Notes
Sunday 5 June 2022 - Saturday 11 June 2022
[Notebook: DB 88: Salvation]
[page 94]
Sunday 5 June 2022
The beauty of a monarchy is that it gives one more degree of freedom over a presidency. The monarch symbolizes the nation, it is a fixed point without executive power. The presidency combines both and leads to chaos, as in the US and everywhere else.
Digging deep, taking my time developing confidence, living in hope. Monday morning back to work with the completion goal now extended from Christmas 2021 (2 years since honours year) to June 2022 and I hope worth the wait.
Thinking it through. My model does not really need any field other than the Hilbert space that links all events in Minkowski space locally, and the source of the local links is ultimately global. Key in logically continuous fixed point theory?
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What I think I have done is remove the enormous complexity of the vacuum, and simplify the play down to a countable computable process without zero point behaviour and screening.
We begin with the Dirac equation acting as an interface between Hilbert and Minkowski. I have got a nice setup but not sure how it works.
A summary in principles: 40 points.
What is the difference between football and quantum logical theory? How soon can we bring in Dirac.
The world has to function without a referee: selecting out contradictions, ie broken rules [so when a function fails at a given level the system reverts to the level before, ie game stopped and started again].
Mass and momentum, but see photon.
Monday 6 June 2022
Mum's Birthday 1919; [died 24 May 2016]
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Thinking is such a slow business. Each idea has a 'half-life', the time it takes to gestate, and once it reveals itself one has to integrate it with all its siblings and determine what changes, if any, must be made to the existing picture. Now engaged in a critique of quantum field theory and following the idea that much of the problem identified by Kuhlman is a consequence of uncritical applications of mathematical fiction, particularly the idea that one an create a continuum with ℵ1 points. The emphasis of the whole project is that this self contradictory idea must be replaced by logical continuity. This will be the conclusion of cc23_quantum_field and then this conclusion is to be applied in cc24_chromodynamics and then examined further on page cc25_mathematicians, explaining that formalism based on fictions disconnected from reality can, like all instances of imagination, particularly in theology [whose subject is invisible] and physics, lead us astray.
The basic randomness of the quantum world is the timing between actions which creates a variety of frequencies / energy levels which when superposed and fourier transformed produce a wide variety of functions, some of which are stable, recursive and reproduce
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Wednesday 8 June 2022
Mathematics gets meaning by being applied and then it loses some of its sparkling formal brilliance and becomes somewhat tarnished by reality. We apply infinity to quantum field theory and it makes nonsense of reality.
Thursday 9 June 2022
From the beginning quantum events occur at random times but they are 'spatially' determined through fixed point theory.
Friday 10 June 2022
Saturday 11 June 2022
Weyl page 92: 'The principle of gaining knowledge of the external world from the behaviour of its infinitesimal parts is the mainspring of the theory of knowledge in infinitesimal physics as it is in Riemann's gravity . . . Hermann Weyl (1985): Space Time Matter
The beauty of calculus is that it linearizes quadratic functions as found in Minkowski space on the basis of the insight that we can approximate a curve with straight lines and the shorter the lines the better the approximation. Calculus is not so important in quantum theory because it is already linear so Nielsen and Chuang can promise a treatise on quantum computation without calculus. Nielsen & Chuang (2000): Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
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Further readingBooks
Nielsen (2000), Michael A, and Isaac L Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press 2000 Review: A rigorous, comprehensive text on quantum information is timely. The study of quantum information and computation represents a particularly direct route to understanding quantum mechanics. Unlike the traditional route to quantum mechanics via Schroedinger's equation and the hydrogen atom, the study of quantum information requires no calculus, merely a knowledge of complex numbers and matrix multiplication. In addition, quantum information processing gives direct access to the traditionally advanced topics of measurement of quantum systems and decoherence.' Seth Lloyd, Department of Quantum Mechanical Engineering, MIT, Nature 6876: vol 416 page 19, 7 March 2002.
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Weyl (1985), Hermann, and Henry L. Brose (translator), Space Time Matter , Dover 1985 Amazon customer review: ' The birth of gauge theory by its author: This book bewitched several generations of physicists and students. Hermann Weyl was one of the very great mathematicians of this century. He was also a great physicist and an artist with ideas and words. In this book you will find, at a deep level, the philosophy, mathematics and physics of space-time. It appeared soon after Einstein's famous paper on General Relativity, and is, in fact, a magnificent exposition of it, or, rather, of a tentative generalization of it. The mathematical part is of the highest class, striving to put geometry to the forefront. Actually, the book introduced a far-reaching generalization of the theory of connections, with respect to the Levi-Civita theory. It was not a generalization for itself, but motivated by the dream (Einstein's) of including gravitation and electromagnetism in the same (geometrical) theory. The result was gauge theory, which, slightly modified and applied to quantum mechanics resulted in the theory which dominates present particle physics. Weyl's unified theory was proved wrong by Einstein, and his criticism alone, accepted by Weyl and included in the book, would justify the reading. Though wrong, Weyl's theory is so beautiful that Paul Dirac stated that nature could not afford neglecting such perfection, and that the theory was probably only misplaced. Prophetic words! . . . ' Henrique Fleming
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“Ending the occupation alone will not be sufficient,” according to the report released on Tuesday, urging that additional action be taken to ensure the equal enjoyment of human rights for Palestinians.
The report cites evidence that Israel has “no intention of ending the occupation”.
Israel is pursuing “complete control” over what the report calls the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which was taken by Israel in a 1967 war and later annexed in a move never recognised by the international community.'
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In the place of wanton death and destruction, then, a “great heap of excrement” remained – a “cosmic stink” that served as a memorial to the siege. Now, 40 years after the 1982 invasion of Lebanon – as Israel persists with its lunatic urges to kill in Palestine and beyond – the stink is still pretty cosmic.' back |
Caroline Elkins, The Imperial Fictions Behind the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, ' Reformist fictions laundered Britain’s past, watermarking official narratives of end-of-empire conflicts in Kenya, Cyprus, Aden, Northern Ireland and elsewhere. Fragments of damning evidence remain, however. Historians, myself included, have spent years reassembling them, demonstrating liberal imperialism’s perfidity and the ways in which successive monarchs manifestly performed the empire and its myths, drawing symbolic power from their sublime in loco parentis role civilizing colonial subjects while — perhaps unwittingly given their governments’ cover-ups — honoring the dishonorable with speeches, titles and medals.' back |
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Haaretz Editorial, Gantz, Where’s the Proof of Terrorism?, ' The organizations that were classified as terrorist organizations are Addameer, which provides legal aid to Palestinian prisoners, collects data about administrative detainees and opposes torture; Al-Haq, which documents violations of Palestinians’ human rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Defense for Children International-Palestine, which monitors the killing of children and the situation of children who have been arrested; the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, which helps Palestinian farmers; the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees; and the Bisan Center for Research & Development. All are long-standing, serious human rights organizations that are known internationally.' back |
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The public has learned the legal truth that makes the settlement enterprise possible – the existence of two separate legal systems in the same territory, one for Israelis (that is, Jews) and one for Palestinians, as well as two separate justice systems.
There’s a military justice system for subjects without citizenship who live under a military dictatorship, and there’s a second system for privileged Jews with Israeli citizenship, who live under Israeli law in a territory that’s not under Israeli sovereignty.
For the first time, Israel’s general public has an opportunity to understand what the world is talking about when it talks about apartheid.' back |
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Considering her words, the veteran politician concluded: “This is a great battle for our territory and our freedom. It’s a historic chance for the free world to kill this evil.” back |
Matthew Ricketson, A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will our new PM do anything about it?, Review: The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution – Nils Melzer (Verso) ' What [Meltzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture] finds is stark and disturbing:
' The Assange case is the story of a man who is being persecuted and abused for exposing the dirty secrets of the powerful, including war crimes, torture and corruption. It is a story of deliberate judicial arbitrariness in Western democracies that are otherwise keen to present themselves as exemplary in the area of human rights.
' It is the story of wilful collusion by intelligence services behind the back of national parliaments and the general public. It is a story of manipulated and manipulative reporting in the mainstream media for the purpose of deliberately isolating, demonizing, and destroying a particular individual. It is the story of a man who has been scapegoated by all of us for our own societal failures to address government corruption and state-sanctioned crimes.'
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Patrick Gathra, Queen’s Platinum Jubilee: A collective misremembering of empire, ' Her Platinum Jubilee is a call to a collective misremembering of her imperial past and the violence and misery the state she heads and represents has wrought in the world. But like Jekyll, the supply of carefully crafted falsehoods keeping the Hyde-bound truth at bay is running out. Around the world, as evidenced by the protests during recent royal tours of the Caribbean and the determination expressed by those nations to rid themselves of the queen as head of state, the demand for an acknowledgement of the truth and for justice is building steam. If the UK persists in trying to hide from its dark past, it risks its international reputation and standing being consumed by it.' back |
Rafael M Almeida et. al, Floating solar power could help fight climate change — let’s get it right, ' Solar power is space-intensive, requiring at least 20 times more area than conventional fossil-fuel plants to produce one gigawatt (GW) of electricity3. Several environments have been proposed as locations for extensive installations, each with pros and cons. . . .
Placing solar arrays on reservoirs could have many advantages. The arrays are simply conventional solar panels installed on floats that are anchored through mooring lines. Proximity to water tends to keep them cool, making floating panels about 5% more efficient than land-based ones. Arrays shield the surface from the sun and might reduce evaporation, retaining water for hydropower, drinking and irrigation. Hydropower reservoirs already have the grid infrastructure for conveying electricity to consumers, reducing transmission costs. Pairing solar with pumped-storage hydropower could address the twin challenges of providing energy when sunlight is weak and storing it as potential energy in reservoirs when solar-power production is high.' back |
Sisonke Msimang, Will the hateful army who bullied Yassmin Abdel-Magied come after Australia’s diverse new parliamentarians?, ' If the euphoria and back-patting over the federal election results are anything to go by, Australia is a vastly different country from the one Yassmin Abdel-Magied left five years ago.
A new cohort of confident, competent, successful and ethnically diverse parliamentarians are about to enter public life. They have been widely celebrated as a sign that the country is getting multiculturalism right.
I am sceptical of these good vibes. History teaches us to be worried about how they will be treated over the next few years.
If recent history is anything to go by, at least some of them will be in for a rough ride. The ones most likely to attract negative attention will be those who are unlucky enough to have the deadly combination of confidence and “difference” due to wearing a hijab, having dark skin or non-Anglo features. back |
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