oh the irony qnd no one picks up my paper on higher level metrics, nor understands my SPACE TIME Pendulum, all of which provides cloud cosmology its mathematica.
They are stuck and cannot deny it any longer. meantime the universe, my cloud cosmology and #I/Atlas show us how to sail through the star fields for a 30,000 year lifespan.
The foundational ideas underlying physics is there in my work. We even have the computer power to simulate thousands of axis and their interactions which then simuates all we think we know.
Two months ago, it did not occur to me that we could populates any asteroid and embark for alpha centuri at near light speed. Maybe we can use a bicycle wheel space station to also do this. My take home is that true Space Exloration is now a real possibility. just like back in the days of the Spanish Main.
The Crisis in Physics is Real
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·Nov 20, 2025
Stars over the night sky (Unsplash)
Physics, arguably the most basic of sciences, is in the middle of an ongoing crisis that appears to be without end. This becomes clear if one notes that the physics Nobel Prize in 2024 was awarded for work on artificial neural networks, a mathematical model that uses nodes (neurons) in a layered architecture to recognize patterns and correlations in data, which has nothing to do with physics.
Fundamental advance in physics seems to have been stuck since mid-1970s, when the Standard Model (SM) that describes three of the four known fundamental forces was developed. SM includes electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions. However, it is not a complete theory of fundamental interactions, for it leaves out gravity, and doesn’t explain why there is more matter than anti-matter and why neutrinos oscillate between different forms.
Many theories beyond the Standard Model have been developed but they have failed to produce a single testable prediction and generally are not even falsifiable. They seem to be like the medieval attempts to estimate the number of angels who can stand on the head of a pin [Note 1]. In the mix of these theories, it is hard to separate sense from nonsense.
Missing matter and energy
The problem with physics is not limited to particle physics. Gravitational force has been well studied but there are anomalous motions of stars in galaxies. So dark matter has been postulated, and it is estimated to be 28% of the universe. Furthermore, the expansion of the universe began to accelerate about 8 billion years ago and this has been marked due to dark energy which is estimated to be 68% of the universe.
There is no observational evidence for either dark matter or dark energy. Decades of predicted “new physics” (such as supersymmetry, extra dimensions, and grand unified theories) have been repeatedly ruled out or pushed to inaccessible energies. [Note 2]
What is more likely: That evidence for the missing 96% dark matter and dark energy will come up soon, or that the current framework of physics is lacking something fundamental?
The idea of dark energy is problematic philosophically. If true, matter in the universe will continue to pull further apart due to the accelerating expansion until the energy in all the stars is exhausted and all life extinguished in what is called the Big Freeze. This doesn’t explain the current period in which our consciousness has been able to make sense of the universe is some limited manner.
In the face of this real crisis, the funding agencies have made things worse. There are incentives that favor quantity of papers published and following the crowd. The process discourages original and critical thinking. Many physicists privately acknowledge the crisis but don’t speak of it in public, lest it threaten their careers and funding.
The physics establishment keeps on asking for more funds for dramatic payoff at some future time. For many years the slogan has been to ask for a moving window of ten years for nuclear fusion that is now being applied to quantum computers.
It reminds one of a famous story of Mullah Nasruddin:
Once Mullah Nasruddin promised his king that he can teach his donkey to read. He said all that he needed was 1,000 dinars and ten years. The king agreed but insisted that if the donkey failed the test, the Mullah would be put to death. When he reached home with the money, his wife was furious. Relax, Nasruddin told his wife, how does anyone know that a donkey cannot be taught to read. Furthermore, even if a donkey can’t be taught remember that ten years is a long time. During that period, the king may be dead, the donkey may be dead, or he may be dead. If they are not dead and if they are unable to teach the donkey, they can flee the kingdom in the tenth year.
The death of naturalness and commonsense
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