The Sharpened Point of Scientific Progress
Through the history of scientific progress, universal laws have become more apparent. What was broad, non-descript and localized opinion has changed over time to be specific, elaborate and global consensus.
This process functions like the sharpening of a point. The tip of the point is akin to the most foundational bases of a scientific hypothesis. The layers beyond the tip branch off wider and wider and carrying more and more substance. At first, the tip was like an unsharpened pencil; all things interpreted to have their own causes. Over time, as observations were seen to have more fundamental shared root causes, the tip was sharpened.
The sharpest point with the most weight and density behind it will shatter all paradigms.
When we look at current scientific models, the sharpness of the point would be akin to the model's base requirements. The weight would be of the evidence and the density would be the thoroughness of the evidence.
The "Big Bang" model gets a sharpness factor of six. This means that it claims to require six separate and distinct functions in the universe:
1) Electromagnetism,
2) Strong Interaction,
3) Weak Interaction,
4) Gravity,
5) Expansion of Space, and
6) Dark Energy.
Therefore, the sharpness factor of this model, how many elements are present in a single layer at the very "tip", is six.
Giving us something like this:
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Sharpened, but not as sharp as it can be. Dull, really. Relatively.
The same can be said for general relativity and quantum mechanics. Neither sharpen the point, leaving the same 6 elements and many more tied into the properties of the universe.
As Sharp As It Gets
As physics focuses further and further on root causes of universal observations, the sharpness factor is the most significant primary consideration in the validity of a model. If the sharpness factor does not decrease, then the model is definitively invalid.
An example of this is the theorized fifth fundamental force. Other current models list four, and so already they are more specific. Therefore, a fifth fundamental force is invalid.
Not to say that four is any better than five. Purely thinking about this from a sharpness factor perspective, the sharpest possible tip is with one single element. As when there are zero elements, it's no longer part of the object.
In other words, the final step in the sharpening of our scientific proverbial pencil is to demonstrate how one single root cause produces all things.
One Force to Rule Them All
Having a sharpness factor of one, a model that describes one force as the root cause of all other observations brings us the highest possible sharpness.
Now, whether or not the layers below this sharpened tip are dense and heavy is a matter of how investigated a hypothesis is. If it has little substance, then it will strike the paradigm and crumble. If it has no momentum, then it does not matter how sharp the point is. Truly, ideas work no different than classical mechanics.
Feel the Gravity
If you'd like to see how gravity causes all observations in physics, and discover the density and weight of the evidence behind it, then I recommend checking out My Theory of Everything Links. It may just be sitting there, motionless; but it has the potential energy to shatter paradigms even outside of science.
Thanks for reading!
-Steve Scully
Website: CascadingUniverse.Org