torsdag 15 februari 2024

Emergence vs Playing Dice



Follow the emergence of structure when dropping a stone in a pond  in this code from Model Workshop Leibniz World of Math exhibiting a very rich world of emerging from simple basic laws with playing dice.

The wisdom of modern physicists since 100 years is that the Schrödinger wave function of quantum mechanics supposedly describing atom physics, represents a probability distribution as if electrons and protons forming atoms play dice or roulette to evolve in time from which the World emerges with all its amazing features. 

In other words (connecting to the previous post), modern physicists embrace an idea of:

  • Emergence of complex coordinated ordered phenomena from playing dice. 
But is it possible that order can emerge from playing dice? This question was addressed in the book The Dice Man by George Cockcroft and the answer was No. It does not work to play dice to take the decisions required to go through life. It ends in chaos without order. 

The same result is to be expected concerning the physics of atoms forming the world. The idea of atoms playing dice lacks scientific logic. An atom is an elementary simple thing and as such, cannot include a roulette wheel/ball as something complex and so unpredictable. An atom does not have the capacity to play roulette! RealQM offers an new Schrödinger equation as a continuum model in 3 space dimension which is free of roulette statistics. 

The emergence of a surface wave of water comes from coordinated motion of water particles reacting to forces without the help of any dice playing. Emergence of patterns in physical systems is the result of increasing difference while playing dice represents decreasing difference. 

In real physics both play a role: Increasing difference without limit leads to break-down. Without difference no structures. This aspect is investigated in setting accessible for a general audience in The Clock and the Arrow, 

There is a connection to Darwin's theory of Evolution as emergence of complex living organisms from playing dice combined with selection of fittest. This is a very simple theory and as such cannot explain much. In particular, there is evidence that evolution of life is driven by environmental pressure as if there is presence of some form of intelligent design. 


2 kommentarer:

  1. Interesting. What is the "evidence that evolution of life is driven by environmental pressure as if there (is) presence of some form of intelligent design. "?

    SvaraRadera
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    1. Machine learning developing AI is one example of such a process. Can Darwin explain that? Or the development of homo sapiens equipped with intelligence?

      Radera