For discussion
A three
step program for return to reality in physics
P.J.Werbos*)
Modern physics has become so vast and so
complicated that a deep connection between empirical technologically-oriented
physics and the realm of basic theory becomes more and more a rare exercise in
cross-disciplinary cooperation. This paper will give an overview of many
important developments both on the empirical side and the theoretical side,
well known to both but not to each other, and give the specifics of a way to
connect them more effectively. After the initial review, it provides a
three-step program for reorganizing and simplifying our fundamental assumptions
about the laws of physics, starting by linking recent progress in areas like
backwards time physics, coherence phenomena in quantum optics and cavity QED to
the retrieval of an updated form of Einstein's vision of a Universe of
mathematically elegant and rigorous continuous fields, addressing empirical and theoretical
questions which are still open in the study of nuclear interactions and in the
mathematical study of solitons, including the Higgs boson and faster than light
(FTL) effects and the origin of mass. If there is any hope of humans ever
achieving faster than light travel, it will depend on resolving the issues
raised here [1-61].
Ever since the time of Isaac Newton,
many physicists have searched for "the theory of everything" [1].
This paper will give my views of the theory of
everything, aimed at level like that of an intelligent undergraduate student
with a solid knowledge of calculus. This means that I will give my personal
views of what is really going on here, and of what needs to be done - but only
after taking some time to review some important prerequisites and to define
terms. Sections 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 provide a three step plan for a return to
reality in physics. Section 2.8 discusses the implications for faster than
light (FTL) physics and technology. Section 3 briefly mentions some ideas for
further progress after that milestone is achieved.
*) The views herein do not
necessarily represent the official views of any organization I have worked for
or with.
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