Some thoughts on quantum physics.
Quantum physics is weird. Even the great Einstein described some of its consequences as "spooky action at a distance." But to me there is nothing spooky at all, and I'm not some egg head that can do complex maths while standing in a bowl of custard; in fact the last time I studied physics was at school while I was still in my teens.
Some of the predictions (which have been experimentally verified) of quantum physics are entanglement, superposition and teleportation.
In entanglement, two particles separated by effectively infinite distance are connected, such that if something is done to one of them, the other reacts instantly. Not in a few nano-seconds later, but at the same time. Next there is superposition, where all the possible states (which could be infinite) for a particle exist in the same place and at the same time. Finally, teleportation is where a particle moves instantly from one place to another.
It strikes me that all three effects can be easily explained by invoking an extra dimension, and allowing our familiar dimensions to be twisted within that extra dimension such that two points in normal space-time are in fact touching in 5D space-time. Hence in entanglement the two particles are touching each other in 5D space, the distance travelled in teleporting a particle in 4D is 0 in 5D, and superposition is merely the projection of a 5D line onto a 4D space.
I came to this theory while removing a piece of paper that had been pinned to a notice board. In doing so I realised that the pin had formed two holes, some 10 cm apart when the paper was opened out, but with the paper folded, the holes touched. If I were some 3D space-time creature living on the paper, and who was complete unaware of the 3rd spatial dimension, then I would see exactly the same behaviour in my 3D world, as we do in with quantum physics in out 4D world.
Some of the predictions (which have been experimentally verified) of quantum physics are entanglement, superposition and teleportation.
In entanglement, two particles separated by effectively infinite distance are connected, such that if something is done to one of them, the other reacts instantly. Not in a few nano-seconds later, but at the same time. Next there is superposition, where all the possible states (which could be infinite) for a particle exist in the same place and at the same time. Finally, teleportation is where a particle moves instantly from one place to another.
It strikes me that all three effects can be easily explained by invoking an extra dimension, and allowing our familiar dimensions to be twisted within that extra dimension such that two points in normal space-time are in fact touching in 5D space-time. Hence in entanglement the two particles are touching each other in 5D space, the distance travelled in teleporting a particle in 4D is 0 in 5D, and superposition is merely the projection of a 5D line onto a 4D space.
I came to this theory while removing a piece of paper that had been pinned to a notice board. In doing so I realised that the pin had formed two holes, some 10 cm apart when the paper was opened out, but with the paper folded, the holes touched. If I were some 3D space-time creature living on the paper, and who was complete unaware of the 3rd spatial dimension, then I would see exactly the same behaviour in my 3D world, as we do in with quantum physics in out 4D world.
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