Scientists are running out of ideas. Is it time for a new paradigm?
With so many changes going on in the world, it feels like we are coming to the close of a civilisation. In this article and video, I discuss if we are at the end of science?
One is the debasement of currency, another is the celebration of sporting stars or gladiators depending on your era, another is the increasing disparity between the rich and the poor and another is the rise of celebrity chefs.
I think we can agree that we have seen quite a few of these recently and it seems like massive debasement of currency is just around the corner.
With the startling events of 2020, most people in Western civilisation may be waking up to the possibility that we are seeing the beginning of the end – that the dismantling of empire is coming soon.
Where are all the breakthroughs?
And so it is with Science and its breakthroughs in the understanding of the nature of reality. Although the 20th Century seemed awash with groundbreaking ideas such as the theory of relativity and quantum physics, more recent attempts to create breakthroughs of that magnitude haven’t borne fruit.
In a visit to the Perimeter Institute in Canada, journalist Daniel Cossins reported back to New Scientist magazine in January 2019 about the state of theoretical physics and it was not entirely optimistic.
Neil Turok, the director of the Institute explained that when he entered physics in the early 80s, “it stopped being successful”. And later in the article, Turok is quoted as suggesting that we disregard the past 30 years and retrace our steps to figure out where we went wrong.
One of the key issues is the lack of one unified theory that unites the very large structures in space, such as galaxies, with the very small, such as atoms. Although certain theories in physics have been very successful at explaining some aspects of the universe.
Is there something that unites all processes from the very large such as galaxies to atoms Image: Shutterstock
We need a new paradigm
We need a new paradigm in physics. I believe that The Black Hole Principle can contribute to that new paradigm. It has successfully predicted behaviour at several levels of the universe such as antimatter from thunderstorms, water from black holes, methane on Mars and much more.
At a time when civilisation and ideas are running out, it is time to move to a new paradigm that places consciousness at the heart of both science and civilisation.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments below.
The supernova that refused to die and what it can tell us about our universe
There are many articles in popular astronomy news that attract my attention because they report cases where the universe does something that defies current explanations. This is for the simple reason that current explanations are actually outmoded and not how the universe works, therefore observations will contradict current theories.
The Black Hole Principle is a much more accurate picture of the universe, which will also be eventually superseded, but for now and the foreseeable future, it is our best fit for the universe.
I read many articles which follow a theme – The Black Hole Principle fit the observations much better than current mainstream theories. A great example of such an article is the case of the supernova that refused to die.
A Rebel Star?
This is the story of supernova called iPTF14hls spotted by scientists in San Diego 2014. At first, the behaviour of this supernova appeared to fit the picture of an explosion of a dying star. These supernova events can be so great that they momentarily rival the brightness of an entire galaxy.
Except this supernova iPTF14hls, refuses to play by the rules. Instead of fading away, it has actually been observed to become brighter. Astronomers expected the supernova’s brightness to dim over the period of 100 days but this did not happen. To topit off, a supernova was seen in this same location in 1954 which means this could be the same event spanning 60 years!
This errant supernova led astrophysicist, Stanford Woosley at the University of California, Santa Cruz to remark to Space.com, “I’m not sure, and I don’t think anyone else is sure, just what the hell is happening. And yet it happened, and so it begs explanation.”
When observation does not match theory
I had to giggle to myself when I read this article. Like so many articles on astrophysics that I read, this demonstrates one of the key issues in science today. Scientists are so wedded to their current models of how the universe works that when repeated observations come forward to show them that they are wrong, they do not know what to do.
This so-called supernova is a perfect example of Black Hole Principle behaviour. The model of the universe currently held by astrophysicist is that the universe is a violent place, full of powerful explosions of things dying and colliding. How else would they explain the powerful signals they see coming from various part of the universe?
But the Black Hole Principle provides a different explanation. These bright events are not the result of violent deaths but of effortless creation from points all over the universe from the micro the macro. As the light tumbles in from higher dimensions and reaches the Perception Horizon that marks the boundary between this so-called 3-D world and dimensions beyond, it can be very bright and powerful.
It is effortless power because it is fuelled by higher dimensional processes far beyond what we can generate in this dimension. But as I have described before, the black hole creation process involves breathing – so sometimes you see a lot of light given out and sometimes the process appears relatively dormant – there are seemingly random fluctuations.
This is what is happening in the case of the supernova, iPTF14hls. It is probably the same object that has been observed since the 1950s but instead of being a star that has exploded as it died, it is the sign of creation. Sometimes it will appear dormant as less light is being transferred from higher dimensions and sometimes it will outshine a galaxy as the light being brought in is particularly strong.
Sometimes objects across the universe show very rapid fluctuations that yet again do not fit the violent explosion model. Yet astrophysicists stick to their theories despite the data and observations being in opposition to them.
From violence to effortless creation
The insistence of astrophysicists on violent explanations is understandable when you believe that the 3-D universe is all there is. The fact that their own calculations have revealed that what we can physically see and measure makes up less than 1% of the universe with most of it being a mysterious dark matter, has not persuaded mainstream scientists that other realms exist beyond their imagination.
In the 3-D world below the speed of light, the only events that can release the sort of light we see from supernovas are explosions.
But if we open up to a universe that exists on many planes, we start to realise that the source of all that we see around us is not some distant Big Bang but the universe is being created all the time at every level from higher dimensions.
And as the light from higher dimensions breathes our world into existence, it is effortlessly powerful and has no set point, but moves one way and then the other.
Hence we observe objects that defy the current thinking in astrophysics but absolutely fit The Black Hole Principle. This process gives rise to the gamma-ray burst repeaters and a lot of other observations that currently confound astrophysicists.
One day, maybe the consciousness of humanity will evolve beyond the violent urges we have and our collective tendency for destruction. Maybe that is when we will be ready to receive the new, more accurate picture of worlds beyond the one we see with our eyes being the gentle source of power and creation for our world.
I am going to share something I have never written about before but get asked about a lot – what it was really like to be a part of the Hidden Science show.
A request
Around July 2013 I got a message from internationally renowned David Icke asking me to create a TV show for his new venture The People’s Voice TV (TPV). He wanted to create a credible show which would debate various scientific issues and be able to invite skeptics into the studio.
James and I quickly put together a proposal and a video highlighting the sorts of areas I had been involved with so far. David had come to me asking me to create a Punk Science show so a natural progression was to align it with the types of topics covered in the book. For the first time ever, we are making this audition footage available to the public. As you can see this was when the show was still called ‘Punk Science’
The planning stages
As time progressed, I thought it best to separate the show from my persona and brand, Punk Science so it was not all about me. The first producer involved came up with the name ‘Hidden Science’ and the graphics person, Miki Zoric got to work immediately on the amazing graphics that you see on the show.
To attend meetings, I had to travel down from Derbyshire, where I lived at the time, all the way to Wembley in North London where David’s team had kitted out a large office and TV studio. Through the hard work of some dedicated individuals who were either volunteers or receiving very little money, the sets and the office for TPV slowly took shape. Equipment was donated or obtained second hand and the office and studio gradually started to take shape.
The Hidden Science team
There was an initial shuffling around of the staff which ended up with bringing the director John Webster of Patient Zero Productions on board with the musician and producer, Clifford White. Both worked without pay or expenses for the entire time of the project. John Webster and myself eventually emerged as the main production thrust of the project and despite the fact that neither of us were getting paid, we both insisted on high standards in our complementary skills which contributed to the show’s success.
Yes you read that right, despite the fact that Hidden Science pretty much became my full time work for eight months, I did not receive a penny in payment for work or for expenses even though I was traveling from London to Derbyshire to take shoot the show, which was a round trip of 300 miles. Luckily I had some other work that came in during that period but it was a bit touch and go for myself and James. In an attempt to limit the amount of travel I had to do, I insisted that we prerecord two shows in a day so that I could fit shows around my speaking schedule.
Co-ordinating our skills
Between us we created a list of topics, guests and went about booking them. It was all hands on deck each of us using our skills to put the project together. Clifford composed the music to Miki Zoric’s opening title graphics. He also co-ordinated the guests with me and liaised between TPV and Hidden Science.
John created the set design and even came up with the printed background idea that enable TPV to quickly change studios in between shows. He created the running order and format and directed the show with the gallery director. This included a new experience for me – having someone talking in my ear whilst I was on the show. It reminded me a bit of seeing patients as a doctor as I needed to be conscious of several lines of thinking at once.
John would also film the mini documentaries that you see in the show with the actress, Grace Willis. He would also put all the footage together including the graphics and sometimes take the footage into Wembley to be uploaded in person.
We also had a great team from TPV which would include people helping with the set, audio technicians, gallery directors and more. Liz Roberts was the main point of contact for all the shows and she did an amazing job at coordinating everything for the entire channel.
Some of the TPV crew getting ready for the show Image:James Gordon Graham
With my experience in the field of science and spirituality I was able to book a lot of the guests as I have a lot of contacts in this area. Coordinating things so that three people ended up on the sofa in Wembley on the correct day to talk about the right topic took many hours and I did this from home. After the first show, I also wrote the scripts and the running order as well as sorting out the teleprompter and even doing the makeup for the guests and myself!
It was hard work to research the topics of each show which often involved reading the books which had been written by the guests. I felt it was almost like sitting exams again as I needed to be prepared for each show. I also wrote all the questions for the guests and their introductory biographies.
The success of the show
We knew that we had high standards but we did not expect what happened next. For a lot of the time that TPV was running, Hidden Science became one of the most viewed shows on the channel based on the Youtube views. The shows were added to Youtube after airing on the internet channel. Some of the statistics have been lost as the Youtube channel was hacked and all of the videos deleted but even with the replaced videos you can still see the popularity of the shows.
You won’t see the success of Hidden Science reflected in any of the trailers for TPV which are still on the internet because for some reason, despite me twice making the unpaid 300 mile round trip to the studio for promotion events when asked, we were not interviewed for them or the footage was not used. I still don’t know why this was the case because communication with management remained poor and chaotic throughout the experience. In fact I wasn’t ever sure whom to address issues to apart from Liz Roberts. There were no contracts or known management structure to refer to.
Interestingly the skeptics did not agree to come on the show. So we didn’t have the debates that David originally wanted. Instead a lot of the content was about exploring new scientific vistas with me playing devil’s advocate if needed. The shows opened up new possibilities instead of just pointing out what was wrong with the world right now – it was a message of hope and new growth. To our surprise this approach was very popular.
Would I do it again?
Ultimately, although I am glad I did the show as I was able to bring in the benefit of my experience and contacts to the show to elevate it to something of a serious scientific discourse. However, I don’t think hosting a TV show is really my forte although I enjoyed the production side of it. I am glad that I was part of bringing something of interest to a lot of people from the numbers of appreciative messages the team received.
Because the filming of the shows were often so hectic, we did not have much time to take footage of behind the scenes but sometimes James would help with the shows and this is some of the footage that was taken of the studio and in the gallery.
If you would like to find out more about the shows and watch the episodes, click here.
Physicists generally avoid discussing consciousness. It seems to be too ethereal a subject for them really to get hold of. It forces them to enter a world outside of calculations and experiments and examine the world of human behaviour which is far less predictable and controllable.
But the past twenty years has seen a shift in science as a whole where the once forbidden topic of consciousness is coming to the forefront. Possibly because it is the last frontier and people are running out of other topics to study for their PhDs.
Yet it was still a surprise when Max Tegmark, a theoretical physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge tackled the problem in 2014 and published a paper suggesting that Consciousness could be a state of matter. You can read the abstract here. http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.1219
You can see his TED talk below.
He is basically arguing that consciousness is not something external that is animating matter, but a consequence of the way in which matter is arranged mathematically.Tegmark himself states that there are many gaps in his idea.
One that really springs to mind for me is what happens when people are clinically dead and then are resuscitated? Or how much of a rearrangement is necessary from moment to moment for a being to be alive at one point and then dead the next?
Questions and gaps aside it is good to see that such a prominent physicist actually tackling the question at all as he open the gates for others to consider the topic too.
Of course here at Paradigm Revolution we have been discussing consciousness and matter for many years. You can get started by exploring this website or checking out Simply Divine which is an easy guide to the Science of Spirituality.
One of the most popular interviews I have ever done for Punk Science was in 2008 with Iain McNay of Conscious TV.
It has been shown many times on television channels such as Edge Media TV on Sky amongst others.
What you might not know is that Iain McNay is involved in the music industry and has had a lot of dealings with punk music. So before the cameras started rolling, we had a great chat about music and discovered a shared love of Courtney’s Love’s work – which is grossly underestimated in both our opinions.
Later Ian McNay actually named Punk Science as one of his favourite books of all time which is a great honour especially considering how many authors he interviews!
The interview itself features insights on how the Black Hole Principle came to be as well as musings on the nature of consciousness and quantum physics. You can see the interview here.
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