The Concept
Space and time are great inventions of the mind to help it comprehend the world, at least in the scale range of our experience. But what could be the source in nature that led to the evolutionary development of these two tenacious and extremely useful perceptions? I have hypothesized that a single entity in nature , which, for convenient reference, I will call “tise,” underlies both of these perceptions. Tise is all of what we perceive as space and time. Tise is comprised of infinitesimally small quanta, which I will call “tisons.” I introduce the words “tise” (from TIme SpacE) and “tison” reluctantly, but necessarily, because tise is conceptually very different from the spacetime of modern physics.
If we could somehow observe tisons, they would appear to us to travel in a straight line at the speed of light. In a sense, we can observe them as light rays, which, in this concept, are comprised of energized tisons. (To be more precise in reference to this concept, I should use the term “speed of tisons” rather than “speed of light," but will stay with the latter, more familiar, term.)
Although tise is based on probability rather than determinism, it may not conflict with the predictability of relativity theory as discussed later, and, on a small scale, it may ultimately offer a solution to the need for background-independent formulation of string theory.
In this concept, tisons are the carriers of light and all other electromagnetic energy. A light photon, for example, may then be considered as a string of tisons energized by a quantum of light. Neutrinos, in this concept, also consist of energized tisons. Although tisons are too small to ever be detected, we can visualize tise simply by seeing light in a new and radically different way. Instead of thinking of light as energy quanta emitted from a source such as a lamp, we can visualize it as energy quanta transferred from the source to the innumerable tisons passing through the source in every direction. Tise, then, is what radiates throughout the universe, and radiant energy is composed of energized tisons. Electromagnetic energy then has no inherent velocity and the term “radiation” takes on a different meaning. It is tise that radiates; energy gets a free ride.
In the generation of electromagnetic waves by an antenna, whenever a charged particle is accelerated, it is said to radiate energy. In the tise concept, it simply releases energy to tisons passing through in all directions.
This question naturally arises: how can tisons be carriers of energy if tisons appear to travel in straight lines at the velocity of light while energy is so easily redirected, slowed or absorbed? In this concept, energy quanta exchange among tisons whenever the energy is redirected by any means, such as reflection, refraction, diffraction or dispersion. The tisons maintain their directions as the energy transfers to other tisons having the new directions of the energy quanta, or as the energy quanta are slowed or absorbed while passing through any form of matter. Just as certain electromagnetic energy (e.g. light) quanta are released by matter and, in this concept, transferred to tisons passing through, other arriving energy quanta are absorbed by matter.
If space and time are not part of nature, why do we perceive them? As the brain evolved various perceptions of energy such as color and "solid" matter, it also evolved the perceptions of tise as space and time. Assuming that the tise concept is valid, I cannot imagine any different result of evolution of its perception in conscious beings with senses such as ours. Certainly, because such beings could not sense tise or tisons in any way, evolutionary development of direct perception of the nature of tise would be impossible.
Because of our ingrained evolved perceptions, it is not easy for us to visualize space and time, on a small scale, as different perceptions of a single entity. However, let us consider that we have no difficulty in thinking of the distance to a star in a time-related term, i.e. light-years.
Tise is, of course, entirely different from the discredited static ether concept of old. Tise is the dynamic fabric of the universe. In the following text, I will discuss the tise concept as not only an alternative to the concept of spacetime, but also as a quantized modification of both special and general relativity.
Although the tise concept may be indistinguishable from the relativity theories in respect to predictability, there are two fundamental differences between them. One is that the spacetime of relativity was derived mathematically not from any basis in mind-independent nature but rather from the evolved perceptions of space and time, whereas, conversely, the tise concept is based on the hypothesis that tise is the source in nature of those evolved perceptions. The other difference is, of course, that relativity is based on determinism whereas tise is probabilistic.
The tise concept, incidentally, conforms to Occam's razor, one translation of which is: “One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.” This concept requires only a single entity to explain the nature of our space and time perceptions. Even spacetime requires two entities (space and time) for its derivation.
In this concept, since all electromagnetic radiation is energized tisons, the somewhat abstract concept of electromagnetic field might be replaced by the more concrete concept of electromagnetically energized tise. In any case, Maxwell's equations, as well as many other basic equations of physics, would need to be reformulated, for basic science purposes, to obviate the perceptions of space and time, which are incorporated in existing formulations.
I do not mean to imply that the concepts of space, time and spacetime should be excluded from all scientific studies. However, in the search for the ultimate unification of physics, I submit that space, time and even spacetime, as perception-based concepts outside the scope of mind-independent nature, should be put aside.
I submit that Einstein might have arrived at this tise concept if he had not been so sure that “God does not play dice”, and if he had considered more fully the role of evolution of the brain in perceptions of nature. Indeed, he appears to have come close to the tise concept in his statement:
“But it must now be remembered that there is an infinite number of spaces, which are in motion with respect to each other .The concept of space as something existing objectively and independent of things belongs to pre-scientific thought, but not so the idea of an infinite number of spaces in motion relative to each other. The latter idea is logically unavoidable, but is far from having played a considerable role even in scientific thought.” (Einstein, p.139, my italics.)
If Einstein had just thought instead of “the idea of an infinite number of quanta of the source of our space and time perceptions, in relative motion to each other,” he may soon have achieved his goal of a unified theory.
Space and time are great inventions of the mind to help it comprehend the world, at least in the scale range of our experience. But what could be the source in nature that led to the evolutionary development of these two tenacious and extremely useful perceptions? I have hypothesized that a single entity in nature , which, for convenient reference, I will call “tise,” underlies both of these perceptions. Tise is all of what we perceive as space and time. Tise is comprised of infinitesimally small quanta, which I will call “tisons.” I introduce the words “tise” (from TIme SpacE) and “tison” reluctantly, but necessarily, because tise is conceptually very different from the spacetime of modern physics.
If we could somehow observe tisons, they would appear to us to travel in a straight line at the speed of light. In a sense, we can observe them as light rays, which, in this concept, are comprised of energized tisons. (To be more precise in reference to this concept, I should use the term “speed of tisons” rather than “speed of light," but will stay with the latter, more familiar, term.)
Although tise is based on probability rather than determinism, it may not conflict with the predictability of relativity theory as discussed later, and, on a small scale, it may ultimately offer a solution to the need for background-independent formulation of string theory.
In this concept, tisons are the carriers of light and all other electromagnetic energy. A light photon, for example, may then be considered as a string of tisons energized by a quantum of light. Neutrinos, in this concept, also consist of energized tisons. Although tisons are too small to ever be detected, we can visualize tise simply by seeing light in a new and radically different way. Instead of thinking of light as energy quanta emitted from a source such as a lamp, we can visualize it as energy quanta transferred from the source to the innumerable tisons passing through the source in every direction. Tise, then, is what radiates throughout the universe, and radiant energy is composed of energized tisons. Electromagnetic energy then has no inherent velocity and the term “radiation” takes on a different meaning. It is tise that radiates; energy gets a free ride.
In the generation of electromagnetic waves by an antenna, whenever a charged particle is accelerated, it is said to radiate energy. In the tise concept, it simply releases energy to tisons passing through in all directions.
This question naturally arises: how can tisons be carriers of energy if tisons appear to travel in straight lines at the velocity of light while energy is so easily redirected, slowed or absorbed? In this concept, energy quanta exchange among tisons whenever the energy is redirected by any means, such as reflection, refraction, diffraction or dispersion. The tisons maintain their directions as the energy transfers to other tisons having the new directions of the energy quanta, or as the energy quanta are slowed or absorbed while passing through any form of matter. Just as certain electromagnetic energy (e.g. light) quanta are released by matter and, in this concept, transferred to tisons passing through, other arriving energy quanta are absorbed by matter.
If space and time are not part of nature, why do we perceive them? As the brain evolved various perceptions of energy such as color and "solid" matter, it also evolved the perceptions of tise as space and time. Assuming that the tise concept is valid, I cannot imagine any different result of evolution of its perception in conscious beings with senses such as ours. Certainly, because such beings could not sense tise or tisons in any way, evolutionary development of direct perception of the nature of tise would be impossible.
Because of our ingrained evolved perceptions, it is not easy for us to visualize space and time, on a small scale, as different perceptions of a single entity. However, let us consider that we have no difficulty in thinking of the distance to a star in a time-related term, i.e. light-years.
Tise is, of course, entirely different from the discredited static ether concept of old. Tise is the dynamic fabric of the universe. In the following text, I will discuss the tise concept as not only an alternative to the concept of spacetime, but also as a quantized modification of both special and general relativity.
Although the tise concept may be indistinguishable from the relativity theories in respect to predictability, there are two fundamental differences between them. One is that the spacetime of relativity was derived mathematically not from any basis in mind-independent nature but rather from the evolved perceptions of space and time, whereas, conversely, the tise concept is based on the hypothesis that tise is the source in nature of those evolved perceptions. The other difference is, of course, that relativity is based on determinism whereas tise is probabilistic.
The tise concept, incidentally, conforms to Occam's razor, one translation of which is: “One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.” This concept requires only a single entity to explain the nature of our space and time perceptions. Even spacetime requires two entities (space and time) for its derivation.
In this concept, since all electromagnetic radiation is energized tisons, the somewhat abstract concept of electromagnetic field might be replaced by the more concrete concept of electromagnetically energized tise. In any case, Maxwell's equations, as well as many other basic equations of physics, would need to be reformulated, for basic science purposes, to obviate the perceptions of space and time, which are incorporated in existing formulations.
I do not mean to imply that the concepts of space, time and spacetime should be excluded from all scientific studies. However, in the search for the ultimate unification of physics, I submit that space, time and even spacetime, as perception-based concepts outside the scope of mind-independent nature, should be put aside.
I submit that Einstein might have arrived at this tise concept if he had not been so sure that “God does not play dice”, and if he had considered more fully the role of evolution of the brain in perceptions of nature. Indeed, he appears to have come close to the tise concept in his statement:
“But it must now be remembered that there is an infinite number of spaces, which are in motion with respect to each other .The concept of space as something existing objectively and independent of things belongs to pre-scientific thought, but not so the idea of an infinite number of spaces in motion relative to each other. The latter idea is logically unavoidable, but is far from having played a considerable role even in scientific thought.” (Einstein, p.139, my italics.)
If Einstein had just thought instead of “the idea of an infinite number of quanta of the source of our space and time perceptions, in relative motion to each other,” he may soon have achieved his goal of a unified theory.
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