Kay Strang
THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE QUANTUM
Podcasts 1-6 A provocative analysis of the history of quantum mechanics in six short podcasts. Podcasts 7-12 Six podcasts on ontology or what is real as opposed to what is mathematically expedient as an antidote to quantum mechanics, following the insights of the physicist-philosophers such as Faraday, Maxwell, Lord Kelvin, J. J. Thomson, Eddington, Schrödinger and others. Podcasts 13-18 Six podcasts offering a critique of current initiatives in quantum mechanics, cosmology and AI summed up as 'Fantasy Physics' compared to Fractal Physics which is rich in possibilities. Check out the physi...
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Kay Strang
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Apr 29, 2026
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Fractal Physics: Fractals, Philosophy, Music and Morphic Resonance Part 1 29.04.2026 9:05
Feedback welcome This is a deep dive over two podcasts into the unifying nature of fractals whose characteristics include the following: 1. self-similarity and are therefore scaleable; 2. combining both determinism and unpredictability; 3. they can incorporate mathematically the phenomena of resonance. They support the hypothesis by Rupert Sheldrake of morphic resonance Please check out the eBook...
Fractal Physics: Fractals, Philosophy, Music and Morphic Resonance Part 2 29.04.2026 10:22
Feedback welcome This second part draws on analogies with telecommunications, highlighting the ability of electo-magnetic waves to carry acoustic information. This then serves as a template for the possible mechanics of the brain's ability to tune into an infinite range of frequencies; combined with the fractal nature of the world from atom to cosmos provides support for Rupert Sheldrake&apos...
The 'God Particle' or Deus ex Machina 13.04.2026 11:04
Feedback welcome How this particle was introduced into the standard model to preserve the symmetry between the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces. It is also tied up with the muddled creation myth of a Big Bang and a misapplication of the second law of thermodynamics. There are better theories. Please check out the eBook Store at www.quantumid.science
Why ‘Intelligence is Non-Comuptable' 03.03.2026 15:28
Feedback welcome This is a quote from Roger Penrose who gives a great lecture on AI, Consciousness and Computation at Oxford University https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/sir-roger-penrose-ai-consciousness-computation-and-physical-law . My podcast covers the Turing test, AI bias, Godel’s incompleteness theorems, reductionism and the ‘It from Bit’ controversy. Please check out the eBook Store at www.quan...
The Vacuum Energy Catastrophe and the Big Bust 03.02.2026 11:57
Feedback welcome Current cosmology is based on questionable foundations but nevertheless continues to be promoted as inalienable truth and alternative views dismissed. The VEC relies on the Uncertainty Principle which has been demonstrated to be false and Einstein and Hubble both pointed out the contradictions in astronomical data between the date of the Big Bang calculated on the basis of an expa...
Fantasy Physics: The Non-Existent Neutrino 13.01.2026 15:31
Feedback welcome It is claimed that the neutrino does not interact with matter yet billions of dollars are being spent on experiments to detect this particle. Experiments to date claiming to have proved the existence of the neutrino have not detected it directly. So how do they know it exists? Find out the flaw in the reasoning for the existence of this invisible or 'ghost' particle. Ple...
The Particle Menace Part 1 The Solar System Model of the Atom 02.12.2025 10:28
Feedback welcome The Bohr-Sommerfeld model of the atom is described including the four quantum numbers used to identify electrons and explain the Zeeman effects and Pauli's exclusion principle. While this particle model is serviceable it is ontologically flawed. There is a pdf on the website with images and tables which may be helpful in following the podcast, plus a more detailed essay, a no...
The Particle Menace Part 2 The Wave Model of the Atom 02.12.2025 8:17
Feedback welcome Schrodinger's wave model of the atom is described and how he chose to interpret it by looking for analogies in light and fluid mechanics. His realism was rejected and one of the main criticisms was that the wave model could not provide the permanence and stability required of the atom. This criticism is dealt with in the fifth podcast in this second series, on 'The Space...
Particle Menace Part 3 Farewell to Primitive Concepts 02.12.2025 11:17
Feedback welcome Discovering how concepts such as energy, mass, space, force and charge can be replaced by frequency, density and motion . On the website is a more detailed essay, a note on gravitational and inertial mass including interpretations of Newton's bucket of water experiment and some of the qualities of gyroscopes; a booklist and a transcription of Xmas lectures at the Royal Insti...
The Return of the Ether Part 1 Fields 02.12.2025 10:10
Feedback welcome Identifying the anomalies in the gravitational, electrostatic and quantum fields. Demonstrating that given the contradictions in each of them any attempt to unify them is a fruitless exercise. On the website is a more detailed essay, a note on Renormalisation, a booklist and a 1920 paper by Einstein on 'Ether and Relativity'. Support the show Please check out the eBoo...
The Return of the Ether Part 2 The Space Theory of Matter and the Vortex Atom 02.12.2025 12:05
Feedback welcome Examines the merits of a theory that could replace the current particle theory of matter. On the website is a more detailed essay, a note on Non-Euclidean Geometry and Infinity, a booklist and a paper by W. K. Clifford 'The Space Theory of Matter'. Support the show Please check out the eBook Store at www.quantumid.science
The Return of the Ether Part 3 Dynamics and the Continuum 02.12.2025 10:12
Feedback welcome The chances of arriving at a unified field theory increase if duality is removed and all phenomena is considered as variations of motion in one single continuum. What the continuum is, is an open question: a void, ether, a superfluid, plasma or something else? On the website is a more detailed essay, a note on Leibniz's incredibly logical explanation of why anything exists a...
Magic Particles 18.08.2025 8:29
Feedback welcome Einstein’s criticism of the Copenhagen interpretation, detailed in a 1935 paper he co-authored with Podolsky and Rosen and commonly referred to as the EPR paper included a thought experiment which involved the position and momentum of two particles and how these quantities could be determined. His thought experiment morphed into one involving 'spin' and a theory of entan...
The Quantum Cat meets the Quantum Computer 18.08.2025 10:09
Feedback welcome Schrödinger's intention was that his cat analogy serve as a criticism of the notion of a particle being in a superposition of states. Once again the supporters of the Copenhagen interpretation hi-jacked the criticism and used it to support the notion. The theory underlying quantum computers is this unsound notion. Superposition is a quality unique to waves, for example sever...
Heisenberg, the Salieri of Physics 11.08.2025 10:27
Feedback welcome Heisenberg and Schrödinger had competing theories about the atomic model: Heisenberg took a discontinuous particle approach and his rival Schrödinger, a continuous wave approach. Heisenberg prevailed by hi-jacking Schrödinger's wave equation which had been intended to describe real phenomena, and along with Max Born, turned it into a probability calculator for the whereabouts...
Atomic Circus: Jumps and Spins 11.08.2025 8:47
Feedback welcome Atomic spectra was used to support the idea that electrons can jump between energy levels or ‘stationary states’ in the atom. Schrödinger rejected this and thought a more natural explanation was to view the electron as a standing wave changing frequencies. The notion of the ‘spin’ of an electron was an example of mathematical expediency at work, rather than anything physically rea...
The Ultra-Violet Catastrophe or a Storm in a Teacup 05.08.2025 7:28
Feedback welcome The first of six podcasts in the search of the true identity of the quantum: is it a particle or a wave or both; or a mathematical entity which has some utility in solving equations. The remaining podcasts in this series are: 2. Einstein's Other Blunder – the photo-electric effect misinterpretation 3. Heisenberg, the Salieri of Physics – how Heisenberg sabotaged his rival Sch...
Einstein's other Blunder 05.08.2025 7:58
Feedback welcome An account of Einstein's interpretation of the photo-electric effect involving discrete photons. His analysis had ontological consequences, namely the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, which he later criticised as an incomplete and self contradictory theory. Support the show Please check out the eBook Store at www.quantumid.science
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