A Theory & Practice of the Crusades & the Inquisition
On the Controversies of the Origin & End of the Universe
1. On the Controversies of the
Origin & End of the Universe
An Attempt at a Synthesis
Philorum 2012
2. Definition
• Controversy is a state of prolonged public
dispute or debate, usually concerning a
matter of opinion. The word was coined from
the Latin controversia, as a composite of
controversus – "turned in an opposite
direction," from contra – "against" – and
vertere – to turn, or versus (see verse), hence,
"to turn against."
6. Controversies
• If the universe came • How can we assume a
from nothing, then “big crunch” when
nothing exists AND observational data
everything does not reveals an expanding
exist. universe at an
• If the universe came accelerating rate?
from something, what is • Entropy: will the
that something & from universe dissolve itself
where did it come? out of existence &
return to its origins of
nothing?
7. Challenge
• Superstition & politics • Science & mathematics
hinges on faith and hinges on laws that are
assumptions to accept consistent regardless or
controversies as changes in
“givens” “assumptions”
• Ex. There will always be • Ex. Traffic laws
traffic accidents accommodate human
because of human flaws flaw & prevent
which justifies accidents & achieve
outcomes (FATE) results (PURPOSE)
9. Cosmology: History of Controversy
• Aristotle & Empiricism
• Newton & Gravity
• Einstein & Theory of Relativity
• Maxwell & Electromagnetic Theory
• Bohr & Quantum Physics
• Eternal Inflation-Dark Energy-String Theory
14. Catastrophe & Chaos
• Bifurcation occurs when a small smooth change
made to the parameter values (the bifurcation
parameters) of a system causes a sudden
'qualitative' or topological change in its behaviour
16. Within & Between Systems
• Local bifurcations, • Global bifurcations,
which can be analysed which often occur when
entirely through larger invariant sets of
changes in the local the system 'collide' with
stability properties of each other, or with
equilibria, periodic equilibria of the system.
orbits or other invariant They cannot be
sets as parameters detected purely by a
cross through critical stability analysis of the
thresholds; and equilibria (fixed points).
24. Compatible?
• Big Bang & the Higgs • Bifurcating Universe &
Boson/“God Particle” Catastrophe Theory
• Oscillating Universe • “Big Tear”
• Quantum Mechanics vs • Chaos & Catastrophe
Relativity Theories
• Time Travel • Fractal Geometry
• “Multiverses” • Realm of Possibilities &
the Next Dimension
25. Not an End but the Next Stage
Relativity
Imaginary Newtonian
Numbers Physics
New Maths Electromagnetics
Quantum
Mechanics
Energy
Theory of Neutrinos
Everything? Quarks
Strings
Time Space
Anti-Matter
Matter
Big Bang
Big Tear
34. Another Perspective
• A God Particle • “Tipping Points”
• “Big Bang” • Great Bifurcation
• “Big Crunch” • “Big Tear”
• Multiverse • Multiple Dimensions
Chaos Theory
Catastrophe Theory
Fractal Geometry
35. Paradigm Shift?
Universes we compute for
are real; first “in our head”
Reflection then when applied in our
“external reality”
Cognition
At this point, physical
Sentience science has a lot in
common with the social
sciences
Life
Information
Matter
Theory of
S Energy?
36. Telling the Story
• Getting stuck with the map of myth & legend
• The story of a possibility out of infinity
• Studying history to chart the future
• Caveat: Dr. Frankenstein Syndrome
– Remain accountable