I’ve done a lot of digging on different theories that explain reality, with string theory (and all of its affiliates) appearing to be the most merited explanation. Searching for answers always leads to more questions, of course.
M-theory and the 11 dimensions that supposedly exist (assuming this is the correct theory) holds that there are limitless universes parallel to ours that hold that every possible outcome to anything will happen in these unlimited “bubbles” of universes. This seems a little bit iffy in light of the following question I will ask.
What I wanted to ask is; life is created in a way to perceive what best suits its own survival and nothing more. Therefor, is it not highly likely that there are no means to perceive any of these dimensions because the tiny niche of existence we occupy will simply not permit it? If there are particles that exist right in front of us that do not have the capacity to interact with the forms of matter that we can interact with, then is there simply no way of observing them?
I want to know A) What evidence points to the existence of the theoretical particles (Higs bosons/field, tachyons, etc) B) what makes these theoretical particles necessary in order for the math to work, and C) How much matter/particles/inter dimensional debris/etc is hypothesized to be undiscovered or completely undiscoverable?
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A Sad Truth? Does Life Itself Forbid The Understanding Of Reality?
Posted on June 7, 2011.
The observation that particles have mass leads to the question ‘what gives them mass?’…
The higgs is needed for Spontaneous symmetry breaking theories.
“Without spontaneous symmetry breaking, the Standard Model of elementary particle interactions predicts the existence of a number of particles. However, some particles (the W and Z bosons) would then be predicted to be massless, when, in reality, they are observed to have mass.”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous…
“The Higgs boson is a hypothetical massive elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model of particle physics. The existence of the particle is postulated to resolve inconsistencies in theoretical physics and attempts are being made to find the particle by experiment, using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN and the Tevatron at Fermilab.”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
Our understanding of particle physics is only a ‘generalisation’ and there are many unknowns.
However it is the best model that describes the universe…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Mo…
If it is found that the higgs does not exist then then that means that certain aspects of the standard model need to be changed. There are Higgsless models…
“In particle physics, a Higgsless model is a model that does not involve the Higgs boson or in which the Higgs field is not dynamic. Such models must employ a different mechanism of mass generation, electroweak symmetry breaking and unitarity.”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgsless_m…
As for tachyons, we don’t need them to describe any observations but they appear naturally out of the equations of certain string theories. They may or may not exist.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon
It is debatable if life evolves in a way to perceive what best suits its own survival and nothing more. The gaia theory says that lifeform can team up together for a communal planetary survival stratigy. And it could be argued that the real ‘life-force’ on the planet is the DNA which is basically the same life-form that appeared billions of years ago…individuals, and whole species are just vessels for it to reside in.
As for understanding reality; well there may be certain things that we will never know. But the fascinating thing is that we are capable of understanding so MUCH, ( from just a few moments after the bigbang to the likely end of the universe).
I believe that this is ultimately a philosophical question, and that we will never know whether or not we are seeing things as they are, due to what Kant entitled the ‘veil of perception’. In general, we can understand that whatever we perceive is at least a small percentage inaccurate due to our human imperfections, so if you take that to its logical conclusion then it is true we will never really know what reality is. This means that there could be all sorts of matter and other life forms flying around our heads that we do not have the ability to perceive! It also (in my opinion) raises the question of so-called supernatural entities, life after death, and other unprovable phenomena.
(Sorry for not really answering your question though, my knowledge of science is somewhat limited!)
Interesting questions. First of all you seem to be pointing to the problem of a brain looking at itself to discover what it is, or something like this. I’d like to take a shot at your 3 questions:
A) the “god particle” is believed to exist because it needs to be there to explain a unified field theory and it seems logical that it can be seen through the right experiment. ? B) if they are proved to exist then there is an elementary particle responsible for creating mass, and a link between strong and weak force…a unified bit to tie them together. ? C) As to how much is undiscovered or undiscoverable…that sounds impossible to say, but one might say 99% just as a wild guess…but maybe more like 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999… if you are talking about the entire cosmos?
You can find better answers looking up the “god particle”.
Tough stuff. Interesting thinking here.