A discrete lattice structure would also violate Lorentz-symmetry, since the
mimimum distance would look different in different reference frames, and
there would be one preferred frame where the distance was maximized.
Jesse
>From: Russell Standish <r.standish.domain.name.hidden>
>To: John Ross <jross.domain.name.hidden>
>CC: "'Hal Ruhl'" <HalRuhl.domain.name.hidden>, everything-list.domain.name.hidden.com
>Subject: Re: ROSS MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE - The Simplest Yet Theory of
>Everything
>Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:56:23 +1000
>
>But look at your assumptions.
>
>* 3 dimensions
>* a discrete lattice structure: what sets the unit cell size
>* face centre cubic - why this layout, and not one of the other
> possible crystalline types
>* what are these higher energy dances? It seems if you add energy to a
> FCC crystal, you just melt the crystal. Where do these additional
> states come from?
>
>Cheers
>
>On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 04:46:19PM -0700, John Ross wrote:
> > Because there is only one particle (and its anti-particle) and one
> > force from which the entire universe is built. How could there be
> > anything simpler?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Russell Standish [mailto:r.standish.domain.name.hidden]
> > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:06 PM
> > To: Hal Ruhl
> > Cc: everything-list.domain.name.hidden
> > Subject: Re: ROSS MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE - The Simplest Yet Theory of
> > Everything
> >
> >
> > Why is this the simplest? It looks horrendously complicated to me.
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 06:07:26PM -0400, Hal Ruhl wrote:
> > > Actually the simplest potential model of our universe I know of is
> > > mine [was I first with this idea?] which I have posted on before. It
> > > is just a discrete point space where the points are confined to
> > > regions arranged on a face centered cubic grid and "particles" are
> > > just dances of these points. It is like 3D cellular automaton where
> > > each point independently polls its 12 nearest neighbors and then
> > > updates its position in its region based on the outcome and a Huge
> > > Look Up Table.
> > >
> > > The face centered cubic arrangement of regions where the 12 nearest
> > > neighbors are arranged so that there are six inline triples and the
> > > central or 13th region is the middle region in each triple seems to
> > > have low level oscillations that support the types and family size of
> > > known particles. This is considered the low energy arrangement of
> > > regions and does not prevent higher energy arrangements and thus
> > > higher energy dances "particles" Large objects are just huge
> > > coordinated dances. Dances can move through the grid but the points
> > can
> > > not.
> > >
> > > Hal Ruhl
> > >
> >
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