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Comment on Seeking Critical Feedback: A Conceptual Model of Time & Measurement Based on Constraint Fields

HumanoidTyphoon@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I appreciate that you took the time to reply, but I think some of your assumptions are misplaced.

No, I’m not proposing a fully formalized theory or unified field model. What I’m doing is what many theoretical physicists start with: building a conceptual model based on observation, logic, and known issues in existing frameworks; in this case, time and measurement. The math matters deeply, but it usually comes after the idea. Einstein didn’t begin with the tensor equations of general relativity; he started with thought experiments and paradoxes about light and simultaneity. The math was how he proved the ideas, not how he discovered them.

I never claimed to have “solved physics.” I’m not making grand declarations. I’m asking questions, sharing a framework, and trying to refine it through thoughtful discussion. That’s why I posted. If the model doesn’t hold up, so be it. But rejecting the conversation outright because it’s not credentialed or fully quantified yet short-circuits exactly the kind of idea generation that’s often needed in fields with unresolved foundations.

If we treat conceptual groundwork as inherently crackpot territory, we risk losing the very curiosity that drives science forward.

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WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html

Seriously, take a look at the crackpot index.

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WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
My point is, that you cannot make any kind of informed conceptual model UNLESS you already have mastery of the equations of existing models. Einstein used conceptual models, but he fully understood the math of the older theories he was expanding on. It doesn’t seem you have the background for this.

And yes, it seems you are proposing something that is a kind of grand unified theory, whether you recognize it or not. You’re trying to spend the entire foundations of physics, but you lack the math knowledge to understand even existing theories. You can’t improve upon that which you do not understand. If you think physics is just a conceptual model, you don’t understand physics.

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- HumanoidTyphoon@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I did watch the video. I’m not staying there aren’t lots of people like you and she are describing. But she is arrogant and condescending, and frankly so are you. You also didn’t understand any of the clarifying points I made. So forget it. Don’t trouble yourself. Go on about your day creating physics miracles, which I assume is your job. You don’t need to speak to me again. You can rock yourself to sleep at night knowing you made a valiant attempt to make a stranger feel bad.
  
  Cheers,
  
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