In a masterly move, R. A. Smith explains that the physicist must concern themself with what is observable to the naked eye. The observable is established by the condition of ocular perception. Further, every instrument used to either macroscope or microscope, for example the microscope or the telescope---all that is observable depends on the perception of the naked eye. So that if one is talking about observing light or light phenomena from a "distant" galaxy, one relies upon an observatory which produces images in a digital manner, and these are then interpreted by persons with the naked eye. The human eye then, is the proving ground of every empirical or theoretical observation in physics.
Microscopic and macroscopic data are always dependent upon ocular perception. This is Smith's first masterstroke.
The next masterstroke is this: the universe is dimension-less. This for the simple reason that the universe has no 'outside'. Without an external referent system to ground one's measurement of dimension---for example, a boat on the ocean is small because the magnitude of the ocean. This same boat is enormous in relation to a pond, or even moreso with reference to a mudpuddle. Now consider that this relativity of scale and magnitude is the same for all observable phenomena in the universe. A boat in the middle of an infinite sea is absolutely relative---it is described as a point. Now we cannot say that this infinite sea resides in another infinite sea without ushering in an infinite regress, a neverending series. This seems to be the mental error at the heart of the Big Bang Theory which renders it completely unintelligible, false and even mythical to Smith.
Smith's punctual physics asserts that the beginning of the universe is instantaneous----points filled the universe completely and instantaneously. Hence the physics which underlies its architecture must entail points (even, pointillism)---this masterstroke requires a new conception of time and space. Provided that indeed Smith's account were accurate, then what type of physics would follow? This is called 'exigency'. It would be the physics of points, and the essential relations of these points would be the basis of the physics
Smith calls this RIM-the radical integer matrix.
Traditionally, dimensions are at the very core of physics; length, heighth, width and time-space. The metaphoric term 'fabric' as in fabric of the universe enjoys current use. When we are asked to consider the meaning of dimension-less physics, a number of problems arise for our understanding, How much of the universe can be empirically observed---the 'scaleable' universe---becomes a matter of crucial significance.
Microscopic and macroscopic data are always dependent upon ocular perception. This is Smith's first masterstroke.
The next masterstroke is this: the universe is dimension-less. This for the simple reason that the universe has no 'outside'. Without an external referent system to ground one's measurement of dimension---for example, a boat on the ocean is small because the magnitude of the ocean. This same boat is enormous in relation to a pond, or even moreso with reference to a mudpuddle. Now consider that this relativity of scale and magnitude is the same for all observable phenomena in the universe. A boat in the middle of an infinite sea is absolutely relative---it is described as a point. Now we cannot say that this infinite sea resides in another infinite sea without ushering in an infinite regress, a neverending series. This seems to be the mental error at the heart of the Big Bang Theory which renders it completely unintelligible, false and even mythical to Smith.
Smith's punctual physics asserts that the beginning of the universe is instantaneous----points filled the universe completely and instantaneously. Hence the physics which underlies its architecture must entail points (even, pointillism)---this masterstroke requires a new conception of time and space. Provided that indeed Smith's account were accurate, then what type of physics would follow? This is called 'exigency'. It would be the physics of points, and the essential relations of these points would be the basis of the physics
Smith calls this RIM-the radical integer matrix.
Traditionally, dimensions are at the very core of physics; length, heighth, width and time-space. The metaphoric term 'fabric' as in fabric of the universe enjoys current use. When we are asked to consider the meaning of dimension-less physics, a number of problems arise for our understanding, How much of the universe can be empirically observed---the 'scaleable' universe---becomes a matter of crucial significance.
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