Cosmos and Consciousness: Quantum Computers, Superstrings, Programming, Egypt, Quarks, Mind Body Problem, and Turing Machines

by Blaha, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780972079556
• ISBN10: 0972079556
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

This work presents a simple idea with profound implications for science and philosophy. It develops a new foundation at both a popular and technical level of current fundamental theories.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
Theme: Nature is Language	1	(1)
Linguistic Quantum Computers	1	(1)
Quantum Grammars™	2	(1)
Quantum Computers and Elementary Particle Theory	3	(1)
Ancient Egypt: From Nature to Language	3	(1)
Universal Species-Independent Language	3	(1)
A Linguistic Standard Model & Superstring Theory	4	(1)
Quantum Computer Languages	4	(1)
A Deeper Purpose for Quantum Language™ Representations of Nature?	4	(1)
The ``Word'' in Western Religions	5	(1)
Full Circle to a Personalist Physics?	5	(1)
The Riddle of the Ankh	6	(21)
Conventional Theories of the Ankh's Origin	8	(2)
Comet Theory of the Ankh	10	(1)
Enter the Ankh Comet	10	(1)
Archaeological Evidence for the Comet Theory	11	(16)
What is Reality?	27	(8)
The Hierarchy of Matter	28	(2)
Matter and Language	30	(3)
NeutrinoMan™	33	(2)
How Do We Uncover Reality?	35	(4)
The Generality of Understanding	35	(3)
A Universal Grammar?	38	(1)
Universality of Language	39	(9)
A Non-Species Specific Universal Language?	39	(1)
Other Intelligent Species on Earth	40	(1)
Communicating with Other Earth Species: Dolphins	41	(1)
Can We Communicate With Alien Species: Project Seti?	42	(1)
Languages for Physical Theories	43	(1)
Is There a Best Formulation of a Physics Language?	44	(2)
Why is Mathematics Required in Physical Theories?	46	(2)
Language in Religion and Mysticism	48	(11)
Language as the Essence of the Universe	49	(1)
Language as Reality -- Kabbalah Mystics	50	(3)
Language as Reality -- Moslem Mystics	53	(1)
Language as Reality -- Christian Mystics	53	(2)
Origin of the Concept of Language as Reality -- Egypt?	55	(1)
The Ankh as a Cosmic Symbol	55	(1)
The Universe as a Word	56	(1)
Space Travelers Explaining the Universe as a Word -- A Parable	57	(2)
Learning of the Unverse Through Physics	59	(12)
The Scientific Method -- A Way of Learning	59	(1)
The Road to Quantum Mechanics	60	(3)
Reality and Quantum Mechanics	63	(1)
Sudden Transitions in Our View of Reality - Quarks	64	(1)
Patterns of Physical Discovery	65	(1)
Criteria for the Development of Physical Theories	66	(1)
Simplicity of Physical Theories	66	(2)
Beauty of Physical Theories	68	(1)
Generality of Physical Theories	69	(2)
Quantum Theory	71	(12)
Quantum Mechanics Provided a Path to the Future	71	(5)
Matter and Probability Waves	76	(2)
The Correspondence Principle	78	(1)
A Theory of Physical Theories	78	(4)
Theories of Everything	82	(1)
Relativity	83	(5)
Relative Merits of Relativity vs. Classical Mechanics	86	(2)
The Properties of Matter	88	(9)
The Development of Our Theory of Matter	88	(1)
Discovery of Electron Spin	89	(1)
Discovery of Anti-Particles	89	(1)
Discovery of Isospin	90	(1)
Strangeness -- A New Type of Internal Quantum Number	91	(3)
The Discovery of Quarks	94	(3)
The Standard Model of Elementary Particles	97	(12)
The Families of Matter	98	(3)
Current Problems of the Standard Model	101	(2)
Interactions of the Standard Model	103	(4)
Perturbation Theory and a Language for the Standard Model	107	(2)
The Linguistic Representation of the Standard Model	109	(7)
Linguistic View of an Interaction	110	(1)
Computer Grammars	111	(5)
Probabilistic Computer Grammars	116	(11)
Probabilistic Computer Grammars™	116	(2)
Quantum Probabilistic Grammar™	118	(9)
Standard Model Quantum Grammar™	127	(11)
Grammar Production Rules of Electromagnetism	127	(5)
Production Rules for the Weak and Strong Interactions	132	(2)
The Standard Model Quantum Grammar™	134	(2)
The Standard Model Language is Surprisingly Simple	136	(2)
Quantum Turing Machines	138	(7)
What are Turing Machines?	138	(1)
Features of Normal Turing Machines	139	(1)
Quantum Probabilistic Grammars™	140	(5)
The Standard Model Quantum Computer	145	(7)
The Standard Model Quantum Turing Machine™	145	(7)
Quantum Computers and Fock Space	152	(24)
The Continuum Limit of a Quantum Computer -- A Superspace	155	(3)
SuperSymmetric Continuum Quantum Computer™	158	(2)
Group Symmetries of Quantum Computers	160	(1)
Particles and Physics Laws Become Bit Patterns	160	(1)
Reality is Reduced to Language	161	(1)
The Meaning of the Standard Model Language	162	(1)
Computer Languages and the Standard Model Language	163	(1)
Equivalence of Continuum Quantum Computers™ and Second Quantized Fermi Fields -- Fock Space	164	(10)
Purpose of the Standard Model Language	174	(2)
A Superstring Quantum Turing Machine	176	(13)
Introduction	176	(1)
Is SuperString Theory Simpler Than the Standard Model?	176	(2)
The Ideas of Superstring Theory	178	(3)
Equivalence of Standard Model & SuperString Theory?	181	(1)
Linguistic Model of Superstring Theory	182	(1)
A Language and Turing Machine for Superstring Theory	182	(4)
Beyond SuperStrings -- Hidden Dimensions as Quantum Computer Tapes	186	(3)
Quantum Computers as the Foundation of Superstrings	189	(16)
Introduction	189	(1)
The Bosonic String Part of a Quantum Computer	190	(5)
The Superstring Part of a Quantum Computer	195	(4)
The Quantum Computer as the Foundation of Heterotic Strings	199	(3)
Is the Superstring Quantum Computer™ More Fundamental than Coordinate Space Superstring Theory?	202	(2)
An Ankh as the Symbol for Superstring Quantum Computer Theory	204	(1)
Quantum Computer Processor Operations and Quantum Computer Languages	205	(36)
Introduction	205	(1)
Computer Machine and Assembly Languages	206	(1)
Memory	206	(2)
Algebraic Representation of Assembly Languages	208	(3)
Basic Operators of the Algebraic Representation	211	(7)
A Simple Assembly Language Program	218	(2)
Programs and Program Logic	220	(5)
Quantum Assembly Language™ Programs	225	(5)
Bit-Level Quantum Computer Language	230	(1)
Basic Operators of the Bit-Level Quantum Language	231	(4)
Quantum High Level Computer Language Programs	235	(3)
Quantum C Language	238	(1)
Superstring Quantum Computer Revisited	239	(2)
Observers, Languages and Personified Physics	241	(5)
Person and Physics	242	(1)
Directed Activity -- Free Will	242	(2)
The Distant Future of Physics -- Self-Organizing	244	(1)
Example: The ``Correct'' Superstring Theory	244	(1)
Man as the Model of Personified Physics	245	(1)
Nature's Reality	246	(2)
T. S. Eliott & Nothingness	247	(1)
A Glimpse of the Eternal?	248	(3)
Cosmos and Consciousness	249	(2)
Consciousness	251	(14)
A View of Consciousness	251	(2)
Consciousness: Quantum or Classical Probabilistic	253	(2)
The Problem of Consciousness -- The Lesson of the Conch	255	(1)
The Current Theory of Consciousness	256	(1)
A Similarity Between Theories of Consciousness and Economic Theory	257	(2)
A Probabilistic Computer (PC) Model of Consciousness	259	(3)
Superstring QC vs. Consciousness PC	262	(3)
Index	265