Foreword
...We are back at the limits of the Universe. The microscopic universe that is; and it is starting to seem as the world is becoming more "Pixelated", as we continue to peer ever closer at the subatomic side of reality. That is where we can start to notice something as though it were literally coming from a science fiction novel of some sorts. And before we delve into the details of this topic, though, let's ask ourselves this question... "Why in the world does our artificial world most often times differ so much from that of nature?"-There are just so many differences. One of the most intriguing thoughts I have ever read concerning this aspect of our reality, would be this- "Society has been Innovative (collectively speaking) for centuries upon centuries. And what do we have as a result? We have yet to produce even a single blade of grass." Once I got word of this realization, I was outright "flattered". Note that from what I have inferred that the original quote has to do with society's advancements, possibly our technology. Anyways, another question that also deals with such things would be why it is that we just do not find order in nature. I am drawing another blank here when it comes to this. Could some one lend me some insight? Also, why is it that nature is unable to reproduce what mankind has produced? Or are all of these notions (thoughts) just part of the same form of a paradox, in which we really are part of nature. Or maybe nature is then part of us. Honestly, the first sentence would probably seem to make more sense, to me, at least. That we actually are part of nature! Think about all of the things that we are currently striving to obtain- advancements such as teleportation, as well as time travel, and still others. And yet these kinds of phenomenon are not really known to exist out in the natural world- are they?
Up until recently, physicists have not known about the fact that some kinds of particles seem to vanish on their own! Yes, that is right-particles that have the ability to exist here and now, are the same particles that might exist somewhere else a moment later. One may ask, why in the world is this strange? After all, particles are in constant motion everywhere, even when it has to do with ordinary matter that might seem static to us. However, This phenomenon in particular differentiates itself from say, static, or thermal energies, because it is what can essentially be considered as a form of quantum teleportation- this is probably not exactly the kind of teleportation one might usually think about. Because it's not due to manmade processes, or technology- it's in it's own, natural form! If there were anything at all that could be considered as magic in the world, then this phenomenon would fit right in.
What other exciting discoveries might we make when it comes to the field of scientific advancement? For now, though, all is only a matter of time. However, another question would be, when will WE achieve teleportation? If nature can achieve such "magic" results, or phenomenon, at the microscopic level... then can the same still hold true for large scale phenomenon? Perhaps, the phenomenon is happening everywhere, all around us, on many different scales; and we are not able to notice these things, because we live in what could be considered an "alternate level of reality". Another, hidden, dimension can be out there somewhere, harboring the production of microscopic, as well as large-scale, phenomenon. And again, this phenomenon may be interacting with the world that is right in front of us- our three dimensional -and just like data points on a graph, we would have practically no idea about these kinds of phenomenon. Now, this being said, let me take you to something which I've forgotten to mention in my previous posts. Let's talk a little bit more about the data points on a graph.
The reason we do not notice the curved-like properties of graphs... is because we usually want to connect our data points as simply as possible. And we do this by using lines, instead of curves. And the nature of these graphs, particularly those on which the x-axis consists of time, can show us a glimpse of what it can be like sometimes in the fourth dimension- which is time- although, we cannot see this time directly just by staring at graphs. However, we could be able to get a better idea of what is happening in four-dimensional space if we were to just create a four dimensional graph- and incorporate it into our third dimension! An example of such kinds of graphs would be those showing the solar system, and it's relationship differs between time and velocity. In such a graph, we can notice that as each planet in our solar system moves in an orbit around our sun, it is also the Sun which revolves in space... around the center of the Milky Way. And therefore, it take the planets along with it! And through these four dimensions, we will notice that the celestial bodies don't just create orbits- they also create spiralled paths! And the spirals may look like various shapes- it all depends on what perspective you are looking at it from. From our 3d perspective, we might view these spirals as just simple ellipses. However, if we were to stay here on Earth, then would we even know that they are round orbits? After all, it does look like a more or less straight path. Especially since we observe these such objects moving so slowely. It is as if we were to oberve plants getting taller; you cannot notice these changes with the unaided eye. However, the orbits of celestial bodies may also be viewed like the photons I described earlier, which take similar paths. As a matter of fact, we might not even notice, just by observ at the planets, that they travel in spirals! Because to us, the third dimension still looks pretty much a LOT like the second dimension! Consider a slinky, or spring, for example. Viewed from the side, a spring will look as if it's just made up of waves. Even though it is really actually made up of circles (spirals). And we can still change the position of the spiral. Then we might still not notice that we are looking at a spring. It may seem very difficult to imagine or grasp; however, this perception is just based on our own sense of vision. And our vision, just along with all of our other senses, can be considered subjective. And as I have written in another one of my recent posts, this is the exact same reason for why we still do not know about an overwhelming amount of things! And this is the reason behind why we perceive a slinky as being what it is. Although what it truly looks like is just something from the second dimension: a wavelike structure that is "undulating". In other words, just some waves whose characteristics are changing. Look at it from the side, and the waves have a low frequency, while looking at more from one end than from the side, it appears if though the waves are just higher frequencies, or shorter wavelengths. (More bunched up together).
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