Blog
20160210 Regressive physics, reform, and progressive physics in relation to the
eventual demise of the Big Bang Theory
Regressive
Physics
Astute
readers know that the Big Bang Theory could not have arisen without the help of
regressive physics. I define “regressive physics” as the indeterministic step
backward that physics underwent at the beginning of the 20th
century. This resulted in some fanciful indeterministic interpretations leading
to all manner of paradoxes and contradictions that persisted despite numerous
falsifications. As early as 1913, Sagnac showed that light was not a particle in the classical sense, but that it was a wave in the
aether.[1] Einstein's particle had miraculous properties leading to the various contradictions. Nonetheless, believers want to believe. At PSI we
dismiss relativity outright due to its objectification of motion.[2]
Reformism
in Physics
The
regression was so powerful because its underlying indeterministic assumptions
were accepted by the populace. I doubt that there is a physics course anywhere
that does not mention relativity in anything but favorable terms. Its contradictions
remain, however, bedeviling critical thinkers across the globe. So much so that
folks have proposed hundreds of theories that would handle particular contradictions
in one way or another.[3] De
Climont’s list contains the names of over 8,000 dissident scientists opposed to
aspects of relativity and quantum mechanics since 1905. He counts over 550
alternative theories about aether. No wonder the press has trouble highlighting
any one of them.
I
classify many of these theories as “reformist,” a type of theory that rejects some
aspects of the regression but still accepts other aspects. One other
characteristic of reformism is the general lack of a set of consupponible
fundamental assumptions. I can quickly spot a reformist theory just by reading
the first few sentences. For instance, some reformists seem to think, along with
Einstein, that time (motion) can dilate and that the universe is 4-dimensional.
Some are aether deniers and others think that energy (a calculation) actually
exists. True, many reformist theoreticians have interesting analyses involving
recalculations and new interpretations. But the fact there are so many
different theories just goes to show that mixing a little determinism with a
little indeterminism is not especially productive.
Progressive
Physics
By now, readers of this Blog and of the PSI website should know what
progressive physics is all about. We follow univironmental determinism, the assumption
that what happens to a portion of the universe is determined by the infinite
matter in motion within and without. The overthrow of a major paradigm such as
the Big Bang Theory cannot be accomplished without replacing its fundamental
assumptions. All our analyses adhere strictly to "The Ten Assumptions of
Science,"[4]
which are, in most cases, the deterministic opposites of the indeterministic
assumptions that underlie Special Relativity Theory, General Relativity Theory,
and the Big Bang Theory. Following those assumptions, our analyses
leave little doubt that those theories are headed for the garbage bin of
history.
[1] Sagnac, Georges,
1913a, The demonstration of the luminiferous aether by an interferometer in
uniform rotation: Comptes Rendus, v. 157, p. 708–710.
---, 1913b, On
the proof of the reality of the luminiferous aether by the experiment with a
rotating interferometer: Comptes Rendus, v. 157, p. 1410–1413.
[2] Borchardt, Glenn,
2011, Einstein's most important philosophical error, in Proceedings of
the Natural Philosophy Alliance, 18th Conference of the NPA, 6-9 July, 2011,
College Park, MD, Natural Philosophy Alliance, Mt. Airy, MD, p. 64-68.
[10.13140/RG.2.1.3436.0407]
[3] de Climont, Jean,
2016, The worldwide list of dissident scientists. [ https://books.google.fr/books?id=KnzBDjnGIgYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=climont+dissident&hl=fr&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=climont%20dissident&f=true
]
[4] Borchardt, Glenn,
2004, The ten assumptions of science: Toward a new scientific worldview:
Lincoln, NE, iUniverse, 125 p.