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The Theory of Everything: Motion

Physics describes motion as a change in position of an object with respect to time. Motion is a central aspect of Physics that has captivated curious minds throughout history. Aristotle, in his Physics, taught about motion, he held the view that everything that moves is moved by another (which was debunked centuries later). Galileo Galilei’s postulate of inertia states that; a moving body on a level surface will continue in the same direction at constant speed unless disturbed. Isaac Newton built on Galileo’s findings and presented his own laws of motion. Albert Einstein, in his special and general theories of relativity, basically talked about motion. A body moves from point A to point B, what could be so involved in such simple a reality as motion?

In the classical universe sense, motion primarily involves the movement of celestial bodies. It would appear as though matter is always in motion, always changing position with time. But what is the quintessence of motion, what does a universe in motion mean? Let’s imagine a universe in which everything was perfectly static, a universe in which there is no motion, no vibration, no change in position; is that even possible? From this perspective, an observer would realise that the concept of motion is in fact a ‘universal’ concept. Matter is constantly in motion, from galaxies to solar systems to mere objects. Consider motion as a ‘state’ of our physical reality, just like liquid, solid and gas are states of matter.

A coin is tossed, and its path of motion is observed. Somewhere going up or down let’s pause it, at an instant, a moment in time. Now let’s observe the coin at this moment. Open your mind to observe  this perfectly stopped coin in the air because therein lies the theory of everything. [Note that ‘instant’ and ‘moment’ might be used interchangeably]

At the time the coin is instant in motion, what do we really know about this coin? Think with me, observe. At that instant in the coin’s travel, we can’t tell whether the coin is still going up or coming down! In fact, the coin could have been thrown from a different angle entirely and stopped at the same point in the air! Or maybe the coin was lifted to that particular position and let go, or maybe the coin wasn’t tossed at all, maybe it fell from an anchor in the ceiling. Point is, that moment of the coin’s travel, that perfect pause, has infinitely many solutions to it.

Let’s look at another example. Let’s imagine a moment of a planet’s travel around the sun, a perfect pause, and let’s observe this moment. One would notice that we don’t know much about the planet at that instant. The planet could in fact be rotating clockwise or anticlockwise around its equator, we don’t know! At the perfect stop, the planet could be orbiting clockwise or anticlockwise around its star, we have no idea.

We just see objects move and we somewhat expect them to behave in certain ways in motion. A tossed coin travels up and down, a planet orbits counterclockwise around the sun, a kicked ball accelerates, and so many other exhibitions of motion. But it is only when we investigate a moment that we begin to understand the true nature of motion.

What is a moment?

Let’s define a moment as a perfect instant in time, infinitesimal. Let’s denote a moment in time as dt. 

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At a moment in a body’s motion, dt, not much information is known about that body. Its instantaneous position is known, but other information about the body are unknown. Let’s refer back to our tossed coin example.

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The picture above (photocredit included, also edited) shows a tossed coin at a moment, dt, some distance from the tosser’s hand. Now let’s take a step back and inspect this moment. How did the coin get there? We know that someone tossed it alright, but could the coin’s position at that moment be the result of a different action entirely? Let’s see, first, let’s investigate the phenomenon: at that moment, dt, was the coin going up or coming down? We can’t tell! Let’s try another thought, let’s say someone else threw the coin at the tosser and the coin happened to pass the exact same position at dt in the picture, would we know by investigating this moment alone whether the coin was tossed or was thrown? No, we couldn’t know this. Let’s say the coin wasn’t even tossed or thrown, let’s say it was suspended by some anchor at the ceiling, and upon release fell through the same position at the same moment dt. We can now understand by this series of critical thoughts the infinite nature of a moment. A body’s moment is the result of an infinite possibility of actions. The coin’s position at the moment dt could be the result of an infinite variety of actions. This leads to my first postulate.

Enesi’s first law of motion: A body’s position at a moment, dt, is the resultant of an infinite possibility of actions.

Having gone this far, let’s have a look at another phenomenon. Let’s consider a second moment of the tossed coin’s path, different from the first moment we analysed (figure below).

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As is observed from the figure above, the coin’s instantaneous position is different from the first case we analysed. This is a new position entirely, a new moment. Let’s subject this case to the same thought process as we did in the previous case: what do we know about the coin in this new position? Nothing much, we know it’s in the air at an instant, but we don’t know whether it’s travelling up or down. Maybe that instantaneous position is the maximum height of the coin’s path, we still do not know! The instantaneous position of the coin at that moment could be the resultant of an infinite series of actions, just as we saw in Enesi’s first law of motion. The coin could have been thrown, kicked or tossed from various angles and still travel the exact same position! Now, let’s get to the crux of this critical thought process. At this point, the reader would have to open his/her mind radically, for it is at this point that Enesi’s second law of motion unveils itself. Here goes the controversial question: after considering all these analyses, how do we know that the coin’s position in this particular case leads to the previous case?

We know that each moment in the cited examples above has  its ‘independent’ properties that prove how disjointed the linear concept of motion is. One moment of a body’s motion is ‘absolutely’ different from another moment of the same body. ‘Absolutely’ goes with the fact that although a body is put in motion by same action, a moment along the trajectory behaves unrelated with another moment along the same trajectory.

Enesi’s second law of motion: Every moment, dt, of a body’s motion is absolutely independent of the subsequent and previous moments, and also the general course of action.

To make things even clearer, let’s consider a third case of the tossed coin.

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Same rules apply in this third case. There is no way to link case 1, case 2 and case 3 together. Even if these moments are of the same action, each moment behaves like it were from a different action entirely with its own infinite possibilities.

This method of doubt or critical thinking makes the observer ask yet another question: If moments seem to be totally detached from each other, then why do I see a kicked football travel up and down in a ‘definite’ trajectory, or a planet rotate and orbit the sun in a ‘specific’ way, or a tossed coin travel up and down through infinite moments? If we say moments are absolutely independent of each other due to Enesi’s second law, then why does motion appear orderly as though it were following a set of rules (Newtonian motion)?

These ‘disturbing’ thoughts are probably what made Zeno of Elea (490 — 430 BC) describe motion as an ‘illusion’. Zeno’s paradoxes are a set of hypothetical problems that support this illusive viewpoint on motion. The one that concerns us most here is the Arrow paradox (figure below).

Zeno_Arrow_Paradox

Zeno states that in any one instant of time, the arrow is neither moving to where it is, nor to where it is not. It cannot move to where it is not, because no time elapses for it to move there; it cannot move to where it is, because it is already there. In other words, at every instant of time there is no motion occurring. If everything is motionless at every instant, and time is entirely composed of instants, then motion is impossible.³

Zeno understood the problems that the moment posed to the concept and reality of motion as we know it; that at any instant in a body’s motion, almost all information appears to be gone. Then how is motion possible if all moments are absolutely independent of each other? This is the problem that Enesi’s second law creates.

Before addressing this problem, let’s first understand what information means. A cup of hot coffee is on a table, in a room of ambient temperature. What happens? There is an exchange of information between the cup of coffee and the room, in what we perceive as thermal convection. A plucked billiard ball accelerates, this moving ball possesses information, what we perceive as momentum. The moving ball hits a stationary ball in its path, and what happens? There is an exchange of information in what we perceive as the the conservation of momentum. So, in our universe, information always appears to be conserved. This phenomenon is what led to Isaac Newton’s third law of motion; that for every action there results an equal and opposite reaction.

There has to be a means by which information is carried. Yes, information is conversed, but the conundrum lies in the fact that even action is a reaction! And action is information, so before the big-picture law of action-reaction, we have to break down this picture into tiny bits called moments. It is only when we look at motion this way that we begin to get an even more accurate picture.

So, Enesi’s second law states that moments are absolutely independent of each other. This leaves us with one possibility and one possibility only: the moment is the carrier of information.

we denote the information carrying moment as sunset-beach-lovers-webphoto. The arrow on top dt signifies progression or flow as we perceive time to be, moving forward. So let’s write the equation for the information carrying moment:

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where the subscript ‘i’ stands for information.

Traditionally, all moments in a time interval, Δt, should add up to a duration in any given case, such that;

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But this is pointless! It is pointless to add up moments, because in any time interval, there are infinite moments. Even a time interval of a second is made up of infinite moments. A time interval of a nano second is made up of infinite moments. The equation above illustrates the nonadditive rule of moments.

So how are time intervals even possible when they’re made up of infinite moments? How do we then differentiate 1 second from 3 seconds as they all contain infinite moments? These are tough questions, but every tough question has its intricate solutions. Durations are possible because of the additive property of measured time;

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In the above example, 1 second interval is added to 0.0001 second (another time interval) added to 59 seconds to give 60.0001 seconds. In our everyday activities, we deal with time intervals, no matter how small. Time intervals add up to give time intervals. Moments can’t add up to give time intervals, this is because moments are a different perspective on motion entirely, attacking the more instinctive understanding of motion.

We have illustrated so far that every time interval comprises infinite moments. What is the underlying concept? Infinity. Infinity occurs again and again in our universe, in our experiences. So it is no surprise that motion as we know it is fundamentally of the universal principle of infinity.

Remember that the information carrying moment, wole2, is independent of other information carrying moments, therefore, we need a new parameter to make motion make sense. We need something to connect the info carrying moments. This brings us to Enesi’s third law of motion.

Enesi’s third law of motion: all information carrying moments of a body’s motion are stringed up by the infinity mode to form a time interval.

Finally, motion makes sense, and this is because of the function of the infinity mode. Motion cannot occur without the infinity mode, this is the importance of the infinity mode. It is the infinity mode that makes time intervals possible.

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The infinity mode is denoted as shown above. The square brackets symbolise containment. So far, this is the most important parameter we have derived, it is the major ingredient evident in motion. Infinity is a universal concept, and down to mere events it is persistently evident. Infinity is the factor that makes motion possible.

It is thus clear that infinity determines the time interval. This can be written in an equation.

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Let’s refer back to the tossed coin exercise, as there is yet another important observation to make. As the coin is brought to a perfect pause, a moment, an instant in time, something happens, a phenomenon not initially noticeable. Everything else comes to a perfect pause as well! Ideally, you can’t pause the coin’s motion midway without pausing the air molecules around it, and every other thing previously in motion. This brings us to state Enesi’s 4th law of motion.

Enesi’s fourth law of motion: all motion (all infinity modes) are stringed in a deterministic sequence.

This implies that the momentarization of a body in motion affects the motion of another independent body, irrespective of relative location. So, say a football is in the air at New York during a match, and at same time a Formula One racing car is speeding off at an event in Barcelona, slowing the speed of the football to an instant would in turn slow the Formula One racing car to an instant respectively. So, motion is fundamentally deterministic; the motion of a body directly affects the motion of another body anywhere in the universe. This phenomenon might not be readily evident in everyday observations of motion, but it is the most amazing phenomenon associated with motion.

References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_(Aristotle)
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno’s_paradoxes
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe

 

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the Big Bang – Analysis 1

The big bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model of the initiation of our universe as we know it. The big bang is an event.

What is an event? An event is anything that takes place. It’s that simple. Anything can be an event. A shoe is an event, a tossed coin is an event, Earth is an event, etc etc. The big bang is an event.

An event could be of any magnitude or sequence. For example; my laptop is an event, using my laptop is also an event, using my laptop in my room is also an event. So, an event in the real sense is limitless. An object is an event, a thought is an event, a number is an event. No matter the space in which an event takes place; physical space, mental space, number space, etc, it still remains an event.

The big bang theory is one event that utilizes the phenomenon of an explosion. I’d be elaborating on another realisation of mine later, that ‘perspective yields perspective’. This is very evident in our world. They say ‘perception is reality’, and in fact that statement has some physics in it. An observer could liken the waves of an ocean at shore to the scattered patterns of a bedspread, or the shape of a Coca Cola bottle to a beautiful woman. The latter is used in advertisement as a ploy to increase sales, and most consumers don’t even know the rounded shapes of the soft drink bottles affect their spending. So, real perspective P1 could yield perspective P2 and real perspective P3 could yield perspective P1. In the ocean and bedspread example I gave, the ocean is the real perspective (what the observer is actually observing) let’s call this P1 and the bedspread is the mutually inclusive perspective (what the observer infers form the observed) let’s call this P2. The observer could then perceive a different event entirely, say a flooded road P3 and this could initiate a perspective of a real ocean P1.
So, P1 yields P2, and if P2 yields P3 which further yields P1 (we have a closed loop). I’d delve into this phenomenon in later posts.

So what’s the Big Bang all about? In one word; INFORMATION. The big bang is all about information. Matter is information. Particles are information.
And what is information? I’d define information as the basic entity of physical existence. We are all information.

The big bang yields the perspective of an explosion.

What does it mean for something to explode? It simply means that energy is compacted, and upon disturbance, the energy breaks free. Imagine a bomb, for example; before a bomb detonates, there is an internal or external reaction that causes the compacted energy in the setup to break free, violently. Energy is information as well. When a bomb explodes, the container is consequently shredded to bits owing to the released pressure, and these bits are accelerated in all directions. There is a somewhat spontaneous discharge of heat. ‘All directions’ means there is a 360° discharge of energy.

The event of the Big Bang when perceived P1 could yield a mutually inclusive event of an earthly explosion P2. But there is a problem here: the big bang is the causal event, meaning that it is arguably the father of all events. Now, how does one relate the event of eating a plate of macaroni to the big bang? Keeping in mind the chronological reality. How do I relate the event of my shoe to that of the big bang? This is the problem. This problem is what I call the cultural gate problem. In this text we have been dealing with mutually inclusive perspectives, where one perspective yields a well related perspective. But what kind of operation is this perception business? Well, humans alongside other animals are the observers of events, and we perceive things in different ways that depend largely on personal experience. This fact makes us cultural. And this is fundamentally how the mind works, by these perspective pairing. Where we have two mutual perspectives, we have a gate, a cultural gate. Just like we have the logic gates in electronics.
So when we have two perspectives that don’t necessarily relate, we call them mutually exclusive perspectives. Set theory comes in very handy here. I won’t be delving into the topic of consciousness akin to perception, as that would be a bit off.

But unlike the bomb event that takes place on our Earth, the big bang is a different occurrence entirely. We have the problem of space and time or as general relativity (Einstein) would put it, spacetime. Is the big bang responsible for space and time (spacetime) or either of the two? Space and time are existential (physical) constants. There is first a metaphysical side, meaning that existence precedes physical process. The big bang is the physical process. Physical interactions are what we experience directly, but upon curious research, a keen observer would notice that physical interactions require a premise. So, what nature of existence gave birth to the big bang? Well, we have the physical process that is the initial singularity which is the gravitation singularity of infinite density. That is the physical side of the big bang, but we all know deeply that there is a metaphysical side as logical as the physical.

Let’s analyse. You have infinite information on one hand and a universe on the other. Then what causes the singularity? Note the word infinity, you have infinite information in a theoretical point, dimensionless. The big bang theory says there were quantum fluctuations that caused the resulting inflation, let’s agree on this as the physical process, now let’s go deeper. It should be glaringly obvious that the universe already existed in a singularity but needed the physical process of an explosion to come to life. Then how can so much information infinitely exist at a point? This could be a disturbing question, but just like Einstein I stay with my problems longer. Observe deeply, and you might discover as I have that the big bang is the ‘reverse’ action of an infinite process, reverse. What does this mean controversially? This inevitably means that infinity existed before the big bang.

Infinity is a crazy topic entirely, crazy is an understatement. There are various types of infinity. Well, I have a blog, and I intend to fill it up with so many discoveries of mine in time.

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References

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_singularity
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity