CeffTheCeph

There is one more assumption you are making that I would like to ask you about. From my perspective, when you suggest that:

This energy is renewable, such that it represents a continuous and probably eternal power source

you are implying the assumption that some ‘eternal power source’ in the universe exists. This assumption is the opposite of what “most people do”, and so nobody ever starts there. This assumption violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics (this assumption would allow for Perpetual Motion.

Are you able to address this inconsistency of your research with the models most people are using for their understanding of energy physics?

“if someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell’s equations – then so much the worse for Maxwell’s equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation – well, those experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law if thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.” -Arthur Eddington, 1927 (the physicist who coined the term ‘arrow of time’)

Sure, I have a few questions, but I will start with one:

When you state:

This paper uses the insights from general relativity, especially cosmic expansion

Can you be more specific? What insights are you referring to? Are you assuming flat geometry of the universe under a Lambda-CDM cosmological model?

To me it seems that the geometry of the universe, whether open, flat, or closed would have a large impact on the mechanical action of the wires at the length scales you are proposing.

I didn’t mean to belittle anyone.

I was simply trying to suggest some interesting further reading on the topic you are studying and engaged with. This is an area of interest of mine as well.

I think it is great that you have committed so much effort to learning about how our world works and I would encourage you to continue to pursue your interests in cosmology.

However, the peer-review process in science is an important thing, and the simple fact that you have been struggling to get people to engage with your thesis for the past 6 months is the peer-review process at work, though not necessarily in a formal, academic setting.

For real, this paper you’ve written is science fiction. I truly believe that society needs to go beyond the limitations of science itself, into a process of Post-Normal Science, but Post-Normal Science is a very different thing than science fiction. Post-Normal Science is still subject to peer-review such that the assertions and assumptions are still logically consistent with our empirical reality. As an example of the distinction, though there are a lot of different elements out there in our universe, we have to make materials using the properties that those elements have available to us, we can’t make up the properties that we want the material to have first then try and force the elements to do precisely what we want them to.

Please accept with humility, this paper isn’t going to win a Nobel prize. However, don’t let that reality stop you from looking for answers to the questions you clearly are so passionate about. KEEP GOING!

To try and be a little more supportive I would encourage you to learn more about thermodynamics. Here is a question that has fascinated some of the most brilliant scientists in history that we still have no formalized answer to:

If the second law of thermodynamics states that entropy is always tending to a maximum, and that increasing disorder defines the arrow of time, how is it possible that life even exists? Humans are insanely complex, and exist by taking simple atoms and molecules and combining them in an intricate ordered structure. The different layers of external and internal complex structure is incalculable; we are extremely highly ordered in a universe forcing disorder.

As an example I’ll point out Schrödinger’s 1944 book called “What is Life” where he suggested the concept of ‘negentropy’ as a potential answer to this question. This question is relevant to your thesis, as realistically it is useful energy (or a Demon, I suppose) that is needed to do the work in ordering, that is, working against the 2nd law, and you’re thesis is trying to find a truly renewable (i.e. infinite) energy source in the universe with which to achieve the Demon’s task.

Since it is clear that you have a solid foundational background in physics, I would recommend reading Isabelle Stenger’s work on thermodynamics and dissipative structures. Very specifically, try chapter 10 of her book “Power and Invention: Situating Science”.

One prevailing argument here is that dissipated energy (i.e. heat) can never be converted into useful work (a different interpretation of the 2nd law). Some even argue that the expansion of the universe (the gradient that your web is attempting to extract useful energy from) is caused by the constant increase in dissipated energy that the 2nd law forces on our universe. Now this is only one interpretation of the existing thermodynamic framework in our scientific community, but this view is explicitly saying that useful work can never be extracted from the expansion of the universe, unfortunately contradicting your main thesis.

Thank you very much for your hard work and contributions to society here in bringing these ideas forward in this space to inspire public discourse and debate.