Re: Creating fundamental theories


"Gregory L. Hansen" <glhansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <1144481036.527124.271490@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
fraternitydisposal@xxxxxxxxx <fraternitydisposal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there any methodology for inventing fundamental ideas in physics?
I always fascinated of giving a fundamental idea to physics .Is it
possible? Folks ..what do u think? Please post your comments..

No. Fundamental ideas are not an inference, induction, deduction, or
conclusion of any kind. They are an inspiration, a creation of the
imagination.

"fundamental ideas in physics" arise
when people observe an unexplained
set of "effect events".

When this happens
people try to find a set of "cause events",
that can be associated with the set of "effect events".

When no correlation can be found
to explain a set of "effect events"
some folks call it God's will,
and some folks call it random.

When a correlation is found between
a set of "effect events",
and a set of "cause events",
different sets of folks
construct models of the correlation
in various languages.
(Spoken, written, maths, computer, etc.)

Models are simply ways of COMPRESSING
and EXCHANGING information about the correlation found.

Physical models and other data
can be compressed and exchanged in many
lossy and non-lossy forms
such as ASCII, ZIP, GIF, JPG,
BASIC, Pascal, C++, Fortran,
various maths, etc.

In other words,
models of "sets of events"
can be transformed from one language to another
(One math to another math,
one computer language to another,
one spoken or written language to another,
and between these various language classes.),
in lossless and lossy modes.

The best models are efficient and universal,
and accessible to the people who use the model
to interface with the real world.

Although it is hyped and worshipped,
General Relativity is a non-viable, in-efficient model,
as it wastes enormous amount of time, money and minds
on such pursuits as time travel, worm holes, gravity waves,
distorted spaces, etc.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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