Does anyone besides me think that the 17 overlapping fields of quantum field theory seem like a chaotic concept that cannot be the foundation of the universe? Every time we discover a new particle or force, we postulate there must be another field. The sole purpose of this new field is to “explain” the existence of the newly discovered particle. When we had only a few fields, this was plausible. However, now we have a chaotic zoo of fields. If we discover more high energy particles, we will happily add more fields.
I have proposed a model of the universe that has only one “Universal field”. However, this question is about whether you defend the model of the universe consisting of many separate fields. To paraphrase Einstein: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”. Therefore, perhaps nature really does have 17+ separate fields. What do you think?
Preprint Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation of the Universe
All field theories must be wrong. It's enough to consider the most simple one i.e., the electric field. Imagine a realistic situation like say an atom there you have many charges traveling at high speed in different direction, how can you explain such a situation with an exchange of some information or virtual particles, giving the correct interaction i.e., how does a particle know in which direction it should send the interaction object, to encounter the correct partner?
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Stellan Gustafsson
I agree with you that forces cannot be conveyed by the exchange of virtual particles. This is a simplistic concept that gets around the action at a distance predicament but is completely inadequate upon further analysis.
The approach I propose in the previously referenced paper is for spacetime to be oscillating at Planck frequency. John Wheeler proposed that this would explain both the uncertainty principle and vacuum zero-point-energy. I carry this further and show that if spacetime is oscillating at Planck frequency, it makes spacetime a sonic medium that propagates waves at the speed of light. It also gives spacetime the time dimension and the ability to be the single universal field that makes everything in the universe. All forces are transmitted through this medium.
John A. Macken
I'm completing a work through all of fundamental physics; I put chapter by chapter in RG. When it's complete I will make an e-book, eventually followed by a paperback book. The theory I propose is called the DAON theory, in which you have a basic object without mass, having a rotation proportional to the light speed. That's all, you start with a size, a speed and a system constant (mass), from this I obtain the value of all pertinent constants and a simple explanation of all phenomena of nature.
Simple math only 3D+time, agrees with all experimental and observational
data, as far as known by me.
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