Saturday, May 12, 2012

"Good" and the Structure of Reality


Here is a thought experiment idea on how God is reality and good is the structure of reality.  The basics of the idea can be lumped into two parts.

A) As I've discussed before, one can say that consciousness creates reality in the same way that time-space changes 3d objects, or that the bending of a 2d shape creates a 3d shape, the bending of a line creates a 2d shape, the stretching, or changing of a point creates a line...
Another way of saying this, which may not seem related at all, is that a point (which is 0D) without another point is meaningless, but the second point creates a line (which is 1D).  A line only has significance if it interacts with something else - a point, another line, whatever - but by doing so, it creates a plane (2D). The same logic applies to reality - a reality without something outside of the reality to appreciate it, is meaningless, but the interaction between the reality and the "something" adds a new dimension.  This logic could be continued on to infinity.  In the end, the infinity is self-contained - "infinite oneness". 

[As an aside, two boxes (3d) do not create a new dimension, it is only through their interaction that time-space (4d) is created.  At the very least, they interact through gravitational attraction.  Gravity is an observed phenomena, but I do not know if the interaction of the boxes is due to the necessity of the two boxes to interact in order to create a reality in which there are two boxes, or something else.  But in any case, I would be interested to know if a particle that pops into existence immediately interacts with all other particles, or if there is a speed of gravity...  I guess this could be answered by the rate at which a loss of mass causes a reduction in gravitational attraction... if this could be measured.  If there is a "speed of gravity", then there is a limit to the rate of change of reality.  I think this is equivalent to the 180 (or 90) degree limit to the bending (or changing the relative direction) of a line from 1D to 2D.]

[Another aside - if a particle pops in and out of existence, it could transmit a gravitational effect that carries on long after it is gone.  If a large number of particles pop in and out, then a large gravitational effect could be created.  The measure of the effect could predict the probability of a particle popping into existence. ]

[A third aside - what is a force?  Gravity, electro-magnetism, weak nuclear, strong nuclear - they all seem to be probability troughs.]

[A fourth aside... Gravity acts continuously, it does not have a wave behavior, except with respect to the relative position and distance of the masses, which are determined by electromagnetic waves... If an electron is partially in one part of a cloud and partially in another part of the cloud, can it interact gravitationally with its self?]

B) A reality without a consciousness to appreciate it is meaningless.  But consciousness is a product of a very specific reality.
It is well established by others that there are at least 40 physical constants that could not be different and still allow for life to exist.  There are many more variables, parameters, and strokes of luck that are required for intelligent life to exist.  One parameter is a sense of social mechanics that is at least partially made of moral values of good and evil.  Our sense of good is partially cultural, but also largely innate, or evolved.  Our evolved sense of good has provided a guideline for making choices that allow humans to continue to exist.  Without a sense of good, consciousness would fail to exist and therefore the reality that does not contain a sense of good would not exist. 
There are many requirements for reality and a sense of good is one of them... although it could be said that it is special only in it's vagueness, the act of contemplating and clarifying goodness enhances our appreciation of others and of ourselves and thus is more significant that any of the other variables in creating non-mechanical consciousness.

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