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the missing science, the theory of everything, and the arrow of time
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Physics Cannot Explain the Evolution of Complexity
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – 5 August 2008 – Mathematical physics cannot, in principle, explain the evolution of complexity, according to a recently published book.
One of the most important general observations of the natural world is that, over time, it evolves more complexity. Complex life evolved from simpler non-living forms. Complex social and cultural interactions evolved from simpler social and cultural interactions. However, the mathematical equations representing the physical laws of nature do not explain the evolution of complexity. One of the great mysteries of science is why the mathematical laws of nature do not explain the evolution of complexity.
The reason for the mystery is that mathematical physics uses mathematical time, not real time. In the process of transforming real time to mathematical time, the direction of time is lost. Mathematical time breaks real time up into instants of time. Each instant of time represents a possible measurement of time. Whereas real time is moving, each instant of time is unmoving. Since each instant of time is a time-symmetric point without a direction, so mathematical time is a collection of time-symmetric points without a direction. As such, whereas real time has a direction, mathematical time does not. Since mathematical physics uses mathematical time not real time, it cannot, in principle, explain the direction of time. And since the evolution of complexity is a manifestation of the direction of time, mathematical physics cannot, in principle, explain the evolution of complexity.
“Although mathematical physics cannot explain the evolution of complexity,” the author Dr Spencer Scoular said, “we show that the direction of time still exists and is the source of the evolution of complexity in all the sciences.”
The finding has important implications for the research program to unify science. If mathematical physics cannot explain the evolution of complexity, then it cannot explain everything about the natural world. As such, science cannot be completely unified within the framework of mathematical physics. Instead a deeper science is required that unifies mathematical physics and the evolution of complexity.
About the author
Spencer Scoular holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and resides in Auckland, New Zealand.
About the book
Spencer Scoular (2008), First science: The missing science, the theory of everything, and the arrow of time. Boca Raton, Fl.: Universal Publishers. ISBN: 1-59942-991-8.