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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>Dear All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>Thanks, Richard, for highlighting a
fundamental truism that's central to our work: either our universe is a product
of focused intention, or it's random. If the latter is true then we may as
well all stop bothering with our research - or anything else, for that matter:
any illusion that we may have that our work, or any of our activities, are
leading in some postive direction, or that we are in any way masters of our own
destiny, is just that - illusion; our own beings, along with every other aspect
of the cosmos, are just random assemblages of matter/energy following
train-tracks determined by randomly-generated 'rules', supplemented by further
randomness at a quantum level. Anyone who thinks that we have even the
slightest hint of self-determination in such circumstances is just kidding
themselves: the idea that self-determination could ever be an emergent property
of pure randomness is a pipe-dream, one that collapses at the first hint of
objective analysis.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>The notion of pure randomness
generating a cosmos with constants finely-tuned to support all the phenomena
that we see around (and within) us also of course necessitates the notion of an
infinity of cosmoi, with an infinity of different combinations of fundamental
constants. I never cease to be baffled by the view that this is a
scientific perspective whilst the concept of an intentional universe is somehow
woo-woo or fanciful.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>Let's be clear, the idea of an
intentional universe is not in any way less credible than that of an infinite
number of universes - as I'm sure William of Ockham would agree. It's
definitely not in any way a 'religious' concept - rather, the 'infinity of
random universes' is surely a prime contender for the title of 'religious
belief'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>Planck, Schr<SPAN
class=about-info-box__info-value><FONT color=#000000>ö</FONT></SPAN>dinger and
other pioneers of Quantum Mechanics had no doubts that consciousness is a
founding principle and an active agency underlying the material world. As
my own speculative contribution to this narrative, I have written a trilogy of
science fiction novels based on a scientific perspective on Relativity that
I know various others in this group subscribe to, extended into the field of
what I refer to as 'Consciousness Science'. This trilogy posits the idea
that the fallacy of c as an absolute speed limit might be challenged by adding
'applied consciousness' into the mix - and points to various well-established
phenomena as support for that idea.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>Colleagues may be interested to see
how my trilogy first finds a means to implement FTL travel and then goes on
to use that means to explore and colonise stars tens of light years away (in
time scales measured in months - reduced to hours for the travellers by
well-explained time dilation effects). A major purpose of this series of
books is to provoke discussion, and deeper thought, about this whole issue -
including the potential for, and possible nature of, life on exoplanets
(stretching the boundaries on the basis of documented scientific
facts).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>Details of my books can be seen
at:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.vaikandor.com">www.vaikandor.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>I hope some of you at least find the
topic thought-provoking.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>Grahame</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial>=======</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT color=#000080 size=2
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=richgauthier@gmail.com href="mailto:richgauthier@gmail.com">Richard
Gauthier</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=general@lists.natureoflightandparticles.org
href="mailto:general@lists.natureoflightandparticles.org">Nature of Light and
Particles - General Discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 07, 2020 11:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [General] new particle --
the univon</DIV>
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<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN class=js-non-expanded-comment>Hello
all, </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN
class=js-non-expanded-comment><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN
class=js-non-expanded-comment> Here's the title and abstract that I just
submitted for a talk at the American Physical Society's next annual April
meeting. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN
class=js-non-expanded-comment><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN
class=js-non-expanded-comment> Title: Superluminal Primordial Information
Quanta (Sprinqs) Created and Compose a Multiverse of Equally Fine-Tuned
Universes Evolving Life and Highly-Developed Minds </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN
class=js-non-expanded-comment><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN
class=js-non-expanded-comment> Abstract: A proposed univon particle or
cosmic quantum, composed of a circulating superluminal primordial information
quantum (sprinq), created our u</SPAN><SPAN class=js-expanded-comment>niverse
and many others as a multiverse of equally “fine-tuned” universes. Their
fundamental particle masses, forces, and other fundamental parameters are
“just right” to evolve stable galaxies, stars, advanced life-forms and
developed minds. Based on previous electron and photon models, sprinqs also
compose the fundamental particles in our universe and other universes by
moving superluminally in different ways to express different particle
attributes. The univon is the quantum particle of a proposed univon quantum
field. If other universes are detected having “un-tuned” values of their
constants and thus without stable stars and higher life forms, this would
suggest that all universes emerge by following purely physical laws. Our
fine-tuned inhabitable universe would then just be an extremely improbable
universe. However, observational evidence for a fine-tuned multiverse would
support the hypothesis of a cosmic intelligence creating and maintaining our
multiverse in a natural way. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN
class=js-expanded-comment><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN
class=js-expanded-comment> Questions or comments? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class="js-comment-body post"><SPAN class=js-expanded-comment>
Richard</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>On Nov 26, 2019, at 12:47 PM, Richard Gauthier <<A
href="mailto:richgauthier@gmail.com">richgauthier@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV>Hi all,</DIV>
<DIV> Here's an article about a proposed new
particle -- the univon -- that produced our universe and other
similarly "fine-tuned" universes in a multiverse.</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.academia.edu/attachments/61344179/download_file?s=portfolio"
target=_blank><FONT color=#0066cc>Univon Particle Created Our Universe and
Many Others</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV>best wishes,</DIV>
<DIV>
Richard</DIV>
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