The Evolution of the Laws of Physics - Lee Smolin (SETI Talks)
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SETI Talks archive: http://seti.org/talks Prof. Lee Smolin of the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada, author and theoretical physcist, will talk about the evolution of laws in our universe. Dr. Smolin's main contributions to physics have been so far to the quantum theory of gravity, to which he has been a co-inventor and major contributor to two major directions, loop quantum gravity and deformed special relativity. He also contributes to cosmology, through his proposal of cosmological natural selection: a falsifiable mechanism to explain the choice of the laws of physics. He has also contributed to quantum field theory, the foundations of quantum mechanics, theoretical biology, the philosophy of science and economics. He is the author of more than 150 scientific papers and numerous essays and writings for the public on science. He also has written four books which explore philosophical issues raised by contemporary physics and cosmology. These are Life of the Cosmos (1997), Three Roads to Quantum Gravity (2001), The Trouble with Physics (2006) and Time Reborn (2013).
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If the laws of physics are evolving how can we assume that the results of a hypothesis of an experiment can be depended on?
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There's a new book out called 'Now: the physics of time' that can help define time in his view. Also the book The thermodynamic universe:exploring the limits of physics' can help too.The book 'String theory and M-theory: modern introduction' , is recommended as well. Syntropy, retrocausality, and supercausality in a more plastic B-theory of time put in an evolutionary algorithm would make these phenomena likely possibilities if a ground state and precedence principle were added with Hamiltonian-like degrees of freedom and fluctuations.
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The principle of precedence in quantum theory is very simular to the theory of morphic resonance. So begins the new field of 'Evolutionary Physics', and I'm going to be one of its pioneers. By the way string theory has made the prediction that the universe was stitched together through 'TIME' including the laws of physics. B. G. Sidharth's theory and models of emergent laws, thermodynamics and fuzzy space-time fit well, even time can evolve too.
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Walking on the edge of knowledge, the failure is basically related to the limits of understanding ( of the mind); after all we work with an evolutionary young monkey brain :-)
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[01:02:41]: Nervous laughter on that 1!
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Has he had a stroke?
It would be nice if Lee defined Time. Is it a quantity or a quality? -
There is no difference between an evolutionary scientist and an interior decorator.
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I'm so bitterly disappointed that Lee smolin is talking about literally some of the biggest questions in history, questions that have defeated the greatest of thinkers of any era. Questions that are so very magical and mystifying and where the fuck is the energy, enthusiasm the utter lack of any such qualities in his deliverance to the audience. speaking in a tone that you would discuss what you had last night for dinner, then you do not deserve to hold the position you do as you are simply stagnating scientific progress
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I'm so bitterly disappointed that Lee smolin is talking about literally some of the biggest questions in history, questions that have defeated the greatest of thinkers of any era. Questions that are so very magical and mystifying and where the fuck is the energy, enthusiasm the utter lack of any such qualities in his deliverance to the audience. speaking in a tone that you would discuss what you had last night for dinner, then you do not deserve to hold the position you do as you are simply stagnating scientific progress.
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Tom Stoppard quote is ridiculous. No, the entire future can't be figured out, maybe the atoms next few moves but then choices are made, paths taken which then send the atoms in a different direction. Its the same at macro level, events can be traced backwards forever and give a picture of what happened, but tracing events into the future is ok if in isolation but not when external events can change the picture. Which they can.
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Your baby was 140 wen he was born
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Gdfkch
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If we created a science of how physical laws changed over time we would be left with the same problem, viz. a series of mathematical equations that need to be explained that seem to be eternal truths about the structure of nature...but maybe they change too! So then we have another set of equations that explain how the laws governing the laws that govern physical reality change over time.
The point is, if there is not eternal mathematical truth, then we can never truly know reality, if the truth of reality is always changing, or as he puts it "novel", that means reality is always a mystery, although there may be some regularities here and there, ultimately there is no governing mathematical structure true for all things.
There is no reason to assume his view is correct because if it is correct all that means is that we can't ever truly grasp reality. On strictly practical grounds we should assume that there are timeless truths for all reality and try to discover what those are, otherwise we are simply abandoning the quest for knowledge. -
for instance you can ask Billy Booth have you heard this before?
many concepts changed only lately like time concept, self-concept...
you can check, no one talked about this before 1996 actually even before 2007,
this is provable of course.
many old men became smart suddenlly!
Lora on:
http://hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Good-and-evil-are-human-concepts and Anonymous on
which wrote lately: Would Aliens Debunk Religion?, page3
you can see many old men became smart suddenly with a new theories!
his webpage was Your Religion & Aliens, About.com
all is documented of course not only this many other old men those pretend that it's their own ideas!
check the internet nothing mentioned about such a things before 2007, I did before only few words in Relativity theory and Quantum mechanics, actually nothing more than the old conception about time
for instance you can ask Billy Booth have you heard this before?
his webpage was Your Religion & Aliens, About.com this site disappeared.
all is documented of course not only this many other old men those
pretend that it's their own ideas!
check the internet nothing mentioned about such a things before 2007, I
did before only few words in Relativity theory and Quantum mechanics,
actually nothing more than the old conception about time -
And how exactly is this an argument against determinism? I dont see how "Naturalism 2" allows free will or contradict determinism. When the laws of physics change there must be a cause for that change too. Most of this is bad philosophical what if reasoning. Only assumptions. I guess im just a "naturalist 3" because i think the laws of nature are more like habits and it would seem only logical if they havent always been like now but that doesnt lead to indeterminism. I just cant see how free will is granted by naturally changing parameters. Cause and effect, input and output, action and reaction. Why is this concept so hard to understand/accept for some people?
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If its possible to put information into a black hole so that it is readable in the cosmic background radiation of the resulting universe then isn't it extremely likely that there is information in the cosmic background radiation of our universe placed there by beings from the parent universe?
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Naturalism one says the universe is deterministic and can all be described by a mathematical equation. So what?
You can describe anything with an equation and then what you have is an equation. Is this the same as having the thing itself? Only if all you wanted from the thing was to know what it will do. I'm pretty sure you cant eat it. -
What did he say at 28:04 ? "consult the ???"
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He always bounces his hand like that during his talks, probably unawares.
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this "inevitable resignation" is what we in many fields come to eventually - leaving the ego behind and embracing presence in life. LIFE ITSELF is the essential NOW we live.
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