Bull*** in physics



On Bull*** in Physics



By Aladar Stolmar





"As conscious being, we exist only in response to other things, and
we cannot know ourselves at all without knowing them" Harry G.
Frankfurt On Bull***



"Bull*** is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to
talk without knowing what he is talking about" [page 66] and since
the physics subject matter includes everything, the much smaller and
much larger than ourselves reality as well, there always will be
unknown. Nobody will ever really know what he is talking about
regarding the galaxies or the nuclear structures; therefore the Physics
always will have some bull***. The question only how much bull*** is
in the physics and which teachings of the Physics or Natural Philosophy
are questionable, not real reflections of reality, just bullshits.

The groundbreaking work of Harry G. Frankfurt made me realize that my
own earlier characterization of today's physics as a pile of
non-sense or lies is mistaken. It is just bull*** short of lie, not
necessarily deliberate misrepresentation. This realization calmed my
anger and now with cold head I can make a case for a long overdue
tabula rasa. Let's return to Natural Philosophy as Isaac Newton
defined it - or go all the way back to Lucretius to describe the
nature of things, because what we are taken in by is Bull***!

The more sensational it is the more likely that it is just bull***. I
will try to contribute to the theoretical understanding of bull*** by
describing the development of such commonly spread bull*** like Big
Bang origin and expansion of Universe - yes, both bullshits - and I
will try to point out the role of secrecy in the development of
bull***.

It is quite understandable that in the course of development of first
nuclear weapons the dominating role of the developer nation had to be
preserved by keeping the scientific knowledge secret. When some
non-participant physicist got on right track, they had to be deceived.
So the Hydrogen bomb, Hydrogen fusion was offered. Unfortunately one
picked it up so successfully that within weeks the - bull*** -
nucleosynthesis was introduced fueling the stars and generating all the
nuclei. There is a problem still: one can not tell the truth about the
fact that two Hydrogen nuclei - protons - never fuse without being
pressured to reveal the truth about the thermonuclear weapons. The
bullshits spread as science: solar - stellar energetic process,
nucleosynthesis. The real winner in my eyes is the Big Bang
nucleosynthesis: at this point one just have to make an inventory and
whatever is wrong with the fusion based nucleo-synthesis is simply
fixed by adding at the creation! Let's call it primordial - just
for a bigger pile of bull***!

Before I'm carried away I shall give a list of bull*** analyzed
here:

1 Big bang creation of Universe

2 Expanding Universe

3 Black holes

4 Stellar nucleosynthesis based on proton-proton fusion

5 Composite atom - nuclei composed of protons and neutrons

6 Dark matter dark energy (Why are you torturing me?!)

7 Quarks and gluons

8 Magnetars

9 Strings, brains etc.

10 Iron core of Earth

And just to represent a contrast to the false bull***, here is one
bonus, most likely true: Global warming...

I selected these key points from Harry G. Frankfurt: "bull*** is a
greater enemy of the truth then lies are" - [page 61] "It is just
this lack of concern with truth - this indifference to how things
really are - that I regard as of the essence of bull***" [pages
33-34]

I read somewhere a statement sounding like:

- One thing we know for sure that the Universe was smaller and hotter
in the past... - and it still upsets me. The truth is that Edwin Hubble
was an honest scientist. He discovered that there are other galaxies
besides our Milky Way by comparing the sizes of holes burned in the
photographic plates by light from Cepheid variables. He compared this
technique with another research tool, the than new spectroscopy - and
found a correlation between the sizes of holes - at the time he used
it as a measure of distance - and the shifting of spectral lines -
which was used to measure relative to us velocities of the stars. He
reported his finding that the redshift of spectral lines increased with
the decrease of sizes of the holes burned in the photographic plates as
he dealt with these two techniques: the apparent recession velocity of
the galaxies increases proportionally to their distances from us.

>>From this honest report two major bullshits were secreted almost
instantly: the Universe expands with the galaxies flying apart with
proportional to their distances to us velocities, and - hence -
some time ago they all had to be together, therefore a Big Bang
happened in the beginning, what 'created the Universe'.

The alternative - simple - explanation that the photons lose their
energy proportionally to the distance they travel - favored by Edwin
Hubble himself(!) - was - still is - being fought with furry.
Thanks to Frankfurt's work now I understand why? Even mentioning the
alternative reveals the fact that who talks about this phenomenon does
not know what the photons are and therefore he is in an unavoidable
situation, has to bull***! As long as we learn what the photons are
and if they really lose their energy while progressing through the
empty space or not - the necessity of bull*** stays!

These two major bullshits in Physics also demonstrate the first cited
statement of Frankfurt: "bull*** is a greater enemy of the truth
then lies are". There is evidence that the research which would
resolve this question wheather the photon looses its energy during
progression through empty space - or it is permanent, omnipresent,
unchangeable as resulting from the Big Bang, Expanding Universe
theories (bullshits) is being blocked by the bullshiters. Considerable
funds are spent on the multiple Big Bangs and mushrooming universes but
nothing on the so-called tired light, not much even on pure photon
investigation.

The smearing of these bullshits on Hubble is such a disgrace that I
cannot pass by without trying to clear his name and honor him as the
greatest astronomer of all times!

Somehow it is common: the bullshiters need an honest scientist to point
to as the initial secretor of their favored bull***.

Let's look at the Black Holes. It was blamed on Schwarzchild -
until his original papers were published in English on the internet. In
these he specifically stated that the collapse of large mass below a
critical volume must be accomplished with an energy-mass loss,
therefore such animals (called later black holes) should not exist.

I don't want to know who secreted this bull***. It is a typical
representation of "this lack of connection to a concern with
truth". As we see, the concern at the real honest scientists still
existed - Hubble, Schwarzchild - but later some aspiring shameless
epigones twisted their findings into bull***.

We still have no idea what is this substantial quality of things what
we call mass - expressing the inertial and gravitational properties
of things - and is there a limit what maximum mass density can exist.
Again, like at the photons, if we assume that any large - infinite
- density is possible (like infinite unchanged life of photons for
the big bang), then we get a strange animal, black hole. However, these
just point to the lack of understanding of mass and photons - and of
philosophical term, determination of infinity. We shall understand the
infinity as the assigning any quality to an object disregard of their
real presence, and by assigning the quantity of infinity we deny the
very quality assigned, allowing so the comparison, description of
groups, which has entirely different members, and still being somewhat
truthful.

Indeed there is a very significant knowledge of what mass what space
occupies! And surprisingly it points to a constant: the nuclear mass
density. If combine this density with the Einstein described space-time
deformation by the presence of mass - using the quantity of
gravitational potential -, then we arrive to an interesting graph,
showing surprising predictions about the possible mass radius
connection, already verified by supernovae and resulting neutron star
observations! And this graph peaks at around six solar masses, with a
clear indication of gamma-ray burst energy outputs and resulting
neutron star mass and radius expectations. You can see this and many
other evaluations at stolmarphysics.com

Supermassive black holes reside in the center of each galaxy -
announces this bull*** the government body, dedicated to further our
knowledge, NASA ... Well, the improved observation techniques provide
the evidence: there is a very large number (remaining at our subject
matter I shall say: a ***-load) of neutron stars buzz around the
galactic center of the Milky Way! Also, an understanding of the works
of gravitational interactions between closely packed neutron stars (and
I'm not asking too much, hence the idol, Albert Einstein pointed out
the effect of gravitational field on everything) predicts the formation
of very large systems of neutron stars. It shows all the observed
characteristics, and shows no need for the nonsense of black holes.

I've been barked at an international conference when I asked about
the distinctive characteristics, which would allow us to find out is
there a super-massive black hole or there is a large system of neutron
stars? The bullshiters decided ages ago that there must be a black
hole, there is no place for such questions!

The spreading, repeating the bull*** must have some economic
incentives behind, as driving force. Indeed there are! One have to
pledge allegiance to the big bang to get funding from NASA or defend
vehemently the "standard model" to get on tenure tract. This buzz
world of standard model was introduced to cover-up the insufficient
knowledge - necessity of bull*** - and to be able to spread
rumors: 'He (She) has no respect for standard model, must be an
idiot!' - about just about anyone who shows some interest in the
truth.

I already lamented about the stellar energetic process, Hydrogen
(proton-proton) fusion based nucleosynthesis bull***. I really should
not tell the truth about it. When we all grow-up and stop killing each
other than we will be able to talk about it freely. For now let just
say that an equilibrium state on a very large - cosmic - scale
could be resulted from a decay-based energetic process. When a series
of supermassive nuclei is considered from the known chemical elements
up to all the way to the neutron stars with a maximum mass of about six
solar masses. Indeed the evidence of neutron stars, supernovae,
gamma-ray bursts all follows from this true reflection. In the core of
the Earth, in the Sun, the supermassive nuclei decay into the chemical
elements we know as they float-up near the surface.

Do I know what I'm talking about or this is just another bull***?!
You just have to believe me I'm really concerned with the truths!

Correction! I'm so concerned with the truths that I ask everyone not
to believe me! Try to find a contradicting fact, please!

I hope this illustrates the difficulties arising from secrecy or in
general with physics. Without revealing the details allowing anyone to
create dangerous weapons I have to ask you to believe me. But I could
be a bullshitter, or even a liar who wants to deceive you! And may be I
just want to make you a bullshitter.

May be we just have to live with the bull*** instead of Natural
Philosophy until we all grow-up. The spreading of nuclear weapons and
the ever-increasing danger of self-destruction may prevent us to tell
the truth. Ever.

There is another alternative. One coherent representation, which
results in a true reflection. But how we know that it really connected
to the reality? May be we have to go all the way back and redefine all
of our worlds used to reflect the reality. We reflect the reality
existing. The very existence is a reflection of void and things; the
things have properties, distinct from nothing. Should we include in a
property-less, pure existing first beginning? As Lucretius called these
no-things, elementary units of existence? Which fly with infinite
velocity, has infinitely small extent in space, they are always and
everywhere, omnipresent - and omnipotent? Constructing everything of
their collisions?

The smallest elements of everything are collision events between the
first beginnings? The unit of mass is a collision event always present
in a given thing? The time fundamental property could be the fact that
the collision events change, replaced by new collisions? The measure of
time is the comparison of phases when a selected relative collision
arrangement is returned? The space denotes the fact that the things are
constructed of collision events? Since the first beginnings may change
their directions in the collisions - some plasticity must exist in
order to account for the observed causality - two prior connected
collisions define a trajectory of a first beginning. And two such first
beginnings constitute a collision event therefore the next collision
events could be defined in a system of collisions - leading to a
self-reconstruction, self-preservation. This very mechanism is also an
explanation of the three dimensions of space, observed.

Regular collision systems are the electrons, neutrons, nuclei of atoms
starting with Hydrogen and extending all the way to the neutron stars.
The difference of photons from such massive systems only the fact that
the elements of photons not always present in the system?

Could a special geometry of collision system effect a part of itself to
eliminate a collision event or a whole electron and start a new life
with the unwinding of DNA?

Could our thoughts be new creations of collision events?

Am I bullshitting or telling the truth? I'm not sure. I know that by
going back to the basics and redefining the fundamental concepts of
space, time and mass I must have gotten closer to the truth. Did I miss
something?

Will you accept this as Physics or will you stay with the bull*** as
sold to you? Even if you know that it is most likely bull***? The
indifference of general public comes in play: - It's over my head!
- I don't care! - What's in it for me?!

That little side-tract I had to take before introducing the bull*** of
composite atom. It came from experiments of nucleus destruction: When
bombarded, the nuclei of atoms may release - besides the most common
photons - electrons, alpha-particles or nuclei of Helium 4 and
neutrons or sometimes even protons or Hydrogen 1 nuclei. Indeed all the
observations of nuclei indicate that there is a homogenous nucleus
inside of every atom, but one needed to secret this bull*** about the
nuclei being composed of neutrons and protons - just because the
bull*** was unavoidable! It led to major problems, the necessity of a
pile of bullshits like negative binding energy, quarks and gluons
nonsense, still it lives on for over a century now!

Since the quantum mechanics went far from representing the reality -
concern about truth - it opened the flood gates before such nonsense
as dark matter and dark energy.

The dark matter was introduced to account for the galactic velocity
distributions. If we assume that the good old Newtonian gravitational
constant is universal and constant everywhere - contradicting in turn
to the very principle discovered by Albert Einstein that the mass
present deforms the space in its surroundings -, then there is a need
to add substantial amount of gravitating mass to the galaxies to model
the velocity distribution. Once that leap was made - anything goes!
The nonsense of non-baryonic dark matter was floated and followed
closely by dark energy. Indeed the observed velocity distribution could
be achieved by modifying the gravitational constant, as expected from
the Einstein discovered effect of mass present.

Once a nonsense is introduced by bullshitters it is very hard to get
rid of it. Even Newton had a hard time to fight the epicycle
bull***...

The problem becomes almost un-solvable when the bull*** is introduced
as a mathematical solution.

The dark matter dark energy points to a mathematical blunder of
Einstein himself and the introduction of gluon and quarks provided a
disguise for the pure mathematical representation, claiming that these
are the "real" carriers of quantum numbers...

Once the mathematical exercise showed some results in describing the
real observed responses the concern over the validity of claims related
to the elements of mathematical representation was suppressed. Hence
the name Standard Model was introduced and is being worshipped by
bullshitters.

Recently there is a fight between the experimentalists at Brookhaven
National Laboratory and the theoretical physicists. The results of
heavy ion collision experiments do not support the Standard Model -
but the theoretical physicists always can add another parameter (Higgs
boson expectation) and fudge their equations!

As we see, math is an excellent tool for bullshitters. Dark matter,
dark energy, magnetars, quarks and gluons, strings (super) and brains
all introduced and supported by elegant - bull*** - math.

Before we get too depressed seeing the sea of false reflections of
bull*** physics threatening to drown us lets cheer-up on the bonus
bull*** of global warming!

When the observed atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration became
clearly effected by human activity (burning of fossil fuel to produce
electricity) some felt the need to drum-up support for preventive
measures by introducing a doomsday scenario of runaway greenhouse
effect and global warming. This is a bull*** because one was talking
without really knowing what he was talking about simply because the
Planet Earth is so complex that its responses could not be predicted.
Yes, the increase of carbon dioxide concentration in the Earth's
atmosphere is real, the recent increase is caused by the burning of
earlier sequestered carbon containing fossil fuels like natural gas,
oil and coal. The concerned scientists could avoid the bull*** by
reporting only the facts and not going into fortune telling!

Why is this urge in physics to bull***?

It is simply unavoidable...

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