DARK MATTER and DARK ENERGY, the NEXT PHYSICS BREAKTHROUGH?

Dark Matter and Dark Energy, in my opinion this is the most interesting topic in physics today. So, what do we know about Dark Matter and Dark Energy, in a word NOTHING! Well, it is not completely nothing, but it is close.

The first and maybe most important point that must be made is that there is no information, facts or data that Dark Matter and Dark Energy are related. In other words, if physics actually discovers what one of them is, there is nothing to say that it will lead to the understanding of the other. I personally like to believe that the lack of understanding and knowledge regarding Dark Matter and Dark Energy does relate them to a new and bold concept in physics, but there are no facts or data that support my belief. However, there is the basic concept in physics of symmetry that Dark Matter and Dark Energy do correspond with.

The basic concept of symmetry is if there is an up there is a down, a particle has an anti-particle, for negative charges (electron) there is a positive charge (proton). In essence, symmetry keeps things neutral, or even, within our universe. Dark Matter was discovered and/or theorized because there was not enough gravity associated with the visible matter in the universe to pull things together and give us the universe we have. There has to be something else out there that has gravity, or acts like gravity, pulling things together so that what we see and know about the universe works the way we see it. Dark Energy on the other hand is pushing the universe apart; it is causing the universe to expand. This in essence means that the galaxies in the universe are moving further away from each other. There are some exceptions to this. So what we are ending up with is Dark Matter pulls things toward each other while Dark Energy pushes things apart. This is Symmetry.

Before going further it is important to cover some estimated (known) data. The current, generally accepted data necessary to explain the current “Big Bang” theory of cosmology is that the universe is made up of about 5% visible matter, about 27% Dark Matter and about 68% Dark Energy. That 5% of visible matter is every star in every galaxy along with every other kind of mass in the universe including every atom and particle existing everywhere within the universe. That is a whole lot of stuff representing a very small percentage of our known universe.

So, what are some of the theories for Dark Matter and Dark Energy? Start with the easiest one, Dark Energy. In a nutshell nobody has a clue what this is or could be. As stated above it is estimated to be the largest part of our universe and nothing is known about it or really theorized about it. All that can be said at this point in time is that it is there. As for Dark Matter, the most common theory is some new and exotic particle including but not limited to Axions and WIMPs, Weakly Interaction Massive Particles, which could include the Neutralinos and Photinos.

Without going into any details, new particles as discussed above would have to be consistent with what is known as the Standard Model. This is in essence the quantum mechanics based model of 17 basic particles that are responsible for all of the matter in the universe. As for the Standard Model, it has its own significant issues and will have its own paper in this blog. However, moving forward and building on the particle concept, the Neutralinos and Photinos would be part of what is known as Super Symmetry (SUSY) which is considered by many scientists to the biggest and most necessary part of String Theory and would add 12 new particles to the standard model. In short, none of these new SUSY particles have been discovered even though they were expected to be discovered by now.

Regarding the Neutralinos and Photinos from the SUSY particles, they are theorized to be massive particles that are anywhere from 10 to 100 times more massive than their average cousins the Neutrino and Photon. Despite their huge size they don’t interact with normal matter. And even though Neutrinos and Photons have been discovered, their massive beast cousins have yet to be found even though they are being looked for. Let’s say this another way, the biggest elementary particles out there cannot be found. What is so special about these massive particles that allow them to hide so well and how come other particles that have been theorized don’t hide like this?

Next in-line is the Axion particle. The Axion is theorized to be a million times smaller than an electron. The Axion also has another primary theoretical purpose. Recall above the point about symmetry being a basic concept, well it turns out that there is a symmetry problem associated with the standard model and the Axion is a particle theorized to solve this problem also. Like the Neutralino and Photino, the Axion is also theorized to be very weakly interacting with all other matter in the universe. The Axion is actively being searched for and it too has not yet been found.

The fact that none of these particles, or any other possible particles to explain Dark Matter, have not been found is not the biggest problem. Recall from above that the visible matter in the universe is about 5% of the total matter and Dark Matter is about 27%. In other words, Dark Matter is about 5.5 times more abundant in the universe than physical matter. This means that any of these theoretical particles that might account from dark matter has to be 5.5 times more abundant than all of the matter we currently have and see out there in our universe. This means that the Big Bang not only had to account for all of the matter we see in the universe, it also has to account for 5.5 times more mass in a single particle. There is absolutely nothing symmetrical about this, and it just simply does not make sense.

There are a couple of other theories being talked about to account for Dark Matter. One of them is MOND, Modified Newtonian Dynamics. Basically this theory is that gravity as we know it and described by Isaac Newton is variable. In other words, depending on the circumstances gravity can vary in the universe and this variance depending on circumstances accounts for the universe we see today. MOND is an interesting theory and is considered a serious area of research by some. The biggest problem of MOND that is being worked on is that it does not fit well with Space-Time in Einstein’s relativity theory.

One other theory that pops up but does not have much if any following is Negative Mass Matter. The easiest way to think of Negative Mass Matter is that it is basically anti-gravity. Rather than pulling things together, it pushes them apart. There is not a lot that can be said about this theory because of its limited following and how do you really go about describing Negative Mass Matter? Not saying that this theory is invalid, it has some fascinating applications. However, until there is a better understanding of how it exists it is going to stay in the not a large following category.

I generally try to stay away from my beliefs on things that I write about, but this topic is an exception for me. In 1921 Theodor Kaluza came up with a 5-D theory that had a basis in Riemannian Geometry. 5-D is one time dimension and 4 space dimensions instead of the 3 space dimensions we currently live in. However, Kaluza’s theory did not go over well with the growing field of quantum mechanics so it was not taken seriously by the physicist/scientists of the time. I believe that Kaluza’s 5-D theory could very well be true and that Dark Matter and Dark Energy are overlaps of the extra larger fourth dimension onto our 3-D Universe. Hey, it is no worse of a theory than Negative Mass Matter.   

EDITORIAL: PHYSIC AND SCIENCE IT IS TIME TO STEP UP

I know that at times with what I have written it may not seem like I love physics. But I really do. Physics is the key to our vast and wonderful universe. However, right not it seems to me like physics is not going anywhere. The following is a paragraph from another piece I recently wrote for my other blog;

Looking at technology advancements, we are leaps and bounds ahead of where we were 5000+ years ago, that is obvious. The same is true for physics. However, regarding today’s physics, our scientists and physicist are so engaged and focused on so very little. Today’s scientist does not see the problems with what they believe to be the final answer to everything. That is, they do not even know or clearly understand the science and physics that they have today. The classic example that clearly shows we are not as smart as we think we are, quantum physics. Specifically, they cannot even agree on how to interpret quantum physics. The mere fact that today’s scientists currently believe that they are working on the final answers shows their own arrogance and ignorance. This is especially true given there are so many different places to look for more answers. But rather than ask questions, or think outside of the box and use their own imagination today’s scientist would rather try and disprove anything that questions the direction of their current beliefs.

I very much believe this to be absolutely true and offer the following information.

Quantum physics is all about fields and particles. The standard model is the current theory regarding particles and quantum physics was used to predict many of the 17 particles of the standard model. I am also counting the Higgs Boson as it too was predicted. Quantum Field Theory, QFT, is the current theory of fields. I am not going to go into details now but after reading a couple books on QFT I believe that QFT is an absolute mess. And very briefly, fields are various types of energy that exist at every point in space. Imagine looking out over a field of grass or a crop field along the side of the road. This large field is made up of individual blades of grass or of the crop of plants. In QFT each individual blade of grass or crop plant would represent a packet of energy. With respect to our universe, if you were to stick your hand out in front of you every point in space that your hand goes through has 24 different fields of energy associated with it…. Feel any?

So, what does this have to do with closed minded science let’s give some examples, starting with one of the most commonly known theories of our universe, the Big Bang. According to the Big Bang model our universe popped into existence and expanded outward resulting in the forces and matter that were needed to form galaxies. All is good so far. But…… at the very beginning of the universe popping into existence it experienced a phase that scientists call the “inflationary period.” Let me explain this in the most straightforward manner I can think of;

In an incredibility short period of time after the start of the Big Bang this inflationary period started. To be clear, the short period of time being referred too is so short that it is not really measurable, it is primarily mathematical.

The inflationary period lasted an incredibly short period of time. Again, this time span is mathematically accepted because it is so short.

During this incredibility short time span our universe expanded at an unimaginable rate of acceleration and speed over a very large unknown distance.

This by itself is hard to imagine as being real, but guess what is theorized as being responsible for all of this; the “Inflaton” field and/or particle. And it gets better, right after the inflationary period ended the inflaton field and/or particle disappeared without a trace. So, a field and a particle are simply present at the beginning to make everything work and then disappear without a trace when its “job” is done. My opinion on this, scientists are finding a cause, the “inflaton” for a theory that cannot be proven using the physics they want to be true.

Another concept for our universe is Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Dark Matter was first credited to Fritz Zwicky based on his study of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies. However, the first theory of dark matter goes back to 1922. The theory of dark matter was pretty much ignored for around 50 years. Dark Matter and Energy only became something to study because too much was being observed in the universe that could not be explained. And now we have String Theory, which is also all about particles and fields. Well, having something like Dark Matter that cannot be fitted into String Theory is not good. So, what is occurring, science is predicting exotic particles in order to explain Dark Matter. Current science is saying that there is an undiscovered particle in the universe that accounts for dark matter and science is now working very hard to find this particle. There are a couple of different particles that have floated to the top of the theory that are being looked for, but so far no luck. Keep in mind, another particle, or two, means another energy field at every point in space.

Since the particles to explain Dark Matter consistent with the Standard Model cannot be found there are now some scientists saying that the research and evidence for Dark Matter is flawed and it really does not exist. If you do not find what you want, find away to get rid of the problem, this is just bad science.

There is one more point to make regarding dark matter and a new particle, Dark Matter is estimated to make up around 27% of the universe. All of the billions and billions of stars and galaxies that we see in the universe are estimated to make up 5% of the entire universe. The other 95% of the universe is made up of 27% Dark Matter and 68% Dark Energy. This means that the new theoretical particle has to be 5.5 times more abundant then all of the current mass in the universe. Let me say it this way, this new particle is the same as having 5.5 more universes squished into our current universe. Just think about that from a logic and reality stand point.

There are other things showing the closed focus of today’s physics and science. I will be covering some of these things in their own pieces.

Something that is important that I need to be clear about, I am not saying that there is anything wrong with Quantum Physics, the Standard Model or another physical concepts. What I am saying is that these things are incomplete. There are way too many questions associated with today’s physics and physical concepts that have no answers. Science needs to be working on answering a lot of questions, which will undoubtedly lead to more questions, before saying we are on our way to knowing all there is to know.

Our universe is a wondrous place; science should not try and cut it short.

DARK MATTER, DARK ENERGY and NONLOCALITY

THIS IS A DRAFT PIECE

I wanted to get this posted to let people know that I am working on these subjects. I believe that these subjects represent some of the most important future aspects of physics and guess what; the science community is pretty much ignoring them. Let me cover some of the areas that I will be writing about.

NONLOCALITY, this topic is actually a significant issue associated with Quantum Physics. It is the spooky action at a distance that Einstein was so concerned about and for today it is quantum entanglement. The conflict has to do with local forces and actions verse non-local actions. Here is the thing, what if we can add to our current beliefs and create a situation where Nonlocality disappears and everything can be considered local. I believe that I have a potential theory that would allow this to occur.

DARK MATTER and DARK ENERGY, I believe that these two things have the same basis. That is they are associated with a related concept. I also believe that this basic concept was theorized just about 100 years ago.

Current science is trying to relate dark matter to an unknown particle as part of the Standard Model. This just does not make any sense at all.

The Standard Model, there is so much there, but nobody wants to upset the apple cart and take it to another step.

And, what if all of these things are really related? What would it do to open up or physics today? I believe that they are related and the scientist finally need to start moving into other theory and area beyond the stagnation that has occurred and led us to nothing for the last 40+ years.

I thought that it was important to get this out there for thoughts as I am starting to work on it.

UNIFICATION OF RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM PHYSICS

Grand Unification Theories (GUTs) or Theories of Everything (TOEs) are the Holy Grail of today’s physics. Finding the theory, concept, rule or law that combines the electromagnetic forces of quantum physics with the gravitational force of gravity in relativity is the focus of most all of the work in physics today. String Theory and some of its associated theories, such as Super-Symmetry takes up the lion’s share of current research. There are also the Quantum Gravity Theories, including Loop Quantum Gravity, another theory is Super-Determinism and there is also the multiverse along with a few more. Is chasing anyone of the GUTs of TOEs the right thing to be doing? I say NO!

Here is the thing, all of these GUTs and TOEs are mathematical models, none of which can be experimentally proven. String Theory, the most commonly known of the models, has been around for about 45 years. In other words, physicists have been working on String Theory for a really long time and they are no closer to proving their mathematical model today than they were 45 years ago. In fact I believe it is fair to say that there are more questions associated with String Theory today then there were 45 years ago.

String Theory is the one that gets all of the current publicity and it is the one that has all of the various dimensions. These dimensions are supposed to occur in the space below the smallest distance we know of. Let me give you a few more details about this; one form of String Theory has 10 dimensions, 9 space dimensions one of time, another one has 11 dimensions, 9 of space, one of time and one of energy, and another one has 26 dimensions. And, in all of these theories, these extra dimensions are “compactified” down into a space that has a distance so small we can never ever see it or work within it. This really does just beg the question can science really understand a distance this small? The name of this distance is the “Planck Length.”

Are we really supposed to accept something such as this that can never be proven, or disproven? Oh, and it gets better; String Theory actually has an infinite number of possible dimensions. That is, pick a number, any number and that number of dimensions can exist in String Theory. The current number of String Theory dimensions has been “discovered” because they do not blow up mathematically. In other words, out of an infinite number of possible dimensions, science will only look at a couple that work.

Let’s be honest here, does this really make any sense at all? And, how can we, the average person and even the science community, really be expected to buy into something when the “experts” cannot even agree on how many dimensions there should be out of an infinite number of possibilities? Are we all supposed to believe that as beautiful and wonderful nature truly is that is operates on something as complex as string theory? Me personally, I think that any theory that has an infinite number of wrong, or more precisely impossible, answers is not right. This can actually be taken one step further, given that there are an infinite number of possible dimensions how does science know that theory 500, 5000 or even more dimensions is not possible? If 10, 11 or 26 dimensions are acceptable who is to decide that this is where we stop? 

There is one thing I would like to mention regarding GUTs, TOEs and multiple dimensional theories, there has been some form of work on a GUT or TOE for almost 100 years. Theodor Kaluza’s multi-dimensional theory for trying to unify quantum and relativity came out in 1921. Here is the difference between Kaluza’s theory and the current string theory, Kaluza’s theory was 5 total dimension, 4 of space and one of time. And, his fourth dimensions was not smaller than the smallest thing we know, instead it was above and encompassed, our three dimensions. The physicist in power at the time had an argument against Kaluza’s original theory so he tried to work things out by making the 4^th dimension small and it did not work out. I will be writing about Kaluza’s theory in the future, but in the meantime I would offer this food for thought and a larger 4^th dimension, dark matter and dark energy.

I believe that there is another significant argument against GUTs and TOEs, and that is basic understanding. If unification of quantum and relativity were possible to accomplish, then the first step toward completing unification would be a complete understanding of relativity and quantum. And scientists are not even close to accomplishing this for either quantum or relativity. Currently quantum theory is probabilistic while relativity is deterministic. And, relativity is the physics of very big things and long distances while quantum is the physics of very small things and short distances. On the most basic of basic levels these two things do not match. And if they do not match, how can they possibly be unified?

Physicist and scientists do not understand the complete workings of black holes which fall under relativity. In quantum, there needs to be an understanding of the duality and uncertainty associated with atomic and subatomic particles. Again, these are the basics of the basics of relativity and quantum and if there is no complete understanding of these things how is it even possible to believe that unification can be accomplished. The current thought among today’s scientist is that by coming up with a unification theory then we will be able to have all of our questions about relativity and quantum answered which in turn will provide a complete understanding of these two branches of physics. Isn’t this backwards? Don’t we have to understand the basic components before we can understand the combined? Even more important, if physicist and scientists do not completely understand relativity or quantum how can they possibly know that a unification theory is right and provides the right answers?

If all of the previous information was not enough to show that unification is not possible, I have one more consideration, I have saved the best for last. There is absolutely nothing in any part of any physics that requires any GUTs, TOEs, or any kind of unification. Unification is completely man made. It can be argued that since any kind of unification, GUT or TOE is something that physicist want to do and is not required by nature there is no need for it, and that the lack of a natural requirement could mean that it is something that cannot be accomplished. In other words, rather than trying accomplish something that we can never be proven and is not even required by nature  maybe science should be working on something that is a little more beneficial to all of humanity.

RIP Professor Freeman Dyson

I need to take a moment to recognize an outstanding mathematician and physicist who passed away on February 28, 2020, Professor Freeman Dyson. Professor Dyson really was a brilliant man who motivated me in many ways. He won numerous awards and recognition and has theorems and mathematical processes named after him. Despite his many achievements and recognition he was never considered for a Nobel Prize, an oversight many of his colleagues questioned. There was a theory for this Nobel oversight of Professor Freeman’s accomplishments and contributions to math and science, he was not a Ph.D., he had a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics. To me this was actually his greatest contribution all of us, he was proof that intelligence and understanding is not based on the kind or amount of initials a person has after their name.

God Speed Professor Dyson. I greatly appreciate all that you have done for math and the sciences and the help you provided me. I hope that this new stage of your life brings you new opportunities and the chance to see one of your greatest predictions, a Dyson Sphere.

THE PROTON: ITS UNTOLD STORY

We have all heard of the proton. It is one of the standard atomic particles. The proton and the neutron make up the nucleus of the atom. This means that it is one of the basic building blocks of everything we know in the universe, everything! This makes the proton pretty important in our universe. Just some quick fact/information about the proton;

Ernest Rutherford is credited with discovering the proton in 1911.

In the Standard Model (particles) it is a Baryon and comes under the category of Fermions.

I put this info about the proton being a Baryon in the category of Fermions for two reasons; to introduce the “Standard Model” because we will be talking about that a lot, and to show how complicated things can get.

Here is where it gets good, how many protons are there?

The standard answer that we have all been taught for years is one, there is only one proton. This is not exactly true. There are at least three different protons and I would argue that there are four.   

The current information associated with the standard model is that the proton is made up of three first generation quarks. The first generation quarks are the “up” quark and the “down” quark. The ‘up’ and ‘down’ quarks are all that we need to be concerned with for this piece.

As I just stated there are three quarks in the proton. But since there are only two quarks that are being used one of them must be doubled, it is the ‘up’ quark. So, the proton is made of two ‘up’ quarks and one ‘down’ quark. It turns out that there are a whole bunch of rules that need to be followed for combining quarks into particles, thank you quantum physics. One of the rules is commonly referred to the exclusionary principle and it basically says that I cannot have two of the same quarks combined in a particle. But, the proton has two ‘up’ quarks so how is this combination allowed in the proton…. Well the current theory is that all quarks come in three colors; red, blue and green. These are not “real” colors, rather they are assigned identifiers. And, since there are three colors of quarks in order to avoid exclusionary conflicts any particle made of three quarks must be color neutral. In the case of the proton we will say that color neutrality is obtained by having one quark of each color.

So, when we use the rules with what we have we come up with the following protons…. (Note that “protons” is plural, and for individual identity purposes each proton has been named by the color of the ‘down’ quark.)

Blue Proton => DOWN blue, UP red, UP green

Red Proton => DOWN red, UP green, UP blue

Green Proton => DOWN green, UP blue, UP red

Each of these three protons are color neutral and they do not have the same ‘up’ quark, they comply with the rules.

In looking at our universe and making things work, the simple statement would be that all three of these protons behave exactly the same. So, how do we know this? We do not. A red rose is not a yellow rose and not all roses are the same as there is the rose bush, the climbing rose and many other kinds of rose plants. I also believe that a logic argument could be made that since there is a required color neutrality and exclusionary principle they cannot be the same.

Let’s convolute this even more. In the standard model there is a whole class of particles called “Baryons.” All Baryons are made up of three quarks. We already have three varieties of the proton so this should be the close of the matter. Not so fast. There is also the “Delta+” Baryon made up of two ‘up’ quarks and one ‘down’ quark just like our proton. The difference is that the Delta+ Baryon has about a 30% greater rest mass than the proton. In other words, the Delta+ Baryon is the same as the Proton, just more rest mass. (This relates to a really great question, how does a standard proton obtain a 30% greater rest mass?)

Let’s toss one more little interesting piece of information into this mess; a free Proton has an estimated half-life of about 10³² years, which is a one followed by 33 zeros. For perspective the universe is about 13.8 billion years old, for comparison 13.8 X 10⁹ years old. The Delta+ Baryon, the proton that isn’t a proton, it has a lifetime (not a half-life) of 0.6 X 10^-23 seconds. This is 23 zeros between the ‘6’ and the ‘.’.      

Let me list the above times for a better visual comparison:

The free Proton has a half-life of 10³² years,

And the Delta+ has a lifetime of 10^-23 seconds.

This existence difference due only to a 30% energy difference does not make any sense, it is just illogical.

One more piece of information, the neutron which is the partner of the proton in the nucleus of all atoms that make up everything in the known universe is also made up of three quarks, two ‘down’ and one ‘up’ (flip one of ‘up’ quarks in a proton to a ‘down’ quark and you have a neutron. There is a 0.1% energy difference between a neutron and a proton. Guess what, a free neutron has a half-life of about 12 minutes. This too is a long, long way from the proton’s half-life. And guess what happens when a neutron decays, it becomes a proton and a few other things.

Let’s put all of this together. You have a free neutron; free in this case means it is out there all by itself and is not part of the nucleus of any atom. In about 12 minutes this neutron is going to become a proton, and a few other things, and doing this it is now going to basically live forever. Unless, something happens to it and it picks up about 30% more rest mass and becomes a Delta+ baryon (proton), then it is going to die in a blink of an eye and become a regular proton again, which it what it was before it changed and died. Why would nature do this, what purpose does all of this serve?

I just read a passage where a physicist said that he likes consistency in numbers, and that there was an additional “beauty” when numbers align. With respect to the standard model of particles as I recall he was talking about how the number three was consistent in so many things associated with this model. Well, here are a couple of more threes. I just showed that there were three varieties of protons as well as three states for the proton. Let’s randomly put the varieties of protons identified above with a state;

Blue Proton => DOWN blue, UP red, UP green: assigned to the bound state in an atom.

Red Proton => DOWN red, UP green, UP blue: assigned to the free, unbound state.

Green Proton => DOWN green, UP blue, UP red: assigned to the Delta+ state.

Why did I do this, because it is impossible to say that this cannot occur. There are three distinct varieties of protons as shown above. There are also three specific states that the proton can be in. So tell me why there cannot be some kind of matchup between proton variety and states. And, this is just two more incidents of the number three, which according to some should be a beautiful consistency.

Something to think about, and a few things that should be readily explainable.

INVESTIGATING PHYSICS

I am here to investigate physics. What does this mean, “Investigate Physics?” To me it means digging deeper into current important topics of today’s physics and asking questions to make sure that everything is consistent. What if we have not been told the whole story about what is going on with today’s physics? What if there are problems with our current physical view of things and the problems are just being ignored and/or swept under the carpet?

Why would I want to investigate physics? Physics has been involved with my life for a long time, both professionally and personally. Professionally, I did not work in physics, but I used physics in my careers. Personally, I think physics is the greatest science in the world and I have been reading and following the biggest current physics topics for a number of years. As a result of the time I have spent learning more about today’s physics, I started developing a lot of questions. So I started researching to look for answers. When I could not find answers to my questions this led to even more questions and more research and digging. In other words, I have already started investigating physics and discovering lots of inconsistencies in the information being given to us.

There is also the issue of public relations for today’s physics. For years I/we have been reading about and heard about all of these great and wondrous things that are going on in physics today. There has been so much talk about string theory, unification theories, discovering what dark matter and dark energy are, and explaining the universe to us. So, where are all of the explanations for these things? I am very much interested in hearing about the next steps that are going to occur in our universe. A unification theory will hopefully give insight on how our universe formed without anti-matter thus allowing us to come into being. We have been waiting for years and have gotten nothing.

So who am I to think that I can investigate today’s physics? Actually, I think I am uniquely qualified to do this. Let me explain. I was an investigator on a police department for almost 20 years before graduating with my undergraduate physics degree. At the time of my graduation I was also married and raising a family with a wonderful woman whom I am still married to. In other words, I was studying physics while doing a whole bunch of other life things. So, physics was not the central point of my life. Also, I was in my mid-forties when I graduated and was in the process of a career change, but still doing investigations. And again, with the career change, physics was a tool in my work life, but it was not a central point in my life. Things stayed this way until my retirement a few years back.

Retirement a few years ago started a new stage in life for me. Physics was still not a central point in my life but the time I spend reading and learning more about physics significantly increased which in turn increased the amount of time I spent on physics. I already had some questions, so this extra time spent on learning more about today’s physics ended up causing me to have a lot more questions on a lot of additional things. In retirement, I had the time to do more research looking for answers. Unfortunately answers to my questions were not being found. It is a funny thing, when you have a question and you cannot get an answer for it this leads to a lot more questions. This is where I am at today.

I think that it is easy to see that the universe we live in is truly a wonderful and exciting place. Even from our confined location on an average planet rotating around an average sun in an average galaxy within our universe it is not hard to see and imagine the wonders around us. Physics is the key to learning about all of these wonders. I believe it always has been, and it always will be. So, the people who made the decision on their own to work on finding the keys to the universe kind of have the responsibility to make sure that they are actually looking for the keys. They must be asking themselves lots of questions about all they find and think they have discovered. They have to make sure that what they are working on will actually do something to move life forward. They have to make sure that they accurately answer all questions, and that they understand all of their answers. Understanding is the first step toward heading in the right direction. In other words, today’s physicists, scientists and mathematicians have to be experts in their work instead of advocates for their work justifying what they think might be right.

Am I the right person to be a “Physics Detective?” Only time will tell. However, if I have questions that cannot be answered, there has to be others that also have the same questions. So, let’s ask the questions and see what happens. If I am wrong, so be it, no harm no foul. If my questions are valid, let’s see where they can lead us.