PSI Blog 20250805 Is the Infinite Universe a Perpetual Motion Machine?

PSI Blog 20250805 Is the Infinite Universe a Perpetual Motion Machine?

No.

Thanks to Richard for this interesting question:

 

“Congratulations on your excellent work. If the universe is infinite in time and space and our system is running down there must be places where creation occurs. I can’t find anything in your publications that describe the creation process. It must be a creation from Aether.”

[GB: Thanks so much for the compliment. You are correct about the creation of ordinary matter from aether. You can find my speculations about that in “Infinite Universe Theory” on p. 249 (Ch. 16.4) and in the new 2^nd edition of "The Scientific Worldview" p. 264 (Ch. 19). The discussion requires the Ninth Assumption of Science, relativism (All things have characteristics that make them similar to all other things as well as characteristics that make them dissimilar to all other things). The gist is this: Like snowflakes and everything else in the universe, no two aether particles are identical. The bigger ones provide shelter for smaller ones as they are continually bombarded by other aether particles. That means smaller aether particles are pushed toward larger aether particles, eventually combining with them. That is similar to the way atoms, the solar system, the Milky Way, and other vortices in the universe form. Also, according to the Eighth Assumption of Science, infinity (The universe is infinite, both in the microcosmic and macrocosmic directions) aether particles are themselves formed from even smaller particles ad infinitum.]

 

“If so, Einstein was wrong to deny patents for perpetual motion machines. Is the universe in perpetual motion?”

[GB: Machines are finite XYZ portions of the Infinite Universe. And, as such, they are subject to the Sixth Assumption of Science, complementarity (All things are subject to divergence and convergence from other things). The divergence is otherwise governed by the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which applies only to isolated systems as things come apart via inertia of their various submicrocosms (parts). The convergence, of course, is a law describing the coming together of things (i.e., what one might consider “creation” of things from other things as in the creation  described above). The creationist’s creation, as in the Big Bang Theory, is forbidden by the Fifth Assumption of Science, conservation (Matter and the motion of matter can be neither created nor destroyed). That is why cosmogony and the Big Bang Theory are considered religious instead of scientific.

Einstein was correct in disallowing patents for supposed “perpetual motion machines.” Again, machines are finite XYZ portions of the Infinite Universe. They all need “refueling” (a convergence) to continue in operation. The Infinite Universe is not finite, of course, and does not have XYZ dimensions because it exists everywhere. The correct definition of relativity is that everything in the universe is in motion with respect to other things. That was proclaimed by Heraclitus saying “No man ever steps in the same river twice.” The motion of matter is perpetual, although it changes with each collision per the Second Assumption of Science, causality (All effects have an infinite number of material causes).]

 

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