itemize |
| 217 | The past cannot be changed. |
| 218 | Yeah, |
| 219 | Duhh. |
| 220 | \end_layout |
| 221 | |
| 222 | \begin_layout Itemize |
| 223 | The past cannot be re–observed, |
| 224 | measured, |
| 225 | revisited or viewed in any way. |
| 226 | There is no camera, |
| 227 | microphone or other physical device that we can |
| 228 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 229 | \end_inset |
| 230 | |
| 231 | send into the past |
| 232 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 233 | \end_inset |
| 234 | |
| 235 | to |
| 236 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 237 | \end_inset |
| 238 | |
| 239 | get a better look at what happened back there |
| 240 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 241 | \end_inset |
| 242 | |
| 243 | . |
| 244 | Again. |
| 245 | yeah, |
| 246 | duhh, |
| 247 | its so obviously true. |
| 248 | I state this here, |
| 249 | because this text is all about exploring this obvious truth. |
| 250 | \end_layout |
| 251 | |
| 252 | \begin_layout Itemize |
| 253 | The past appears to be frozen into some platonic reality, |
| 254 | accessible to us as memories. |
| 255 | This might be the same |
| 256 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 257 | \end_inset |
| 258 | |
| 259 | platonic reality |
| 260 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 261 | \end_inset |
| 262 | |
| 263 | in which mathematical statements, |
| 264 | such as 2+2=4 inhabit: |
| 265 | statements that are true, |
| 266 | and unalterable. |
| 267 | \end_layout |
| 268 | |
| 269 | \begin_layout Itemize |
| 270 | Mathematics is accessible by thought alone. |
| 271 | Some of the past is accessible not (only) by memory, |
| 272 | but by police detective work: |
| 273 | the application of deductive logic and reasoning. |
| 274 | This |
| 275 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 276 | \end_inset |
| 277 | |
| 278 | accessibility by reasoning |
| 279 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 280 | \end_inset |
| 281 | |
| 282 | is what seems to make it |
| 283 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 284 | \end_inset |
| 285 | |
| 286 | platonic |
| 287 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 288 | \end_inset |
| 289 | |
| 290 | . |
| 291 | \end_layout |
| 292 | |
| 293 | \begin_layout Itemize |
| 294 | By convention, |
| 295 | we appear to have |
| 296 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 297 | \end_inset |
| 298 | |
| 299 | free will |
| 300 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 301 | \end_inset |
| 302 | |
| 303 | (freedom of choice). |
| 304 | This is both obviously true to |
| 305 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 306 | \end_inset |
| 307 | |
| 308 | the common man |
| 309 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 310 | \end_inset |
| 311 | |
| 312 | , |
| 313 | and also commonly attacked by some minority of the physics community, |
| 314 | based on ideas of determinism reflected in differential equations. |
| 315 | The popularization of the universe–as–clockwork dates back to Newton's era, |
| 316 | and the refinement of clock–making in the 17th century. |
| 317 | This is also when the idea of |
| 318 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 319 | \end_inset |
| 320 | |
| 321 | God of the gaps |
| 322 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 323 | \end_inset |
| 324 | |
| 325 | is first articulated; |
| 326 | if everything is clockwork, |
| 327 | then where is God, |
| 328 | or free will? |
| 329 | This text will not talk about God, |
| 330 | but it will propose many different ideas reconciling |
| 331 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 332 | \end_inset |
| 333 | |
| 334 | free will |
| 335 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 336 | \end_inset |
| 337 | |
| 338 | with |
| 339 | \begin_inset Quotes eld |
| 340 | \end_inset |
| 341 | |
| 342 | determinism |
| 343 | \begin_inset Quotes erd |
| 344 | \end_inset |
| 345 | |
| 346 | . |
| 347 | There are some obvious places to look, |
| 348 | yet no one seems to look there. |
| 349 | Beats me. |
| 192 | 350 | \end_layout |
| 193 | 351 | |
| 194 | 352 | \begin_layout Standard |