Robert A. Herrmann

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"WE CAN'T DO THAT"

(A picture of a thunderhead)

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FOR THE THUNDERHEAD SCIENCE GIVES
DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF
1. ICE CRYSTALS
2. WATER DROPLETS
3. INTERNAL WINDS
4. LIGHTNING, ETC.

FOR THE UNIVERSE SCIENCE GIVES
DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF
5. STARS
6. GALAXIES
7. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
8. OUR EARTH
9. ATOMS, ETC.

EACH ENTRY 1, 2, . . , 9, . .
IS CALLED A NATURAL SYSTEM
AND IS STUDIED INDIVIDUALLY

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WHAT COULD SCIENCE NOT DO?

WELL, NATURE TAKES THESE INDIVIDUAL
NATURAL SYSTEMS AND COMBINES THEM TOGETHER
TO OBTAIN A THUNDERHEAD OR A UNIVERSE.

BUT, SCIENTISTS WERE NOT ABLE TO DESCRIBE
A FEW SIMPLE PROCESSES THAT MIGHT EXIST
SOMEWHERE AND THAT COULD ALSO COMBINE
TOGETHER THESE NATURAL SYSTEMS AND PRODUCES
THE THUNDERHEAD OR, INDEED, OUR UNIVERSE.

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GENERAL GRAND UNIFICATION PROBLEM

THE SOLUTION ALSO ANSWERS WHAT ARE
CALLED THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
WITHIN PHYSICS.

HOW DID OUR UNIVERSE COME INTO BEING?

OF WHAT IS EMPTY SPACE COMPOSED?

FIRST, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY EMPTY SPACE?

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TERMINOLOGY

COSMOGONY

A SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION FOR HOW

UNIVERSES MIGHT BE CREATED
COSMOLOGY

A DESCRIPTION FOR HOW A PARTICULAR
UNIVERSE EVOLVES OR CHANGES ITS
APPEARANCE WITH RESPECT TO TIME

THERE IS MORE THAN ONE DESCRIPTION
FOR HOW OUR UNIVERSE MAY HAVE STARTED

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BIG BANG
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VERY, VERY HOT
SOUP
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SUDDENLY SPACE EXPANDS
AND STUFF COOLS
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CERTAIN NATURAL
LAWS TAKE OVER
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3000 K
700,000 YRS
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GASES ARE
FORMED
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STARS
ARE FORMED
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GALAXIES, EARTH
YOU AND I

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ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED BY
MATHEMATICAL METHODS

THE UNIVERSE CREATING PROCESSES
BEHAVE LIKE AN
INFINITELY POWERFUL MIND
OR COMPUTER

OF COURSE, IT'S NOT A COMPUTER BUT
BEHAVES LIKE ONE
THIS IS THE IDEA OF A MODEL

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YOU TYPE IN A VERY LONG BUT REAL

WORD

THEN SUDDENLY YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN

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THE MOMENT BEFORE 3000K.

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(This indicates the gas formation that may lead to star formation}

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(Develops into a somewhat dense star field.)

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(Develops into a spiral nebula.)

8d

[ (Note: Depending on the time frame of this talk, I use 8d to show where the Earth might be etc. or the following:)

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THEN FOLLOWS MANY OF THESE

And one of these
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WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TYPED IN A
DIFFERENT WORD?

AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT UNIVERSE
WOULD BE CREATED. IN FACT
MILLIONS OF DIFFERENT IMAGINATIVE
UNIVERSES CAN BE CREATED.
IT COULD START OUT LIKE THIS.

THE MOMENT BEFORE 3000K

OR



THE MODEL HAS AN IMAGINATION.

BUT, I MUST USE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD.




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INFINITELY MAGNIFYING A POINT IN SPACE WE SEE

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YOU "SEE" A BACKGROUND UNIVERSE
WHICH IS
OMNIPRESENT.

IT'S PRESENT EVERYWHERE IN
OUR UNIVERSE.

IN THIS BACKGROUND UNIVERSE ARE
ALL THE PROCESSES AND THINGS THAT
ARE USED TO CONSTRUCT UNIVERSES. BUT
WE CAN'T KNOW ANY DETAILS

WE CAN KNOW GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT
THESE UNIVERSE CREATING PROCESSES.

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A FIELD OF SUBPARTICLES
THIS FIELD IS THE EMPTY SPACE ITSELF.
THESE OBJECTS COMBINED TOGETHER AND YIELD
THE ``STUFF'' INSIDE ANY NATURAL UNIVERSE.

A PIECE OF THE GLUE.

THEY BEHAVE SOMEWHAT LIKE THE MATERIAL ON
A BLANK COMPUTER SCREEN.
YOU "SEE" THE UNIVERSE WHEN THE STUFF
IS ACTIVATED.

WE NEED RULES TO BUILD THE STUFF AND
RULES THAT FORCE THE STUFF BUILT TO
BEHAVE IN A SPECIFIC MANNER.
WHERE DO THESE RULES COME FROM?

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(Note: I use here the toy know as a superball as an illustration of something that contains a super amount of information.)

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SUPERBALL

(Note: The ultrawords are the things that contain this "super amount" of information.)

ULTRAWORDS
A ONE LINE COMPUTER INPUT

SUPER AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
BUILDING PLANS
HOW EACH NATURAL SYSTEM MUST BEHAVE.

BUT THE CONDITIONS MUST BE JUST RIGHT
BEFORE THIS INFORMATION IS FORTHCOMING.

INITIAL CONDITIONS

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FOR PERSONAL REASONS, YOU TYPE IN
AN ULTRAWORD.

WE NEED A ``BUILT IN'' COMPUTER PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM IS PRODUCED BY THE SAME
MATH. WHICH PREDICTS ALL OF THE ULTRA-STUFF
THE ``BUILT IN'' PART IS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT OF ALL PROCESSES.

INFINITELY POWERFUL MICROPROCESSOR
THE "*S'' ULTRALOGIC

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*S-ULTRALOGIC APPLIED TO AN ULTRAWORD

IS LIKE A FORCE THAT GIVES A BEGINNING,

IN ALL CASES, TO THE UNIVERSE.

IT COMBINES EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND GIVES

THE MOMENT-TO-MOMENT CHANGES TO THE

BEHAVIOR OF A NATURAL SYSTEM JUST LIKE

IT APPEARS ON THE COMPUTER MONITOR.

EACH CHANGE IS A NATURAL EVENT

... E_{20} --> E_{21} --> E_{22} --> E_{23} --> E_{24} --> ...

B U T SOMETHING ELSE IS ALSO OCCURRING

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... U_i .. U_j ...................... .... U_k .. U_n ...
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... E_{21} --> E_{22}-->....--> E_{50} --> E_{51}...

THE Us ARE CALLED ULTRANATURAL EVENTS.
THEY OCCUR BETWEEN EVERY NATURAL EVENT.
WE CAN KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THEM BUT
THEY MOST OCCUR AND THEY ARE
THE OTHER PART OF THE GLUE
THAT KEEPS OUR UNIVERSE TOGETHER.

OTHER THINGS ARE GOING ON AS WELL.

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IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM THIS TALK
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE AWAY WITH YOU
THIS ESTABLISHED RESULT.

THE PROCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO CREATE
OUR UNIVERSE SEEM
TO BEHAVE LIKE

AN INFINITELY POWERFUL
MIND

AS ILLUSTRATED BY AN INFINITELY POWER COMPUTER.

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