<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11285">All, </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr" class=""><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11928" class="">As I look at all these different models of the electron, we have all carefully grasped the elephant somewhere on the outside in an attempt to figure out what's on the inside. In our quest to determine the heart of the electron, we have compared present day notes in hopes of future results. So any description of the elephant called electron can be reduced to a series of experimental results that already exist and a limits can be placed to confine any model to reasonableness.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr" class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr">Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest...oh, forget that. What I want to know...what does the future hold for quantum and quanta and is there at least a roadmap in physics.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr">Specifically, w<span style="font-size: medium;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13736">hat does the future hold in terms of photon models and photon-based electrons? </span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13808">That is a question open to interpretation but Wilczek at least provides a framework with a few directions in his paper published in March 2015.</span><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11720" class=""><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11720" class="">Summarized in </font><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12207">a brief article on PBS website, </span>Wilczek came out with a rather bold paper on musings and wishes available on Arxiv.</font></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13852"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12092"><font size="3" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12299"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr" class="" style="font-size: 16px;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11613" class="">A quick article from PBS...from</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr" class="" style="font-size: 16px;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11612" class=""><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/physics/in-100-years/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9089" class="">How Physics Will Change—and Change the World—in 100 Years — NOVA Next | PBS</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" class="" style="font-size: 16px;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" class="" style="font-size: 16px;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11370" class="">The full paper....</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr" class="" style="font-size: 16px;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11371" class=""><a href="http://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.07735.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9185" class="">http://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.07735.pdf</a><br class=""></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12460"><br></div></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11872">The paper was a fun read in spite of the physics and mathematics involved. Here is one of my favorite quotes:</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr">
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<div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11873"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12044"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12043"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13382"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13380" size="3"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14229"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11878">"</span><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11926">When Leon Cooper, on behalf of Brown University, asked me to contribute to their 250</span><span style="font-family: CMTI8; vertical-align: 4pt;" class="">th </span><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11922">anniversary by giving a talk </span></b></font></span></span></i></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11873"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14230"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13464"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12049"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12048"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12047"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13409">about the next 250 years
of physics, I of course accepted immediately. </font></span></span></i></font><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11987"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11995"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11886"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11885">Then I thought about it. I soon realized that </span></span></span></i></b></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11873"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14231"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13512"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13511"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13510"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13509">I’d taken on a task that
is way beyond me, or (I suspect) anyone else. </span></span></span></i><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12001"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12000"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13387"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13385" size="3"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11923">So as a first step I renormalized 250 </span><span class="" style="font-family: CMSY10;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11924">→ </span><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11925">100."</span></font></span></span></i></b></div>
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</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10096" style="font-family: CMR10;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11107" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11106" size="3" class=""><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14232">"Here I indulge in wide-ranging speculations on the shape of physics, and technology closely related to physics, over the next one hundred years. </i></font></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10098" style="font-family: CMR10;"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11116" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11115" size="3" class=""><i>Themes include the many faces of unification, the reimagining of quantum theory, and new forms of engineering on small, intermediate, and large scales."</i></font></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13905"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><b class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></b></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr" class=""><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_12169" class="">My take is that given the rapid advances in quantum computing, and Kurzweil's pending Singularity, we should consider the Wilczek paper a roadmap good for at least 20 years. </font><span style="font-size: medium;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13855">We should also consider this paper somewhat as guidance to modeling photon and electron.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr" class=""><br></div><div class="" title="Page 1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10095" title-off=""><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10094"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10093"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10092"><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091">Before looking forward, Wilczek summarizes the history of physics and mathematics where there has been unification. In the computer industry including Apple, HP, IBM and Microsoft, unification is also called integration. And in finance, mergers and acquisitions. But I digress.</div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091">From history, Wilczek provide a summary of<b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_15382"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_15380"><font size="5" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_15379"> unification</font></i></b> in specific fields. I'm sure there are others but these will do.</div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11235" size="3"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11248"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14309">"Names are attached not as credit but a shorthand for developments:</i></b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_9091" dir="ltr">
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</span><span style="font-family: CMBX10;" class="">– </span><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10300">Unification of space and time (Einstein, Minkowski)<br class="">
</span><span style="font-family: CMBX10;" class="">– </span><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10301">Unification of wave and particle (Einstein, de Broglie) </span></i></b></font></div>
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"</i></font></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13958"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR9;"><b class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13958"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14044" style="font-family: CMR9;"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14043"><font size="3" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14042">That's interesting since most of the electron models don't even mention electroweak and prefer classical or semi-classical form of EM. However, there are couple models that have the guts to go GUT and encompass the four basic forces (or five if one treats the B field separate from E) as well as declare there is a bottom, and it is spacetime. </font></span></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_15085" style="font-family: CMR10; font-size: medium;" class="">As background, note that the Standard Model can typically be summarized using symmetry groups as </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10361"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class=""></span></div><div class="" title="Page 1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10095" title-off=""><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10094"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10093"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10092"><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" class=""></font></span></div><div class="" title="Page 3" title-off="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10569"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10568"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10567"><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10566"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11112" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11111" size="3" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10791" style="font-family: CMMI10;">SU</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10790" style="font-family: CMR10;">(3) </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10789" style="font-family: CMSY10;">× </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10788" style="font-family: CMMI10;">SU</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10565" style="font-family: CMR10;">(2) </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10572" style="font-family: CMSY10;">× </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10787" style="font-family: CMMI10;">U</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10786" style="font-family: CMR10;">(1) </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10785" style="font-family: CMSY10;">× </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10805" style="font-family: CMMI10;">SO</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10696" style="font-family: CMR10;">(3</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_13308" style="font-family: CMMI10;">,</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10804" style="font-family: CMR10;">1)</span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10571"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><b class=""><font size="3" class=""></font></b></span></div><div class="" title="Page 3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10583" title-off=""><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10582"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10581"><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10580"><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10697" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11291" class="">Keep in mind that Barrett using the appropriate extensions to Maxwell's equations (Maxwell 20) confines his "Topological Electromagnistim" to</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10802" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11292" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10791" style="font-family: CMMI10;">EM only ... SU</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10790">(3) </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10789" style="font-family: CMSY10;">× </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10788" style="font-family: CMMI10;">SU</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10565">(2) </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10572" style="font-family: CMSY10;">× </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10787" style="font-family: CMMI10;">U</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10786">(1)</span><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><span class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" class=""></font></span></div><div class="" title="Page 1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10752" title-off=""><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10751"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10750"><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10749"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10748" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS; font-weight: 700;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11293" class="">Topological Foundations of Electromagnetism </font></span></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10732" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11290" class=""><a href="http://aflb.ensmp.fr/AFLB-26j/aflb26jp055.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10729" class="">http://aflb.ensmp.fr/AFLB-26j/aflb26jp055.pdf</a><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10913" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11039" size="3" class="">I have two noteworthy additions to the SM. Electrons can be spin coupled, and there is the question of phat photons, So I've wondered if the proper investigative path might be</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" style="font-family: CMMI10;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11041" size="3" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10791" style="font-family: CMMI10;">N^2 hv == SU(4) X SU</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10790" style="font-family: CMR10;">(3) </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10789" style="font-family: CMSY10;">× </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10788" style="font-family: CMMI10;">SU</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10565" style="font-family: CMR10;">(2) </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10572" style="font-family: CMSY10;">× </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10787" style="font-family: CMMI10;">U</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10786" style="font-family: CMR10;">(1) </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10785" style="font-family: CMSY10;">× </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10805" style="font-family: CMMI10;">SO</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10696" style="font-family: CMR10;">(3</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11183" style="font-family: CMMI10;">,</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10804" style="font-family: CMR10;">1)</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11550" style="font-family: CMR10;"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11549" class="">Any comment or correction on this view may be of help. And yes, I have seen the equations of the universe.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><font face="CMR10" size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><font face="CMR10" size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11582" class="">From Sean Carroll</font></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10091"><a href="http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/01/04/the-world-of-everyday-experience-in-one-equation/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11583" class="">The World of Everyday Experience, In One Equation</a><font face="CMR10" size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div id="enhancrCard_1" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element " style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><table class="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11605" style="display: block; min-height: 170px; position: relative;"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11604" style="width: 490px;" class=""><tr class=""><td class="" colspan="8" style="min-height: 1px; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="min-height: 1px; font-size: 1px; line-height: 0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11603"><td rowspan="5" class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 1px; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td class="" rowspan="5" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11602" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 168px; min-height: 168px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" align="center" style="width: 168px;"><a href="http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/01/04/the-world-of-everyday-experience-in-one-equation/" class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><img alt="image" src="http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Everyday-Equation-1024x353.jpg" class="" width="168" height="58" data-id="5007cf72-0dee-3f71-851e-09ba2699b269" style="display: block; margin: auto;"></a></div></td><td rowspan="5" class="" style="width: 1px; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 1px; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="" style="width: 14px; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 14px; font-size: 14pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14234" style="min-height: 6px; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14233" style="min-height: 6px; font-size: 6pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11611" style="width: 20px; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 20px; font-size: 20pt;"> </div></td><td class="" rowspan="5" width="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14238" style="width: 1px; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="width: 1px; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11610" class=""><td class="" colspan="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11609" style="width: 285px; vertical-align: middle;"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11608" style="line-height: 16.5px; min-height: 135px; width: 245px;"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11607" style="word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;"><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><a href="http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/01/04/the-world-of-everyday-experience-in-one-equation/" class="" style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 18px; display: block; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;"><span class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden !important;">The World of Everyday Experience, In One Equation</span></a><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11606" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); max-height: 81px; overflow: hidden;">Longtime readers know I feel strongly that it should be more widely appreciated that the laws underlying the physics of everyday life are completely understood. 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</font></span><span style="font-family: CMR10; font-size: medium;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_15516">Or could it be the unification of spacetime and waves that provides the key insight and breakthrough? </span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10344"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: CMR10;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10344"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: CMR10;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_15041">Could it be we need to rethink how we think about things, and perhaps relearn a new way on how we learn how to learn? </span><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10344"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14849"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14847"><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14846"></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10344"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_14867">And what is inside the photon?</font></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10344"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10344"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10348"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11288"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_11287">Best Regards,</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10348"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class=""><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435792424476_10348"><span style="font-family: CMR10;" class=""><font size="3">David</font></span></div>
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