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In Search of Reality

R. T. Longo

Published May 1, 2014• 0 citations
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In this paper I will discuss the underlying philosophy of physics. A new definition of observer is presented, then the meaning of two words, ex-istence and reality, will be re-examined. With changes made for these three items a new philosophy emerges that allows an examination of the concepts of cause and effect, time, space and how mathematics enters into physics. The new philosophy suggests a structure of the universe that indicates both an understanding of the double slit ex-periment and a new approach to the quantization and root cause of gravitation.

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