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A Possible Explanation for Shnoll Effect
Get PDFShnoll and collaborators have discovered strange repeating patterns of random fluctuations of physical observables such as the number n of nuclear decays in a given time interval. Periodically occurring peaks for the distribution of the number N(n) of measurements producing n events in a series of measurements as a function of n is observed instead of a single peak. The positions of the peaks are not random and the patterns depend on position and time varying periodically in time scales possibly assignable to Earth-Sun and Earth-Moon gravitational interaction.
These observations suggest a modification of the expected probability distributions but it is very difficult to imagine any physical mechanism in the standard physics framework. Rather, a universal deformation of predicted probability distributions would be in question requiring something analogous to the transition from classical physics to quantum physics.
The hint about the nature of the modification comes from the TGD inspired quantum measurement theory proposing a description of the notion of finite measurement resolution in terms of inclusions of so called hyper-finite factors of type II_1 (HFFs) and closely related quantum groups. Also p-adic physics -another key element of TGD- is expected to be involved. A modification of a given probability distribution P(n| λi) for a positive integer valued variable n characterized by rational-valued parameters λi is obtained by replacing n and the integers characterizing λi with so called quantum integers depending on the quantum phase qm=exp(i2π/m). Quantum integer nq must be defined as the product of quantum counterparts pq of the primes p appearing in the prime decomposition of n. One has pq= sin(2π p/m)/sin(2π/m) for p ≠ P and pq=P for p=P. m must satisfy m≥ 3, m≠ p, and m≠ 2p.
The quantum counterparts of positive integers can be negative. Therefore quantum distribution is defined first as p-adic valued distribution and then mapped by so called canonical identification I to a real distribution by the map taking p-adic -1 to P and powers Pn to P-n and other quantum primes to themselves and requiring that the mean value of n is for distribution and its quantum variant. The map I satisfies I(∑ Pn)=∑ I(Pn). The resulting distribution has peaks located periodically with periods coming as powers of P. Also periodicities with peaks corresponding to n=n+n-, n+q>0 with fixed n-q< 0.
The periodic dependence of the distributions would be most naturally assignable to the gravitational interaction of Earth with Sun and Moon and therefore to the periodic variation of Earth-Sun and Earth-Moon distances. The TGD inspired proposal is that the p-dic prime P and integer m characterizing the quantum distribution are determined by a process analogous to a state function reduction and their most probably values depend on the deviation of the distance R through the formulas Δ p/p≈ kpΔ R/R and Δ m/m≈ kmΔ R/R. The p-adic primes assignable to elementary particles are very large unlike the primes which could characterize the empirical distributions. The hierarchy of Planck constants allows the gravitational Planck constant assignable to the space-time sheets mediating gravitational interactions to have gigantic values and this allows p-adicity with small values of the p-adic prime P
Implementation of principles of Christianity: prerequisite of emergence of modern science and society
Get PDFIn the article the Christianity as essential prerequisite of emergence and development for European civilization is considered, that led to emergence of modern science and society. In its turn, development of Christianity with respect to the impact of Hellenic culture on it is considered. We come to conclusions that Christian faith is not so much controversal with scientific argument.
Rakstā kristietība aplūkota kā eiropeiskās civilizācijas rašanās un attīstības būtisks nosacījums, kas noved pie modernās zinātnes un sabiedrības rašanos. Savukārt pašas kristietības attīstība saistīta ar hellēnistiskās kultūras iespaidu uz to. Rakstā izdarīti secinājumi, ka ticība (š.g. kristietība) nav absolūtā pretrunā ar zinātnes atzinumiem
Observer Is a Function of Four-dimensional Timeless Space
Get PDFRecent research on time shows that one has to distinguish between physical time and psychological time. Physical time is run of clocks in space. Space itself is timeless. With clocks we measure material change i.e. motion that happen in space. Linear psychological time “past-present-future” is a result of neuronal activity of the brain. Observer is experiencing material change through psychological time. Observer is unchangeable and independent of psychological time running. This indicates that observer is not based on neuronal activity of the brain as psychological time is. Space and observer are both timeless. Here a proposal is taken that physical basis of the observer is space itself. In scientific exploration the process of observation is the function of space. Hypothetically every point of space has the function of observation. Human senses and brain are biological devices through which space experiences material change i.e. motion in space. Observer as a function of space is an integral part of the universe. This view opens new perspectives in understanding of Lorentz transformation and “proper time” of different inertial systems in Special Theory of Relativity
The Professional Competencies of the 21st Century Teacher
Get PDFAccording to the demands of many educational reforms, a teacher should not only be a provider of knowledge and skills, but also have a positive attitude towards innovations, feel the necessity for self education, and adopt a student centered teaching approach. Teachers are expected to develop professional skills and always try to be “an effective model of competence” (Bruner, 1976). For example, an examination of education students found that the main emphasis in their preparedness was subject area knowledge. Students did not report a focus on the personality traits. This study reports data gathered from education graduates about their perceptions of the level and extent of professional competence experienced during their preparation. This study has been carried out to reveal the interaction quality between the professionally valuable competences and the consequences of teaching process.
Key words: pedagogy, teacher preparation, teacher professional competences, teacher training
Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research 1(5). Focus Issue — Time & Consciousness: Two Faces of One Mystery?
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Guest Editorial
1. Time and Experience: Twins of the Eternal Now, Gregory M. Nixon, 482-489
Research Essay
1. Why Time Flies When You’re Having Fun, William A. Adams, 490-500
2. Liberation and Its Constraints: A Philosophical Analysis of Key Issues in Psychiatry, Steven Bindeman, 501-510
3. Now, Gordon Globus, 511-515
4. ‘Landscapes’ of Mentality, Consciousness and Time, Chris Nunn 516-528
5. Special Relativity and Perception: The Singular Time of Psychology and Physics, Stephen E. Robbins, 529-559
6. Phenomenal Time and its Biological Correlates, Ram L. P. Vimal & Christopher J. Davia, 560-572
Explorations
1. Time and Its Relationship to Consciousness: An Overview, Mansoor Malik & Maria Hipolito, 573-579
2. Time, Consciousness and the Foundations of Science, Stephen Deiss, 580-584
3. Contextual Division and the Analysis of Linear Time, Christopher Holvenstot, 585-609
4. How Unconditioned Consciousness, Infinite Information, Potential Energy, and Time Created Our Universe, Leon H. Maurer, 610-624
5. Whitehead and the Elusive Present: Process Philosophy’s Creative Core, Gregory M. Nixon, 625-63
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An Overview About Evolution of TGD
No full textThis chapter provides a bird's eye view about evolution of TGD. The geometrization of fundamental interactions assuming that space-times
are representable as 4-surfaces of H=M^4xCP_2 is wherefrom everything began. The two manners to understand TGD is TGD as a Poincare
invariant theory of gravitation obtained by fusing special and general relativities, and TGD as a generalization of string model obtained my replacing 1-dimensional strings with 3-surfaces. The fusion of these approaches leads to the notion of many-sheeted space-time
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