Reply To: Plan B for Focus Fusion

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Steven Sesselmann wrote:

I wouldn’t toss out the old knowledge yet, but I am up for looking at old things in a new light.

I agree, we need to retain our pre-existing knowledge, just suppose a different and hopefully simpler theory to explain the world.

My thoughts at the moment are leaning towards a world that is completely governed by electrostatic potential, where all four forces are explained by a single parameter. Say goodbye to gravity, strong force, weak force, and electromagnetic force. Further, the whole concept of force is wrong, no object is ever pushed or pulled by another object, stuff simply moves from the past to the future along the arrow of time.

Anyone who comes up with a new theory will face an uphill battle to get it accepted, established thought is thoroughly embedded. People who choose to work in science are often conservative introverts, and people who launch new ideas are often extrovert, which may explain why it takes so long between each new revolution in science. In a funny kind of a way, Einstein was a scientist and also a bit of an extrovert, and managed to sell his ideas to the world.

Step 1 is to find a problem that needs a new theory (easy)
Step 2 is to propose a theory that explains the problem (difficult)
Step 3 is to propose and experiment to prove it (usually very difficult)

Steven

Look for a book on a theory called expansion theory. It has an alternative explanation of the universe based upon electrons and the change of space itself. It’s a pretty easy read. The book points out many flaws in accepted science but it doesn’t really prove it’s own hypothesis. If you like it there are similar theories like it. The problem is expansion theory has proven wrong when tested against everyday life.

I also disagree; new theories are hard. Very, very hard to come up with. The burden of proof is that you must explain all that is known experimentally and things that are not known. Given all the time put into the standard model, a single human in a single lifetime cannot hope to produce such a theory. Einstein, a maverick and a genius, only scratched the potential of his theory. Right or wrong he never saw some of the most significant tests of his theory.