Hi there,
I have just finished reading what probably is the most ground breaking white paper ever and it literally changes everything.
The paper is entitled Quantum Gravity and the Standard Model and can be found here...
Quantum Gravity and the Standard Model
In a nutshell this theory expresses an idea that all matter and energy is in fact twisted braids of space-time. That is to say Space-time and
matter/energy are one and the same. No distinction.
Example...
Heavier particles are made from more complex and dense braids of space-time.
So this theory actually goes the whole way of explaining mass.... mass is caused by more dense Braids in space-time.
Now this is really a true revolution as this describes what String theory only touched upon.
String theory realised that there were no point particles and that matter and the properties of matter (how mater interacts with everything else) was
made up of tiny loops or strings that vibrate at different frequencies.
Now this is actually only part of the truth. M-theory or super string theory has had a very difficult time in actually explaining the properties of
matter, as there simply isn't any way to measure down to planck lengths, which is 10^{-35} metres.
However, string theory is correct about the vibrations but just not in the classical (if you can call string theory classical) sense. You see the
braids can vibrate and interact with each other like a wave. Hence how in quantum mechanics there has been a duality of matter acting like a particle
and a wave.
Now the really awesome thing about Quantum Field Gravity and Braiding is that if all matter and energy is simply twisted space-time then this goes a
lot to explaining where all matter came from.
When the universe was very small, before the great inflation period, Quantum fluctuations would have had a massive impact on space-time, where as
today the very same type of quantum fluctuations are so diluted that they are beyond the point of insignificants.
It is speculated that the very inflation period was caused by quantum fluctuations causing space time to braid, which in turn caused matter and energy
to come into existence.
The one area that this theory comes under fire is the 2nd Law of Thermo Dynamics, which states that you cannot create more energy than you put in to
begin with. This maybe correct of how we observe the universe today because there is no way for us to directly create a braid in space-time. Or at
least we have not observed it.
However, if we could somehow manipulate space-time down to the planck scale we would be able to alter or create matter and energy at will.
Now since Braids can be thought of as just a bunch of connections within space-time then that can again be thought of as an abstract graph of
connections.
Now this is where things start to get a little scary if you ask me. You see if you think of the universe as a graph of connections then looking beyond
that gives you simply numbers... RAW DATA....
The scary thing is that that data looks very much like a gigantic version of the data produced by a series of Qubits... a quantum computer....
Does the Matrix really have us all???
What ever your beliefs are, there is no denying the truth and how simple a trusth is when you know it to be right.
Quantum braiding is simply the BIGEST revelation and revolution in physics since Einstein... It also appears to raise to the surface the Biggest of
philosophical questions too... Why are we HERE....
I welcome discussion about this theory with anyone who would like to talk about the mean of all this and how to test its truth in every day life.
All the best people,
NeoN HaZe.
[edit on 14-8-2006 by Neon Haze]