Ed Delian wrote today to Ivor Catt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You ask me what happens inside\nan indivisible particle? “How does the particle’s right hand edge know of\na collision of the left hand edge”? The answer is: Since it is an indivisible particle,\nthere is no space for a “signal” to “travel” inside from\n“here” to “there” in order to transfer information. The\nwhole indivisible particle as a continuum (!) \n“knows” what its edges experience, all at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I responded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Ed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starting\nthe discussion of electromagnetism or even gravity with particles, which are\nindivisible in one sense or another, is fraught with many problems and issues\nsticking out that seems impossible to put in order. This is especially\nproblematic if one needs to explain the phenomenon of passing information in\ndigital systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s\nwhy Ivor and us following his views propose to begin with the simple and clear\nfoundational concept of energy current that travels and can only do so with a\nspeed of light in the medium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nmedium is naturally resistive to this motion, in a manner analogous to\nfriction. These two properties of the medium is the only assumptions we need to\nmake (this \u201cminimalism\u201d is justified by the natural tendency of nature to\nfollow the Occam\u2019s razor principle, as well as experimental facts). The other\nbasic assumption is that nature has different mediums occupying fragments of\nspace and thus has boundary conditions, between which we have no instantaneous\naction because those boundaries involve distances. So, any particles are the\nresult of the division of space between boundaries, in which energy current is\ntrapped. These entrapments are often \u2018leaky\u2019 which allows energy current not\njust be confined within these particles (due to reflections) but also travel\noutside the particles and this create levels of interaction. So this way we\nhave elements of mass formed with nonzero volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now,\nstates or levels of the energy current density that are inside and outside\nthose fragments of the mediums form something that traditionalists prefer to\ncalled fields, and they can be associated with forces, electromagnetic and\ngravitational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So,\nclearly, talking about particles is possible but not at the fundamental level\nof passing information in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kind\nregards<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ed Delian wrote today to Ivor Catt: You ask me what happens inside an indivisible particle? “How does the particle’s right hand edge know of a collision of the left hand edge”? The answer is: Since it is an indivisible particle, there … Continue reading