VARIOUS & SUNDRY 19

(202111011) It seems to me, pretty much our whole world, is in huge/desperate need of, long-lasting (at least a year!) (w/o freezer/fridge!) basic/staple food!
Like these, for example:
1/2/3 raw/boiled eggs in a can!
Baked French Fries in a can/box/package!
Baked French Baguette Bread (or bagels) in a can/box/package!
Mozzarella cheese!
Mixed dried fruits/vegetables in a can/box/package! (Also could be in Turkish Delight form!)
(Also, IMHO, all kinds of milk need to be (very) long-lasting (w/o fridge!) UHT milk, by national/global law!)

(202111044) Commented on the article:

"Ask Ethan: What if the Universe lives in a false vacuum state?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-ethan-what-58282912

"We had just measured the value of the vacuum energy inherent to space, and it was very small, but very importantly, greater than zero."

IMHO, physical reality of virtual particles of quantum vacuum is unquestionable because of overwhelming evidences & reasons!
& if that is true, then, I think, it is no surprise at all that measured vacuum energy is very small & positive!

Imagine, for example, if a particle like electron is keep popping in & out of existence everywhere then realize that it would be like having a static field everywhere (when looked/measured from large/higher scales)!
Then, realize, we could calculate vacuum energy for a certain volume by calculating how many electrons would be in existence, on average, any given moment, in there!
(Which, would be a very small & positive value, no doubt!)

So, IMHO, to calculate the true value of vacuum energy, what we need to know would be the full composition/properties of virtual particle medium of quantum vacuum (everywhere)!
(Like, what kind of particles it contains exactly & w/ what probabilities!?)

(202111066) Additional comment on the same article:

(By the way, if anyone interested, as I am a firm believer of our universe (reality) being a quantum computer (which is just keep processing real & virtual particle movements/decays/interactions), idea of our universe being like soap bubble that can pop anytime (false vacuum decay) is absolutely impossible to me!)

(202111125) Commented on the article:

"Ask Ethan: Why can’t black holes be made of dark matter?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-ethan-why-be-58623361

First of all, IMHO, thinking/assuming Black Holes contain singularities (which have zero-size & infinite-density!) is utterly ridiculous!
(How any 2 BHs could have different physical properties (like mass & spin), in that case, for example?)
I think progress in theoretical physics is pretty much stuck today, because of this kind of physically out-of-touch thinking!
Assuming that, if anything mathematically/geometrically possible, it is also physically possible!
Assuming that, our universe is made of perfect/ideal mathematical/geometric objects, like 0D points and/or 1D rings/strings etc!
Just like when Kepler wasted many years trying to explain whole celestial mechanics using 5 (perfect!) Platonic Solids!

BHs should/must be made of particles, just like everything else in our universe!
& guess what?: There is only 1 possible/suitable particle then: Planckion!
A particle that has min possible size (Planck length) & max possible density (Planck mass) & so can never be crushed or compressed any further!
A particle that is itself is a micro-BH! (Realize, for example, a Neutron Star is just like a giant neutron!)

(202111151) Additional comment on the same article:

Imagine, 2 zero-size(!) objects: one of them has the mass of a large star(!) & the other has the mass of a galaxy!
Logically/physically this really makes any sense?

& also, isn't it really unbelievable/outrageous that even ideas like this below get serious consideration by the theoretical physicists but not a logically straightforward idea like possibility of BHs being made of planckion particles?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzball_(string_theory)

Not to mention, possibility of BHs being made of planckion particles comes w/ (dis)provable consequences, like these:

Good/bad differences in values of any theoretical calculations which require including ALL SM (virtual) particles!

It could mean, GWs being discrete in units of Planck mass/energy!

& of course, it would mean all BH masses (micro to macro) being discrete in units of Planck mass!

(202111173) Keeping people in medically-induced coma (MIC) long enough may cure all addiction problems & overweightness & type 2 diabetes etc?

(202111254) Commented on the article:

"The science lesson we should all be thankful for in 2021"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/science-lesson-59120130

I had read that methane gas released by cows is also a significant contributor of GW!
If so, then, why not humanity do some R&D to permanently alter/augment gut microbiome of cows, so that methane gas is converted to any other harmless chemical?
(Realize that, such tech would be also really useful for humans & pets too!)

"This is a novel coronavirus that entered the human population in late 2019":

A little personal story for anyone interested:

In the beginning of NOVEMBER 2019 I got a severe case of "flu", for about a week, even though I had a flushot already!
Afterwards I never had any similar sickness, even though chances of me catching COVID-19 was really overwhelming, for sure!
Not to mention, I lost my sense of smell maybe close to 2 years! (Even now I am not sure my sense of smell fully healed!)
I do not think flu ever caused me to lose my sense of smell for more than about a week!
I never got tested for COVID-19 but I have no doubt that disease was COVID-19!
In the middle of USA (Omaha, NE) & months before China informed the World!

(Actually, multiple times I had seen news stories later, claiming COVID-19 was already in USA months before generally known!)

(202111265) Additional comment on the same article:

By the way, I think probably the biggest reason for why COVID-19 death toll was/is really high in USA is because most people (including me) always try to avoid visiting doctors/hospitals!
Because (as I experienced myself before) health insurance companies often refuse to pay for some medical treatments/procedures/operations afterwards, which costs huge to the patients later!
I think healthcare is a basic human right & superpower of the world USA being unable to provide universal healthcare for its citizens (while so many lesser countries do) is a total embarrassment!!!

(I also think that it needs to be the responsibility of healthcare providers to make sure the patient never gets any treatment/procedure/operation that the insurance company would not pay for! & it should/must be their responsibility to pay for those, if happen!)

(202111291) If God really sent new (major) religions, each time, because of extensive/fundamental corruption of the previous one (as (Sunni(te)) Islam says/claims), then, what are (or could be) the major/clear signs of fundamental corruption in Christianity, for example (since it is the previous/most-recent (major) religion came before (Sunni(te)) Islam)?
(By the way, I know that this is actually a subject which was also covered (in much more detail!) by some old great Islamic scholars!)
1: Believing in 3 Gods in contradiction to the very first of 10 Commandments!
(So, before Trinity/Jesus, there was "Duality" but God forgot (or did not consider as important) to tell to Abraham/Moses?)
2: Believing in Jesus being son of God!
(My guess is somebody "reasoned" that having no human father means/makes God is the father of Jesus!
(Probably for making The Christians feel special and/or superior to The Jews and/or appealing to "the target audience" of The Romans/Greeks (who believed in King God Zeus who had children w/ human mothers)!)
But of course, then, what about Adam (who had neither father nor mother)?)
3: Believing in drinking wine/alcohol & eating pork is okay!
(So, God banned them to The Jews (for thousands of years!) (because they are bad/harmful/dangerous!?) but later changed his mind for The Christians?)
4: Isn't really wellknown that The Bible is full of contradictions & isn't that really imply/mean that it is not really suitable/trustable as a holy book anymore?
(For example, many times I had read many people criticize Islamic holy book Koran (mainly for "encouraging violence" (which is just an out-of-context interpretation by the way!)) but never for having any contradictions!
Not to mention, Koran is wellknown to be the exactly same, since the beginning times of Islam (w/o any changes/modifications)!
Current Bible, on the other hand, is wellknown to be selected & put-together from hundreds of different versions!)
(Not to mention, Koran has some features which clearly imply that it cannot be a book created by any human (especially in 7th Century!)!
For example, it has some advanced mathematical orders/properties (quite probably (mainly) as protection against any alteration attempts!)!
& it clearly talks about some scientific facts which were completely unknown until modern times! (For example, the fact that our universe is expanding!))

(202112013) Commented on the article:

"Why “F = ma” is the most important equation in physics"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-f-ma-is-most-59366050

"an object in motion remains in constant motion" (in empty space!):

Which is actually true for all objects submerged/moving in superfluids & I think that is actually because of spacetime itself being a superfluid!

& it is actually a rule/law that can be broken/bent!

Because, if spacetime is a superfluid, then, gravitational waves would be like its sound waves!
& today, there are many kinds of devices/tech, which can control/command motions of tiny objects in mid-air using sound waves!
& if so, then, it should/must be possible to do the same, in empty space, using gravitational waves (at least theoretically)!

(Also, for example, it is already wellknown that satellites in orbit experience tiny changes in speed because of passing thru tiny changes in Earth's gravitational field!)

(I have no doubt that F=ma is also true for all objects submerged in superfluids & it could be proven w/ experiments!)

If spacetime is a superfluid then what really are gravitational fields?:

I think they are just locations where the spacetime superfluid is denser!
(Just like any object submerged in a any fluid creates a pressure field all-around!)

I think QM is also imply that all real particles are surrounded by (denser) clouds of virtual particles!
Which, I think, would lead to medium of virtual particles (which create the spacetime superfluid as an emergent property!) being denser around all objects made of real particles (like stars & planets etc)!

(202112035) Higher pressure locations in a (super)fluid would also have higher index of refraction (which would cause bending of light!)!
& all motion (of submerged objects) would slowdown at those places (which would explain slowdown of time in superfluid spacetime!)!

Also, superfluid spacetime can easily explain relativistic local slowdown of time & compression of space!
Because, realize that, any moving object (throughly inside & out) submerged in any fluid would experience higher local pressure & compression in its direction of motion!
(Just like gravitational field would also cause slowdown of time & compression of space!)

(202112035) I had read that old Sufis of Islam believed that all creation is "dream" of God!
Maybe because they did not have a word for "imagination"?
Islam is also clear that God's creation of everything is continuous & everything would instantly disappear, if God really/actually stopped doing anything!
So, just like a world/universe created/run in a computer simulation!

(Also, realize that would also explain how God could see/hear/know everything going on everywhere & could do any kind of supernatural miracles!)

 

(Islam also says "God is everywhere & nowhere!" which is also just like a world/universe created/run in a computer simulation, if you really think about it!
Imagine that, if the people in the simulation ask "Where is the computer running the simulation?" : It is everywhere & nowhere (in the simulation)!)

(By the way, I am NOT really/actually claiming that God is literally a physical computer! But, realize that, God is creating/running whole/all reality just like a computer simulation would really/actually make perfect sense in many ways (& would really/actually be better/superior than any other way!)!)

Why creating/running a(ny) world/universe as a computer simulation would be better/superior than any other way?:
As an analogy, imagine a hyper-intelligent/powerful alien who wanted to create a whole new world/universe!
Which way/method of creation would really be better/superior, as physically or as a computer simulation?
Realize that (only) creation as a computer simulation would give you perfect/absolute information/control/command (at all times)!
(Which you would absolutely prefer/choose because chances of anything happening in a way you do not want/allow would be absolutely zero!)
(Then, some people may ask: Why God is allowing bad/evil people doing bad/evil actions then?:
What if, that is because God created our world/universe as a testing ground, to clearly show/prove which people worthy of Heaven or worthless of Hell (just like religions like Islam say!)?)

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 18

(202110144) Is Islam really "the religion of violence" (as some people always claim)?
Answer: Absolutely NOT!
Mainstream (Sunni(te)) Islam actually always strongly encourages Muslims to be peaceful law-abiding citizens!
It does not just always strongly discourage Muslims from terrorism but also from joining uprisings/riots or street protests!
(Also let's not forget that history of Christianity & Judaism also have plenty of violence!
But, would it be really justified, blaming a whole religion & all its believers because of the bad actions of some/few people?)

(202110144) Commented on the article:

"William Shatner cried upon returning from space. The “overview effect” explains why"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/william-shatner-57385030

IMHO, space tourism is a really great/beneficial development for the whole world/humanity!
& first flights getting done by world-famous celebrities would help greatly for space tourism to take-off!
& of course, its costs would drop over time & so, someday probably almost everybody could experience its positive/profound worldview-changing (overview) effect!

(Not to mention, I think all kinds of space tech would start advancing fast, because of space tourism! Think about how much commercial aviation helped advancement of aircraft tech, for example!)

(Also, let's realize that commercial aviation had started as "air tourism" (in the beginning times of 20th Century) & later advanced/matured to carrying passengers & cargo at large-scale!)

(202110214) Should we remove (all) dams?:
Dams have countless HUGE BENEFITS for society, for flood control, steady water storage/resource, agriculture, fishing, tourism, clean energy production etc!!!
& even if they cause harm to any kind of wildlife then they also greatly help many other kinds of wildlife, for sure (like wild birds, for example)!
Not to mention, should we also remove cities & roads & agricultural fields, if they cause any harm to any kind of wildlife?

(202110214) Should we try to do any kind of geoengineering to fix Global Warming?
IMHO, all geoengineering ideas are band-aid solutions, which just mask/hide the problem, instead of really curing it!
So, the underlying problem would keep getting worse, until any/all geoengineering does not work, either!
& no doubt there would be unforeseen side effects!
(Or, can we really claim, we completely/perfectly understand everything about climate now, so we can always predict it completely/perfectly?)
& who will be willing to pay astronomical (initial & continuous) costs?
Who will be willing to pay for any damages/losses/failures?
Why not focus on really practical and risk-free solutions like, restoring forests of Earth, reducing fossil fuel usage, increasing solar/wind/hydro-power (& keep researching better nuclear fission & fusion tech)?
(Which all would have countless side-benefits, besides of saving climate!)

(202110225) HK was rented by UK from China for 99 years (which expired many years ago), AFAIK!
& so, HK is fully/completely/absolutely a Chinese Territory now (or is it not?)!
& so, I have absolutely no idea, why UK still thinks/feels to be responsible for HK!
& how about issues between China & Taiwan?
IMHO, that is also no business of UK/USA, but business of UN!!
(By the way, IMHO, what happened in Korea or Vietnam was really none of business of USA!!!)
(By the way, IMHO, when international military action is really/absolutely justified is, when there is a really desperate (large-scale!) humanitarian situation!)

(Of course, there maybe exceptional situations, but they really should/must have extremely good reason(s) (IMHO) (maybe like massive harm to world trade or vital world supply etc)!)

(First necessary condition for a government to decide for international military action needs to be verify/prove overwhelming majority public support, IMHO!)

(By the way, IMHO, USA-led military coalition saving Kuwait from invasion of Iraq could be said to be justified, since vital world supply of oil was at stake!
But USA did a huge mistake, after saving Kuwait:
When Iraq accepted unconditional surrender afterwards, USA should have forced Iraq to sign an agreement to make reforms towards switching the country to a true democracy (& also improving public freedoms & education & stopping development of nuclear tech etc)!
Instead USA let alone Iraqi dictatorship to continue doing whatever they want, until they created more/new problems in the future!)

(In the case of Afghanistan keep harboring extremely dangerous global terrorists, I think what I would do would be, hit/destroy their important/valuable places/targets (like military bases or even government buildings), again & again, until they changed their mind (instead of doing invasion/occupation)!!)

((202110236) IMHO, the same strategy also maybe the ultimate/final solution to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, if it really need/wanted to be done & all diplomatic attempts fail!)

(202110225) IMHO, quite on the contrary to what some very naive people think, threat of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is what really prevents WW3!!!
That is really/actually why no local/regional wars (which still happen!) ever able to escalate towards triggering WW3!!!
Because, all superpower countries are always well aware of threat of MAD, just like "the Sword of Damocles"!
Realize, for example, even tough WW1 had caused massive death & destruction, there was a new world war triggered just about 20 years later!
It is not really because we do not have a WW3 because whole world/humanity learned its lesson!!!

(202110225) Is an economic/trade war between USA & China justified?:
IMHO, the answer is absolutely YES!!
IMHO, China stole so many/much military/commercial tech from USA (& its allies) & keep competing unfairly (using many tricks/tactics)!

(202110273) Commented on the article:

"Terraforming: why the Moon is a better target than Mars"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/terraforming-why-57917377

IMHO, the most practical solution for building a long-term base on Moon is quite possibly a remote-controlled robotic tunnel boring machine!
Imagine, after building each tunnel, exit(s) are sealed (w/ large round airlock gate(s)) & it is filled w/ air!
(We would also need to develop remote-controlled (humanoid) robot workers!)

IMHO, the critical tech needed to build true/large/permanent floating cities is fusion power!
Because then, we could mine & process truly massive quantities of titanium (which is very light & strong & durable)!
Imagine, afterwards, easily/quickly building floating cities which are so large & strong that even the most powerful storms/hurricanes/typhoons are completely harmless!
(How?: By designing standard LEGO-like pieces/sets!)

(202110284) About COVID-19 Pandemic:
Let's try to think it thru:
There was a huge economic war going on between China & USA & USA was winning!
But suddenly, a virus comes out of a Chinese city (w/ a virus research lab!) & destroys economies of USA & all its allies (but NOT the economy of China somehow!)!
The virus quickly spreads to whole rest of the world, but w/o first spreading into the rest of China somehow!
(By the way, realize that giving the enemy a disease is actually a wellknown ancient war tactic/trick!)
There are millions of dead & trillions of damage to the rest of the world, but somehow, China insists preventing all attempts to research the origin of the virus!
They do not want to prove themselves innocent?
Are we seriously supposed to believe that China could really/actually have an innocent/legitimate reason to justify preventing such research (but somehow just do not want to tell to the whole world?)?
(I think, it is also very clear that Chinese Government already knew about the virus way before than when they actually informed/warned the rest of the world!)
(Also, let's realize that, there is really/actually no need for the virus to be engineered! It could be just a selected suitable natural virus that is "trained" to attack humans!)
(Imagine afterwards, for example, secretly sending operatives to various target countries/cities in the world
& after the virus starts spreading in all target countries, imagine, you also release it in your own target city (Wuhan) & quickly/easily contain it there (since you already know very well what exactly you are dealing w/!)!)

(202110295) Is there really any concrete evidence that Cooper pairs actually exists?
Why that theory cannot explain all superconductors, if superconductivity really happens that way?
What if, (all kinds of) superconductivity is just electrons creating a (2D/3D) superfluid state?

(202110295) Commented on the article:

"Ask Ethan: What should everyone know about quantum mechanics?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-ethan-what-58023922

It seems to me, the true profound importance/interpretation of QM is still not yet generally understood/accepted by (theoretical) physicists & that is our whole reality itself is a quantum computer!
(On the contrary to general belief, IMHO, quantum computers are NOT really/purely a human invention! We are just learning how to hijack/manipulate our reality quantum computer to do some computations we want! :-)
(& so, IMHO all real & virtual particles are just cluster/registers of qubit/qutrit data w/ some internal state values constant & some variable!)
(& spacetime & E/M fields etc are just emergent properties created by virtual particles!)

(& if anybody claimed that "all quantum particles (of the same kind/type) have always constant/identical internal states" then I would ask:
How do you explain Pauli Exclusion Principle (for example)? Isn't it really depend on quantum particles being in different internal states?
Not to mention, don't we already have quantum computers storing/processing qubit data using individual photons or electrons? Isn't that really require variable internal states?)

(202110306) (Mathematicians also had thought that they "invented" fractals & fractal geometry, but later they were found to be already exist everywhere in nature/universe! :-)
(I think the same could also be said for complex (2D) numbers (at least!)!)

(202112267) Quite possibly quaternions (4D numbers) & octonions (8D numbers) are also fundamental parts of our reality (& maybe even sedenions (16D numbers) too!)!

(202111044) Also let's realize that our whole universe/reality being a quantum computer would also explain why our universe/reality seems extremely/perfectly mathematical (which is a fact that had surprised many great scientists)!
& also realize that any (classical/quantum) computer maybe hardware-based (physical) or software-based (simulation)!

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 17

(202109223) University/College Dorm/Room Problem:
IMHO, it is extremely important for people who plan/design college dorm buildings/projects to understand that living w/ roommates is NOT for everybody! (& living off-campus is NOT a solution for everybody!)
Apartments shared between multiple roommates cause/create so many issues/problems (which maybe no big problem for some, but definitely are big problems for others)!
For example, shared electricity/water/gas/internet/TV bills almost always cause unfairness for some roommates!
Common temperature setting causes many to live/study uncomfortably!
Shared fridge causes food/space sharing issues!
Often kitchen or bathroom is occupied, when also needed by another roommate!
Often there are incompatibility (introvert vs extrovert situation, for example) between some roommates (causing unhappiness (even arguments))!
Sharing cleaning & trash handling & toilet paper costs etc often causes problems!
Solution:
IMHO, providing plenty of single-occupancy micro-apartment dorms (for equal or less rent amount!) needs to be mandatory for all college dorms!
(IMHO, universities/colleges should/must do surveys & ask their students:
Would you choose shared or unshared dorm, if rent amount for both was equal?
(My guess is most (if not all!) would choose unshared dorm!))

(202109223) Commented on the article:

"Dark energy might be neither particle nor field"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/dark-energy-be-56455580

IMHO, there is also another possibility which is Dark Energy maybe coming from outside of our universe!
(Such possibility would also preserve law of conservation of energy!)
(I had seen toys which were little pills, which grew into much larger toy animals, when thrown into (hot) water! What if our universe is similar? :-)

(Not to mention, what if, physically only real & virtual particles exist & all "fields" (& spacetime) are just mathematical idealizations (actually created by the medium of virtual particles everywhere)?)

(202109267) Ultimate Motorhome/RV conditions/properties/features:
1: Electric AWD All-Terrain (mini)bus (w/ hub motors)!
2: A (replaceable/swappable) battery unit (w/ max possible power/capacity/duration) provides power to the vehicle & everything inside!
3: Covered w/ solar panels (on roof & 4 sides) which continuously auto-recharge the battery unit!
4: Flex-fuel/(bio)diesel gas turbine (or Wankel engine) electric generator which continuously auto-recharge the battery unit (as long as kept turned-on)!
5: Fully self-contained micro-home w/ shower & toilet & kitchen & bed & table(s) & chair(s)!
6: The vehicle & everything inside are made of max durable materials: stainless steel, aluminum, carbon-fiber, plastic etc!
7: A water generator (which generates water from moisture of outside air) continuously auto-refills the water tank of the vehicle!
8: Satellite-based internet service!

(202109271) Some interesting (IMHO) future events, according to (Sunni(te)) Islam:

When someday sunrise starts to happen from the west (& sunset at the east) (which is one of the big signs of end times!), then, all non-muslims will accept that (Sunni(te)) Islam was right all-along & so, it is the true religion of God, but God will NOT accept them as true believers of Islam!

At the day of judgment, the people to be send to Hell for eternal punishment will tell God (paraphrasing):
"Now we saw that what we were told/warned about was true! Send us back to the world & we will behave good!"
But, God will refuse (basically)!
& later they will ask God (paraphrasing):
"Is there any way out for us?"
& God will say no (basically)!
& sometime later, when they are in Hell (& keep burning!), they will ask warden angel of Hell (paraphrasing):
"Beg to God for us to let us die!"
& the angel will refuse (basically)!

(& by the way, according to (Sunni(te)) Islam, 99.9% of whole humanity will go to Hell!)

(202109282) IMHO, neither religious nor non-religious people have a right to impose/force their will on each other, by using the power of law/government!
For example:
Would I support a law to make using alcohol and/or all (overdose-safe) drugs banned/illegal for all adults?: Absolutely NOT!
Would I support a law to make using alcohol and/or all (overdose-safe) drugs mandatory for all adults?: Absolutely NOT!
Would I support a law to make assisted-suicide banned/illegal for all (severely unhealthy/unwell/unable) adults?: Absolutely NOT!
Would I support a law to make assisted-suicide mandatory for all (severely unhealthy/unwell/unable) adults?: Absolutely NOT!
...

(202109293) R&D work needed to create the real/true TOE:
1: The real/true (Quantum-Relativity) GUT needs to be created (by mathematically showing/proving spacetime (superfluid emergent property) created from gas-like medium of virtual particles of quantum vacuum)!
(Since accurate/realistic simulations of classical fluids require practical full-scale classical computers, accurate/realistic simulations of superfluids would require practical full-scale quantum computers!) (& if so, then, quantum-version of LBM-CA algorithm needs to be developed to simulate 2D/3D superfluids!)
(Classical LBM-CA enables accurate/realistic simulations of classical fluids but I am guessing it cannot simulate dynamics of phonon quasiparticles (because that would require quantum computer/algorithm)!)
2: Start developing accurate/realistic simulations of dynamics of all known quasiparticles (using 2D/3D CA grid/matrix/crystal algorithms running on quantum computers)!
3: Start developing accurate/realistic simulations of dynamics of all known real/virtual particles (using 2D/3D CA grid/matrix/crystal algorithms running on quantum computers)!
4: Unite/combine simulation models/algorithms of all known real/virtual particles into a single model/algorithm!

(202109293) Commented on the article:

"Could there be a parallel universe identical to our own?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/could-there-be-56743533

My guess is that, if the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics was really true, then, as we keep getting right answers from our quantum computers, in countless other parallel worlds, quantum computers would be keep giving wrong answers! :-)

(202109304) Additional comments on the same article above:

I think the main reason why many-worlds interpretation of QM cannot be right, is because it would really require each & every quantum measurement/branching create new copies of our whole universe! (Which is an idea I had read before but did not know/understand why that would be required!)

For example:

Imagine that, a physicist is making a measurement on a single particle!

If many-worlds interpretation of QM is correct, then, surely there would be countless parallel scientists making the same measurement!
Are they all measuring the same single particle?: Surely NOT!
& so, then, we are forced to conclude that, each & every quantum measurement/branching should/must create new copies of measured particles!
(Completely going against conservation of energy/information!)

(Not to mention, where each newly created/copied particle would exist?: In its own universe!
So, whole universe needs to be copied; not even just the measured particle! :-)

Here is another thought experiment showing the problem w/ MWI:

Imagine that, I made a measurement on a single particle & it branched into 2 separate reality versions!
If I continue to observe one of those reality versions then there needs to be another me to continue observing the other reality version!
& that (again) means each quantum measurement should/must actually cause whole universe to branch! :-)

(202110052) IMHO, elementary/composite particles do NOT have constant & identical internal quantum states (between same types of particles)!!!
Some evidences:
Pauli Exclusion Principle (which prevents White Dwarfs from collapsing by preventing electrons to be in the same (internal) quantum state & prevents Neutron Stars from collapsing by preventing neutrons to be in the same (internal) quantum state)!
QED (which is extremely well verified!) says electrons have ability to (temporarily) absorb photons (which implies internal state change)!
Stern-Gerlach Experiment shows electron beams getting separated (into 2) by a magnetic field but identical magnetic field cannot do it for a second time! (If the electrons still have same identical internal states then why?)
(IMHO, quantum particles are just clusters/registers of qubit/qutrit (state) data (w/ some values constant & some variable)!)

(202110052) IMHO, end of the world/humanity will NOT be because of any kind of natural/cosmic/scientific/technological disaster!!!
IMHO, it actually will be the way described by (Sunni(te) Islam (which provides lists of small & big signs for the end coming/approaching)!
(For example, one of the well-known small signs is, people/countries racing to have the highest building in the world!
& for example, UAE built the highest building in the world by far years ago & currently Saudi Arabia building another one far higher!
(& I think it is interesting that both buildings/countries are located at Arabian Peninsula which is the birthplace of (Sunni(te)) Islam!))

(202110063) Commented on the article:

"Why “chaos and complex systems” absolutely deserves 2021’s Nobel Prize in physics"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-chaos-and-in-57063537

"Complex systems can exhibit aggregate behaviors that only emerge from the interaction of many smaller, simpler systems."

Just like how all kinds of fluids emerge from aggregate behaviors of individual particles/atoms/molecules moving/interacting in random-fashion!
(Which is also the problem of Quantum-Relativity (IMHO):
How exactly aggregate behaviors of virtual particles of quantum vacuum could create a spacetime superfluid?)

(202110063) Commented on the article:

"The science of how Earth will meet its ultimate end"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/science-of-how-56970273

& by the way, "migrating the Earth farther away" option is the plot of this Chinese movie:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wandering_Earth

(IMHO, turning whole Earth to a mobile planet, also would be the best/safest way to take humanity to other stars!!!)

(202110074) Additional comment on the same article above:

Imagine, if whole Earth is covered w/ a grid of supertall (higher than atmosphere!) thruster towers powered by fusion!
They could be ion-drives using something like (ionized) water for example!

But I think laser propulsion could be the answer (which would not require any fuel)!
(Imagine, giant arrays of countless lasers on top of each tower!
(Photons have momentum, so any laser (or bright/efficient light source) could act as a drive in space!)
(Of course, such pure electric propulsion tech (if developed) would be really useful for satellites & space probes too!))

(202110074) Commented on the article:

"These 5 recent advances are changing everything we thought we knew about electronics"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/these-5-recent-57106604

"One of the most egregious example of where technology has failed to advance is the battery, as we pretty much store electric energy with dry cell chemical batteries, a technology that’s centuries old."

I think what could take battery tech to a whole new level maybe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel_energy_storage

IMHO, current flywheel energy storage tech is still far below/behind its max theoretical limits!
Imagine that small battery devices w/ one/multiple flywheel(s) spinning inside vacuum (suspended by magnetic fields)!
Realize that such flywheel(s) maybe made to spin close to relativistic speeds!

(202110122) Commented on the article:

"Can we use a giant thruster to change Earth’s orbit?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/can-we-use-giant-57300263

I knew it! Thanx Ethan! :-)

But also:

We are talking about extremely distant future & you assume still there is no fusion power available?
(I for 1 think that practical fusion power is definitely possible!)

I also think that covering whole Earth w/ a grid of (equidistant) supertall (higher than atmosphere!) giant tower thrusters would be a superior solution!
(Keep in mind that their firings can be timed (by taking into account rotation of Earth!) to be always on the same/any side we want!)
Because then, Earth could be moved in any direction (like when eventually if we decide to travel to another younger star system)! 

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 16

(202109094) Commented on the article:

"How America’s Big Science Literacy Mistake Is Coming Back To Haunt Us"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-americas-big-55945976

Just some food for thought for anyone interested:

USA & China start an economic war! Later the war (clearly!) starts going bad for China side!
But, suddenly a new flu-like virus appears (right where Chinese virus research lab is located!)
& somehow China quickly/successfully able to contain the virus (suspiciously looking like they already knew all about it!)!

But, somehow the virus escapes to the rest of the whole world (but not to rest of China!)!

& somehow, USA & all its allies get a massive economic damage, but China gets a massive economic benefit!

(By the way, let's not forget that giving the enemy a disease is actually a well-known old war tactic/trick!)

& China claims innocence (& even (outrageously!) blames USA for the virus!) but somehow prevents all research attempts to uncover origin of the virus!
(Are we supposed to believe China maybe just trying protect some extremely valuable secret tech or something?)

By the way, IMHO, the virus does not need to be engineered at all!
Isn't it possible, for example, China just searched & selected a suitable natural virus & "taught/trained" the virus how to infect humans?

(It is also still possible the virus just escaped from the research lab thru neglect but that still would make China responsible/guilty though!)

(I for 1, at least, conclude that China is clearly guilty & owes compensation to all countries endured damages/losses because of the virus!)

(202109116) I had read that famous physicist Richard Feynman had said that he was getting/picking-up women by essentially treating them as worthless!
I had also noticed that beautiful women prefer to date w/ men who see/treat them as worthless!
(& they seem to think that men who see/treat them as worthy are (desperate) losers!)
What really surprising to me is that many/most(?) of those women also seem to want/prefer a long term relationship!
But here is the problem:
Is it really logical to think/expect that a man who see you worthless (in other words "easily replaceable"!) would really want a long term relationship w/ you?
& even if, a relationship w/ such a man seems to be going long/OK, isn't it very/most likely that is only because he did not find your (equal or better) replacement yet or he is already cheating on you w/ someone else?

(202109142) Here is an analogy which IMHO could explain what is the problem w/ trying to unite (Quantum & Relativity) physics, by simply creating/using a more general mathematical structure:

Imagine that, back in 19th Century, if someone converted all equations of Newton Physics & Maxwell EM Theory into polynomial (curve) equations & claimed uniting all known physics into a/the TOE!
(By the way, it is important to realize that, whether or not if such conversion canbe really done is besides the point!
For example, another analogy could be, if someone converted all equations of Newton Physics into differential equations & added them together w/ Maxwell equations (which are already differential equations) & claimed uniting all known physics into a/the TOE!)

Now imagine the opposite situation, where 2 main theories of physics remain in completely different mathematical forms, but made to really/actually united!
Imagine that, back in 19th Century, if whole humanity was living underwater!
& there were 2 main theories of physics created:
1: Navier-Stokes Physics (which described macro-scale dynamics)
2: Statistical Mechanics (which described micro-scale dynamics)
Imagine that, if those 2 theories were generally thought to be completely different/incompatible!
(Because one was continuous/deterministic & the other was discrete/probabilistic!)
What if, someone had done research & mathematically showed/proved that, collective/average behavior of water molecules (when viewed/analyzed from macro-scale point-of-view), re-created well-known Navier-Stokes equations/physics!

(202109153) Commented on the article:

"What Does Einstein's General Relativity Actually Mean?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-does-mean-56178993

Just some food for thought:

Let's consider/realize that how common are fluids in our physical reality/universe!
& if we want to unite General Relativity & Quantum Mechanics & if we already know that equations of GR can be converted to fluid equations, would it really still make sense that we insist on using GR equations that model spacetime as an elastic continuous geometric structure?
Wouldn't it really make more sense that if we assume spacetime is a fluid & start looking for finding-out what & how could create it?

From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_solution
"In general relativity, a fluid solution is an exact solution of the Einstein field equation in which the gravitational field is produced entirely by the mass, momentum, and stress density of a fluid."

Also realize that all physical fluids have a physical situation, just like QM & GR we want to unite:
They are discrete/probabilistic at micro-scale & continuous/deterministic at macro-scale!

(202109164) Commented on the article:

"Are We Approaching Quantum Gravity All Wrong?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/are-we-quantum-56221113

Imagine that if we were living underwater & we had 2 main physics theories:
1: A discrete/probabilistic theory at micro-scale describing mechanics/dynamics of individual water molecules!
2: A continuous/deterministic theory at macro-scale describing mechanics/dynamics of water!
What if most people thought that those 2 theories are incompatible/contradictory?
How we could prove those people wrong (& unite our 2 theories)?
What if we mathematically derived the macro-scale theory from the micro-scale theory?
Imagine, starting w/ modeling few water molecules at first (using the micro-scale theory) & later showing that, as number of water molecules goes to infinity, collective/average mechanics/dynamics gives us the equations of the macro-scale theory! 

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 15

(202108264) Commented on the article:

"How Small Was The Universe At The Start Of The Big Bang?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-small-was-at-55314222

According to GR, higher mass/energy density slows down time!

& so, realize, for example, in early times/stages of Big Bang, time would be passing a lot slower than today!
An observer inside the universe would not notice any difference, but a hypothetical observer "outside the universe" would!

& so, current age of the universe would be a lot longer than "13.8 billion years", to a hypothetical observer outside our universe!

& I think, it should/must be definitely possible to calculate current age of the universe, for a hypothetical observer outside the universe, by using GR & current best mathematical model of universe (providing mass/energy density since Big Bang to today)!

(202108264) According to the Big Bang Theory, our universe passed thru multiple stages/phases (w/ different durations) until today!
Could it be really the case that, there were actually six stages/phases & their durations are all equal, to a hypothetical observer outside our universe?
(Judaism/Christianity/Islam saying/claiming that "God created our universe in six 'days'"!)

(202109072) An often repeated slogan/catch-phrase against "an eye for an eye" ("punishment needs to fit crime") is
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind!” (which is a quote from Mahatma Gandhi?)!

Sorry (& no disrespect) but IMHO that claim is absolutely false & canbe easily proven to be so!
IMHO, if the punishment for intentionally causing someone to lose an eye was really losing his/her eye the same way, then the result would be everybody absolutely refraining from harming other people's eyes; NOT the opposite!
& IMHO, if any such country following such a law researched, then that would be found to be actually/really the case!
(& of course, actually the same really goes for ALL kinds of violent crimes! (IMHO, contrary to some people's opinion, pretty much all (would-be) criminals are actually always quite concerned about what possible punishment they would get for what kind of crime they commit!))

(If Gandhi really said such a quote, I would think his goal was to prevent revenge/violence against people who worked for The British Colonial Government of India! (Which would be clearly unfair/unjustified IMHO (just like anybody doing such revenge/violence against people who worked for the previous government in Afghanistan today)!))

(202109072) Commented on the article:

"The 3 Reasons Why CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Can’t Make Particles Go Faster"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/3-reasons-why-go-55861296

I for 1 think that, building a bigger accelerator/collider, using current tech, would be a disaster for whole physics world/community, because extremely likely it would find nothing new!
& afterwards, quite possibly no government would ever want to pay again for an even more costly newer accelerator/collider; no matter what!
& so, the progress of (particle) physics would get stuck!

IMHO, there is actually an extremely/clearly promising new frontier for particle physics, which is Planck Scale, but going there requires totally new tech!

Simply making a bigger accelerator/collider is NOT the only way to reach higher particle collision energies!
That strategy would never work anyway for reaching Planck Scale collision energies, since it would require a galaxy-sized(?) accelerator/collider!

IMHO, what needs to be done is designing an accelerator/collider that collides (not particles nor heavy ions but) tiny (charged/magnetized) (iron) balls (which has Planck mass!)!
Its goal would be creating Planck particles (micro-BHs)!
(& so completing SM & learning everything about BHs! (& even NSs, since slower collisions would/should create NS matter!))

Realize, even if Planck particles do not really exist, learning/resolving everything about BHs (& Hawking Radiation etc) (& NS matter), absolutely would make all its cost more than enough justified!

(202109083) Commented on the article:

"Could This 40 Year Old Formula Be The Key To Going Beyond The Standard Model?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/could-this-40-be-55903838

My guess is, to have any real chance of uncovering mass/energy orders/relationships of elementary particles, first, we need to uncover (& prove!) quantum nature of energy itself! (Because then all particle energies would be reduced to integers, first of all!)
I think all forms of energy are actually discrete & so the huge question is, what is the quantum unit of energy itself?

& "Landauer limit" maybe the answer, IMHO!
From Wikipedia:
"the Landauer limit represents an energy of approximately 0.0175 eV"

(Of course, physicists knowing quantum unit of energy would help for so many other theoretical physics problems too, no doubt!)

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 14

(202108124) Commented on the article:

"This Is Why Quantum Mechanics Isn’t Enough To Explain The Universe"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-is-why-isnt-54809518

"It’s why practically every physicist fully expects that, at some level, gravitation must be quantized as well."

Just some food for thought for anyone interested:

IMHO, it is well past time for realizing that trying to unite gravity w/ the other 3 quantum forces using "gravitons" is a bad/failed idea!
(Just like Einstein was keep trying to unite Relativity w/ Maxwell's E-M Theory was a bad/failed idea!)

Also, IMHO, the correct name for "The GUT Problem" would be "Quantum-Relativity" & NOT "Quantum-Gravity"!

Why?

Because, the problem is, how to unite Quantum Mechanics & (General) Relativity!
It is NOT, how to unite gravity to QM as a new (quantum) force (created by gravitons)!
(Gravitons could possibly explain gravity as a (quantum) force but how they can explain bending of spacetime?)
(Not to mention, after so many decades of searching, still there is no sign implying they may really exist!)

The correct way to look at the problem is (IMHO), how quantum particles (at micro-scale) could really create spacetime (at macro-scale) (as an emergent property)!
(& so explain gravity as just bending of that created spacetime!)
& fortunately, it is already wellknown that spacetime of GR can be explained as a (super)fluid:
(By the way, all kinds of fluids are actually emergent properties!)
From Wikipedia:
"In general relativity, a fluid solution is an exact solution of the Einstein field equation in which the gravitational field is produced entirely by the mass, momentum, and stress density of a fluid."

Then realize, the problem is actually similar to explaining how water is created by water molecules! (Actually a much better analogy would be, how air fluid (weather at macro-scale) is created by air (gas) molecules (at micro-scale)!)
Also realize, none of known real particles of SM could possibly be the source that creates spacetime!
& so, only realistic physical possibility could possibly be is, virtual particles (of quantum vacuum), which are already wellknown/proven to be exist everywhere (which can be imagined as a gas-like medium!)!

(202108157) Grass lawns are pretty much useless & they require endless spending of money & labor & water & poisonous chemicals!
Why not turn all lawn areas to harmless & actually useful spaces, by replacing them w/ fake lawns or just rock/concrete pavements?

(202108183) Commented on the article:

"Question about an opportunity"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/question-about-54886008

Do not be naive & stayaway Ethan!

China is clearly guilty (& should/must pay compensation to the rest of the world, IMHO)!
They clearly prevented research into COVID-19 origin & informed the world about it much later than they knew about the virus!
(Not to mention, they maybe also guilty for releasing the virus from their research lab (intentionally or thru neglect)!)

I want to clarify that, since China would no doubt refuse to pay any compensation to any country for COVID-19 losses/damages, only practical solution would be simply erasing all debts all countries owe to China, which can be easily done regardless of approval/cooperation of China!

Just in case, if even more clarification needed (about what exactly I mean by "can be easily done"):

Imagine, for example, if any country that wants compensation from China, sent a very short & clear message to China as such:

"Dear China (Government):

Our country (government) think that, you are clearly guilty & responsible for all COVID-19 losses/damages all countries endured!
But, since you would never admit guilt/responsibility (& neither voluntarily pay compensation), we will go ahead & assume, all our current debt to China already paid in full (as compensation)!

Thanx!"

(202108183) IMHO, (informal/business) suits (w/ suit jacket & necktie/bowtie) serve no good/useful purpose & actually bad to wear in hot/cold weather!
(Of course, people can choose to wear impractical clothing as fashion but such clothing never should/must be made mandatory to wear anywhere IMHO!)

(202108216) OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM:
From Wikipedia:
"It is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.41 billion."
Having highest population in the world (w/ more than 1.4 BILLION!) is not good enough for China?
Is not USA very clear evidence/proof for, there is really no need for such excessive population to become a superpower country of the world?
& here is the huge question:
If someday China experiences a massive drought or economic crisis etc, can China still feed all its people, w/o needing help from outside world, or not?
& if it cannot & countless millions of Chinese people die of hunger, would China really have a right to blame other countries of the world, or not?
(IMHO, these also apply to India!)
(Actually IMHO, ALL countries should/must always try to adjust their population, by considering, if they can still feed themselves, whenever there is any (huge) local/global crisis!) 

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 13

(202108091) About AI Blackbox Problem:
AI learns how to make decisions from human decided examples!
Then, how are those people made those example decisions?
Can they explain?
Also, there was a news a while ago saying there is a new AI design which does not just make decisions but also provides confidence level/score (as a percentage) for its decisions!
IMHO, all AI software used by law enforcement, healthcare, finance etc should/must provide a confidence level/score for each/all its decisions!
For example, if a face recognition AI decides someone in public is a wanted criminal, then, it better also tell what is the confidence/certainty level/score for its decision!
For example, if the the confidence/certainty level/score/percentage is less then %50 then it is highly likely to be a wrong decision!

(202108091) DEEPFAKES NEED GLOBAL BAN!!!
I for 1, absolutely think that, making all kinds of deepfakes of real living/dead people should/must be globally outlawed, w/ severe punishment!!!
Danger to whole world, for all kinds of (political & religious & social) public manipulation, is just too great to ignore!!!
(Also consider, how easily any relationships/marriages can be destroyed & how anybody can be, get fired from their job, or discredited & so on!!!)
(Also consider a future world where/when, all criminals committing all kinds of crimes easily walking-away free, even though there are plenty of (security-cam/(smart-)phone) videos/recordings clearly implicating them, because it is really easy to make/get very high quality deepfakes any/all videos/recordings, & so, videos/recordings are NOT accepted as evidence by courts anymore!!!)

(202108091) About "Sustainable" & "Environmentally-friendly" Timber Buildings/Skyscrapers/Structures:
In past centuries, building ships & buildings from timber had nearly destroyed all forests of many countries & not to mention there were many giant city-wide fires!
Maybe we should/must take lesson from history?
Not to mention, do we really want to constantly produce & use very harmful chemicals to fight against termites etc, in all future buildings/towns/cities?
IMHO, some architectural firms trying to bring back (large-scale) timber building construction is a extremely bad idea!!!

(202108091) INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES NEED TO STAYOUT OF POLITICS!!!
IMHO, all international companies should/must always follow local laws & NOT behave as misguided/naive SJWs!!!
& not to mention, if they help/support one side, in any local political/social conflict/issue, then all people supporting the other side would turn enemy against those companies & THEIR ORIGIN COUNTRIES!!!
IMHO, our world definitely do NOT need political/social polarizations to be increased by any/all international companies!!!
IMHO, international issues should/must be handled by international organizations like UN & NATO etc, or at least, should/must be handled between governments!!!
But, what if, origin country government of any international companies, does NOT want their companies to work for any certain foreign country, for any reason?
IMHO, in that case, that origin country government need to make a law or (federal) government (executive) order, ordering those companies to, NOT do any business in that certain foreign country (or limit their business there, in certain way(s))!!!

(202108091) DO NOT ALLOW EMPLOYEE PROTESTS/WALKOUTS!!!
IMHO, employees doing walkouts & protests against their own company is absolutely harmful to all companies & all industries!!!
First of all, which reasons are OK for employee walkouts & protests & which ones are not???
Who can tell/decide really???
& if any reason is OK then, would employees ever runout of reasons to keep doing more walkouts & protests against their own company???
IMHO, if large companies would not fight back against employee walkouts & protests, then employee walkouts & protests would be done more & more often!!!
& there would be more & more (& bigger) demands from the companies!!!
& those demands would become more & more about employee perks & compensations over time (to get more support/attendance from employees for walkouts & protests)!!!
& each time a company gives-in to those demands, it would encourage all employees of other companies to do (more/bigger) walkouts & protests!!!
Also, even w/o considering employee demands to come, think about how much work time would be lost (especially for urgent and/or high priority tasks/projects)!!!
Also, even w/o considering employee demands to come, think about how much bad publicity would be gained (by companies) (especially if they ever refuse any demands)!!!
Then what companies need to do to fight back???
Fire or at least cut wage from all employees attended walkouts & protests against their own company!!!
Fire all (toxic) employees who organized/lead walkouts & protests against their own company (& thus caused great harm & bad publicity to their own company & set really bad examples for the other employees)!!!
Toxic employees who cause harm to companies they work for, by bringing bad publicity, by disrupting work, by causing loss of labor/time/money, by trying to dictate business decisions of their company or by trying to dictate which companies or governments/militaries their company can do business w/ or not, should/must be fired immediately, from all companies, always!!!
(Unless we want such employees keep multiplying to cause massive harm to whole industries/economies!)

(202108091) ANTI-GIG-WORKER LAWS ARE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED!!!
IMHO, all companies using gig-workers (who are a lot cheaper for them), to massively lower their costs, to unfairly compete against full-employee-benefit companies/industries need to be stopped, for sure!!!
Unless we really want to allow them to (sooner or later) defeat/destroy all full-employee-benefit companies/industries, thanx to (low-cost) unfair competition!!!
Unless we really want to allow (sooner or later) all workers in all companies/industries to be turned to no/low-benefit gig-workers!!!
(Because that would become (sooner or later) only way/option to survive, pretty much for any company in any industry!!!)

(202108091) Autonomous Weaponry is IMMENSELY BENEFICIAL!!!
Autonomous Weaponry is bad because it does the SAME JOB as human soldiers, but only much better (much more accurately/cheaper & w/o needing any rest/break/sleep)???
Autonomous Weaponry is bad because it would save countless human soldiers from putting their lives in danger???
Also, could ever there be any guarantee that all countries & terrorists would always follow any global ban/law???
& if not, then, anybody not following the law, would get a massive advantage, or not???

(202108091) DOORBELL CAMERAS ARE IMMENSELY BENEFICIAL!!!
IMHO, doorbell cameras are like a much more advanced & effective Neighborhood Watch (thanx to modern tech)!!!
& so, they are immensely beneficial for law enforcement fighting against crime & so, they are immensely beneficial for common good of general public!!!
Also, IMHO, general public is NOT obsessed w/ privacy, quite unlike what self-appointed "privacy advocates" (like ACLU & EFF) always claim/pretend!!!
Also, IMHO, general public is always happy to help/support law enforcement (who are just trying to protect & serve common good of general public), quite unlike what self-appointed "privacy advocates" (like ACLU & EFF) always claim/pretend!!!

(202108091) LAW ENFORCEMENT NEED ACCESS TO DNA DATABASES!!!
IMHO, usage of public DNA databases for solving crime is quite innovative usage of tech & evidence speaks loud & clear, because of some of the worst & hardest to catch criminals keep getting caught (anybody can do a little research to see)!!!
So, usage of public DNA databases for solving crime is absolutely very beneficial for common good of general public!!!
Also, IMHO, general public is NOT obsessed w/ privacy, quite unlike what self-appointed "privacy advocates" always claim/pretend!!!
& only people who are really obsessed w/ "privacy" are criminals & their tireless supporters!!!
Also, IMHO, general public is always happy to help law enforcement (who are just trying to protect & serve common good of general public), quite unlike what self-appointed "privacy advocates" always claim/pretend!!!

(202108091) SOCIAL CREDIT SCORING IS IMMENSELY BENEFICIAL!!!
IMHO social credit scoring is a revolutionary tech that is immensely beneficial for common good of general public!
Think about credit scores, driver license points, school grades! Are they bad for common good, or the opposite?
If they are really/actually useful then why not take the idea to full scale using modern tech?

(202108091) IMHO, (smartphone app-based) electronic State IDs & Driver Licenses should/must never be allowed to be legal anywhere, because they can be easily reprogrammed later to display fakes!)
(IMHO, there should/must not be any doubt that as soon as they become legal & common, (illegal) apps to modify/replace them at will would quickly become available!)

(202108091) KEEP CONTENT CLEANUP ALGORITHMS ABSOLUTELY SECRET!!!
All major internet websites, where people share pictures & videos etc, are in constant battle, no doubt, against countless people, who use software bots to wholesale upload illegal/harmful content, non-stop!!!
So, knowing details of the content cleanup/filtering/searching algorithm(s) used by each major website is of huge value to those people, who create/distribute/sell those software bots, no doubt!!!
(So they can modify their software bots to defeat/exploit each content cleanup/filtering/searching algorithm!!!)
So, IMHO, it should/must be absolutely no surprise to anyone that, many people & organizations, who (obviously) think "there is absolutely no such thing as illegal/harmful internet content",
are always keep trying to pressure major websites to reveal their content cleanup/filtering/searching algorithms (to actually help software bot creators to defeat/exploit them)!!!
IMHO, keeping internet clean from all illegal/harmful content is vital for common good & whole future of humanity!!!
& so it is also vital that ALL MAJOR WEBSITES SHOULD/MUST KEEP THEIR CONTENT CLEANUP ALGORITHMS ABSOLUTELY SECRET!!!

(202108091) Problem Of Unlawful Access By Authorized Personnel:
Government/law enforcement personnel should/must be absolutely prohibited from accessing private/personal info of general public (like DMV records etc), unless required for an official investigation/reason!
(It is also wrong to consider such “unauthorized access” by authorized personnel as “computer hacking”!)
Clearly there needs to be a federal/general law to clearly/permanently ban such actions using any database/software/hardware used by government/law enforcement!
Otherwise, allowing such actions would severely damage public trust on government/law enforcement!

(202108091) WILDFIRES PROBLEM SOLUTION:
IMHO, "Do nothing (for prevention) & just let wildfires keep burning because they are 'natural'!" attitude is the real/main problem!
(National parks management people also have the same attitude? Or private forest owners?)
Burning biomass alone by itself is massive waste, let alone burning massive numbers of valuable/rare/endangered trees/plants & not to mention massive numbers of animals keep burning to death! Not to mention a lot of property loss/damage!
The real solutions are full/proper forest management (like forest thinning & creating a grid of easy access roads in all forest areas)!
Let private companies harvest a lot of wood for any usage & for producing biodiesel/biofuel!
Use autonomous patrol drones (w/ all kinds of cameras/sensors) to quickly detect any wildfires very early!
(Also, keep doing small controlled fires is a really bad idea, because it is still a massive waste of biomass/trees/plants & animal lives!)

(202108091) IMHO, Internet Browsers (like Chrome & Firefox etc) forcing usage of HTTPS, all-the-time, is NOT really about improving internet security (like they claim), because, HTTPS do NOT really prevent any commonly well known types of hacking, ransomware, malware, etc!
They also claim, it is also for improving privacy, but, in reality, general public is NOT obsessed about privacy at all!
Then, what is the real reason, for trying to force HTTPS, for all internet usage/users?
IMHO, it is actually for trying to prevent all government law enforcement, from finding/catching internet-based crimes/criminals!!!
Which is absolutely against common good of general public & so absolutely against justice & humanity!!!

(202108091) Why do we need a quantum encryption based internet exactly?
It would NOT protect against hackers or malware/ransomware, since none of them actually work/done by intercepting/manipulating internet communication traffic in the middle!
It would be pretty much only "useful" against government law enforcement, who are trying to catch criminals & illegal activities to protect & serve common good of general public!
Also, general public is NOT obsessed w/ privacy at all, quite unlike what self-appointed "privacy advocates/watchdogs" always claim/pretend & only people who are really obsessed w/ privacy are criminals & their huge fans/advocates!
(IMHO, a quantum encryption based internet can actually be greatly beneficial for whole world/humanity, but only if, it is a subnet that is only allowed to be used by governments & militaries (& UN & NATO etc)!)

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 12

(202107117) Commented on the article:

"Ask Ethan: Is There A Hidden Quantum Reality Underlying What We Observe?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-ethan-is-we-53480003

Just some food for thought for anyone interested:

I for one think that, only true interpretation of QM is that our whole reality itself is a Quantum Computer (that keeps processing (real & virtual) particle (movement/decay/interaction) data/information)!
(Imagine particles as just moving clusters/registers of (pure) qubit/qutrit data!)

Also, I think idea of Hidden Variables cannot be true, because otherwise, Quantum Computers would be reduced to Classical Computers!
(Which is obviously wrong, since we already have working Quantum Computers (proving Quantum Supremacy)!)

(IMHO, Quantum Computers can actually evaluate all possible solutions to a problem in a single step (at least for some problems & after some initial setup/preparation steps) & I think, such an operation would be absolutely impossible, if Hidden Variables idea was really correct!)

(202107213) Commented on the article:

"Why The Universe Probably Isn’t Shaped Like A Donut"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-universe-53936431

I for 1 think that, the problem of finding/proving whole/global shape/geometry of our universe is actually solvable (but would require a lot of R&D for sure)!

What really the problem given/asked to us actually is, creating a (very simplified) computer simulation/model that would/should/must create a similar "observable universe" as we see in our real universe!

Imagine that, it starts as a ball of particles that expands over time & creates (very simple) galaxy-like structures in the end!

Imagine that, it has speed of light limitation for traveling "rays of light" (which are continuously emitted by the "particles"/"galaxies" from beginning time to end time of the simulation)!

Imagine that, main goal/condition of the simulation given/asked is that, a simulated observer should/must see a similar "observable universe" as we see in our real universe!
(So, the simulated observer should/must see (all-around) such a situation that, the most developed galaxy-like structures are in closest distances & less & less developed structures are in farther & farther distances & no structures at farthest observable distance(s)!)

(So, imagine that, we are asked to design/create such a computer simulation, in any (simplest) way possible, to achieve that goal in the end of the simulation!)

IMHO, whenever we really succeed in creating such a computer simulation/model, it would really mean we have/know the whole/global shape/geometry of our universe!

(202107235) Additional comment on the same article (as above):

I think such a computer simulation software could be designed as to be a general testing/verification tool for any proposed whole universe shapes/geometries!

For example, imagine that, it is given equations of a 4D hyper-torus & it simulates (using equations of GR) a "Big Bang" & expansion of the (whole) universe (shaped as a hyper-torus)!
In the end, it is checked, if it really created a (uniform) "observable universe", for a simulated observer, or not!

(My guess is, only equations of a 4D hyper-sphere would really create a (uniform) "observable universe" in the end!)

Also, I think such a simulation software could also answer these other huge questions:

Our whole universe could be really bigger than our observable universe, or not? (My guess is no!)

Our whole universe could really have a (uniform) curvature, or not? (My guess is yes!)

(202108021) We need to realize that a toroidal universe is definitely a plausible physical possibility (even though extremely unlikely) because bubble rings in water & smoke rings in air are wellknown to be physically possible!  

(202108021) IMHO, ALL taxpayer money spending (by local/national governments), to train athletes to attend (inter)national sports contests, and/or, to organize (inter)national sports contests, (which is actually done w/o ever really getting approval from taxpayers!!!) is a TOTAL WASTE of taxpayer money!!!

(202108021) IMHO, ALL taxpayer money spending (by local/national governments), to support fine/performing art(ist)s and/or to buy/rent artworks, (which is actually done w/o ever really getting approval from taxpayers!!!) is a TOTAL WASTE of taxpayer money!!!

ISLAM

Imagine that, God created our world/universe, as a neutral testing ground for humans, to clearly prove which ones are really worthy of (eternal) life in heaven or hell!
(Realize that, especially, sending anybody directly to hell (for any bad actions they did not actually done) would not really be fair/just, even though God knows the whole future of everybody (in full detail) (& even what exactly anybody would do in what situation)!)
Also imagine that, God sent many prophets/religions to guide & warn humanity, like Adam (first prophet), Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad (last prophet)!
(Why many religions, one after another? Because, each time previous religion was mostly forgotten and/or extremely corrupted, over time (& so became absolutely unacceptable as a valid religion to God)!)
& so, imagine that, only valid religion in our time & until the end of the world/humanity is Islam!
(Particularly, Sunni(te) Islam, including Hanafi/Shafi/Hanbali/Maliki (& excluding Wahhabi/Salafi, Shiite, Ahmadiyya, Bahaism etc)!)
I think this maybe quite surprising to most people:
According to (Sunni(te)) Islam, whether a person would spent eternity in Heaven or Hell, actually only depends on, whether that person died believing in the (currently) valid religion (& its valid branch), or not!
& so, it does not actually depends on amounts of good & bad actions of that person!
(More/bigger good actions gets a person in Heaven better life/rewards (like larger land/palace etc) & more/bigger bad actions gets a person in Hell worse life/punishments!)
(& if a person died believing in the (currently) valid religion (& its valid branch) but has so much (unforgiven) bad actions (sins) then that person is sent to Hell for punishment but only for a limited time (& sent to Heaven for eternity afterwards)!)

(By the way, according to (Sunni(te)) Islam, temperature of Hell is about 70 times hotter than (ordinary/common) fire in our world!
Average temperature of a candle fire is about 1000 degrees C & so it means temperature of Hell is probably around 70000 degrees C!
(Surface temperature of our Sun is about 6000 degrees C, for comparison!)
But, it is also said that, Hell has 7 stories where temperature increases from top to bottom! & so it seems unclear whether that temperature given is min or max or average!?
(Some people may think that human body would instantly completely destroyed at such temperatures!
But, according to (Sunni(te)) Islam, human bodies in Hell will be super-giant (the example given is, size of a human tooth in there being like size of a mountain in our world)!
& also, according to (Sunni(te)) Islam, human bodies in Hell will do non-stop re-healing, as they keep getting burned/damaged!))

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 11

(202105226) Lawns (of houses/buildings) just kept for pretty looks are a huge/total waste (of water/labor/money)!
They also cause constant massive dispersing of harmful artificial herbicide/pesticide chemicals to our environment!
(Not to mention, they also often cause so much noise from lawnmowers etc!)

(202105226) Whenever a person calls/texts local emergency service number (911/999) from his/her smartphone, an autogenerated standard format text message needs to be send automatically, which contains GPS location & phone owner info (name, pronoun(s), language(s), race, DOB, phone number, address)!
(The owner (or the phone company) needs to setup local emergency service number & phone owner info!)

(202105252) Israel & Palestine Problem & Syrian Civil War Problem maybe/canbe solved together!:
IMHO, Syria needs to be divided into 2, as Northern & Southern Syria!
(Because, the root cause of the civil war is NOT simply/just "the public (who want democracy) rise-up against their dictator"!
There is also fundamental religious incompatibility between The Sunnis/Sunnites of North & The (Shia/Shite) Alawis/Alawites of South!)
Imagine, then, Syria divided into N & S & Palestinians (who are Sunnis/Sunnites) sold their land to Israel & moved to Northern Syria!
(& they provided much needed money & experience to Northern Syria, to rebuild & create their new (independent) state/country!)

(202106056) Commented on the article:

"The Wuhan Lab Leak Hypothesis Is A Conspiracy Theory, Not Science"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/wuhan-lab-leak-52063291

It really matters that origin of COVID-19 virus is natural or artificial?
Absolutely yes!
Because, if it is artificial, then, even if it was released unintentionally, China would be still guilty, IMHO!
(Because causing deaths/damage thru neglect is still a crime!)
& so, they would owe compensation to all other countries, at least for all economic damage they caused, IMHO!

I myself strongly believe that origin of COVID-19 virus is natural, but it is (obviously) still extremely important to prove that to whole world!! (Considering the extremely high stakes that whether China owes trillions of dollars(!) of compensation or not!?)
& so, China needs to stop preventing full access to international (WHO) researchers, who are trying to find-out everything about origins of COVID-19 virus! Otherwise, China needs to be considered guilty as charged, by the rest of the world, IMHO!

COVID-19 pandemic caused massive damage to whole world & it is neither the first nor will be the last global pandemic coming from wild animals! & so, it is extremely important for whole world/humanity to absolutely minimize chances of any future pandemics! I have seen some suggestions like, "restore forests" (which I think is already getting done to fight Global Warming) & "try to keep monitoring all wild animals for new diseases"!
I do not think any such ideas would ever really could prevent COVID-19!
Then what could be done?
IMHO, only true solution would be whole world/humanity cutting-off itself from all wild animals!!
How? By signing a global/international agreement that absolutely/permanently bans sale/trade/consumption/hunting/petting all wild animals (except fish)!!
(Of course, such an agreement would need to go into effect only after 10 or 20 years in the future, so that all countries could prepare themselves!)

Actually (IMHO), China is already very clearly guilty, because of letting rest the world about COVID-19 TOO LATE!!!
& here is what I would like to propose as COVID-19 compensation problem solution:
Cancel all debts all countries owe to China!!!

(202106104) Here is an analogy which IMHO could explain what is the problem w/ trying to unite (Quantum & Relativity) physics, by simply using a more general mathematical structure (like Strings or Twistors etc):
Imagine that, back in 19th Century, if someone converted all equations of Newton Physics & Maxwell EM Theory into polynomial (curve) equations & claimed uniting all known physics into a/the TOE!
(Realize that, afterwards, whenever any experiment/observation showed any of the polynomials is not valid in an extended range, then, the problem could be easily "fixed" by simply creating a suitable higher degree polynomial!)

(202106163) Even though it appears like average/max human lifespan is keep increasing (in general), that is only because less wars & better healthcare & food etc!
Actually, (Judaism & Christianity &) Islam imply that average/max human lifespan maybe really keep decreasing! (Adam living more than 1000 years & Noah more than 900 years, etc!)
Could such trend (dis)proved (maybe by checking/measuring telomere lengths of human cells thru history)?

(202106207) IMHO, ALL (local/federal/national) infrastructure projects should/must be made immune against all lawsuits (after they started (construction)) thru law!
(For example, city of Los Angeles clearly has a huge traffic problem, which seems to be cannot ever be solved! But why? Is it because lack of money?: No! One time I had read a news which I think explains the main problem! The city had started building a tunnel project, which had got cancelled (derailed!) in the middle, because of a lawsuit from a group of residents demanding environmental studies (which would take many years)!)
(Actually (IMHO), what Los Angeles really needs (first & foremost) is a full/extensive/comprehensive subway network (just as cities like New York & London etc have)!)

(202106244) IMHO, if a civil war situation happens in Iraq then the solution maybe Sunni-side joining to Turkey & Shiite-side joining to Iran (as internally-independent states)!

(202106281) Cultural Appropriation Problem:
So many times I noticed news articles in mass media, about some people in social media accusing some celebrities for doing "cultural appropriation"! Often because of those celebrities wearing outfits similar to some particular cultural outfits!
But aren't really almost all kinds of outfits/fashion everybody wear, everywhere in the world, really came from other cultures/nations/countries? (For example, it seems wearing neckties had started as a new fashion by the French people!)
For example, there was a Spanish outfit fashion in whole world during 70s! Whole world was really doing "cultural appropriation"?
Someone (who is non-Italian) posts a picture/video of himself/herself to social media, eating Italian food, is really doing "cultural appropriation"?
Someone posts a video of himself/herself to social media, listening to music from another culture or watching a movie/show from another culture, is really doing "cultural appropriation"?
I think, the whole idea/concept of "cultural appropriation" is wrong/harmful & needs to go-away! & the real "rule of thumb" needs to be, whether there seems to be any ((very) clear) intent/goal to belittle/ridicule some other culture/nation/country or not!?

VARIOUS & SUNDRY 10

(202103291) Turing Test Problem:
Whether we accept that "we do not really know what is mind/consciousness" or "mind/consciousness is brain machinery controlled/commanded by free will", either case, there cannot be any test that can really prove any given AI/robot is truly conscious!
But, on the other hand, surely there can be any test that can really prove any given AI/robot is truly NOT conscious!
Whether we accept that "we do not really know what is life" or "life is cell/body machinery controlled/commanded by free will", either case, there cannot be any test that can really prove any given ALife/robot is truly alive!
But, on the other hand, surely there can be any test that can really prove any given ALife/robot is truly NOT alive!
(So, these are really similar situations to how theories of physics cannot really be proven but surely they can be disproven!)

(202103291) IMHO, our world really needs a (UN-led) global/international agreement, to digitize (in a standard resolution/format), all books/magazines/newspapers of all countries!!!
(& store/save them all, in a global archive/library! & provide free public internet access for all expired copyright ones!)

(202103313) IMHO, life is cell/body machinery controlled/commanded by free will!
(& that is why, for example, identical twins (& even identical cells!) have different personality/character!)
& since there is absolutely nothing in physics/science to explain (how to artificially create) free will, creating ALife (cell/body) should/must be absolutely impossible (IMHO)!

Also, IMHO, replacing genome of any natural/living cell w/ artificially created DNA/RNA, is NOT really creating ALife!
It would be, only if, there was no natural/living cell was used & all parts/pieces of the new cell were created artificially!

(IMHO, starting w/ a dead natural cell should/must not work either, but, in that case, the end result/achievement would always be still uncertain/arguable, because what if, that cell was not really dead (but hibernating/stunned etc)?)

Another huge question is, the new cell(s) created after genome replacement (especially after multiple divisions) are really clearly living cells? (Or, they are more like automatons/machines/robots?)
(Are they acting similar to known living cells, like searching for food, getting away from dangers, trying to fight against enemies, etc?)
(If they are clearly automatons, then, can they be turned into any kind of clearly living cells, by replacing their genomes w/ articially produced copy of those kinds of natural living cells? (IMHO, the answer should/must be no!))

(202104084) Commented on the article:

"Why You Should Doubt ‘New Physics’ From The Latest Muon g-2 Results"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-you-should-g-49772443

I have got the impression that theoretical calculation of muon magnetic moment requires including ALL SM particles (true?), but what if, SM is still incomplete?:

What if, BHs do not really contain (0-size/infinite-density!) singularities & actually made of particles (like everything else)?
From Wikipedia:
"A Planck particle, or planckion, named after physicist Max Planck, is a hypothetical particle defined as a tiny black hole whose Compton wavelength is equal to its Schwarzschild radius. Its mass is thus approximately the Planck mass, and its Compton wavelength and Schwarzschild radius are about the Planck length."

(IMHO, in all theoretical calculations requiring including ALL SM particles, including planckion should/must provide an improvement!
Because, planckion is the only realistic possibility for what particle BHs could be made of!

Of course, some might say/claim "BHs cannot be made of particles because they would need to move faster than light to avoid falling into central singularity"!

IMHO, that is same kind of "self-evident" "obviously true" simplistic logic as "a heavier than air machine cannot fly"!
Consider, for example, why neutrons on the surface of a NS do not fall to center (even though GR says they should/must!)?
Because, there are other neutrons on the way!

Imagine, a particle that already has min possible size & max possible density & so it cannot be compressed any further or crushed!)

(202104117) Additional comment on the same article:

Some might say "Planck particles are like micro-BHs & so they would be extremely unstable"!
But, realize that individual/free neutrons are also unstable but they are stable when part of a NS!

(202104143) Commented on the article:

"Ask Ethan: Could Gravitons Solve The Mystery Of Dark Matter?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-ethan-could-49814120

"In fact, if gravity, like the other known forces, turns out to be inherently quantum in nature, then the existence of a graviton is required."

Agree to disagree Ethan! :-)

If spacetime is an emergent property (superfluid) then bending of spacetime could be explained w/o needing any new particle!

(Actually GR is already known to be fully-compatible w/ spacetime as superfluid view!
From Wikipedia:
"In general relativity, a fluid solution is an exact solution of the Einstein field equation in which the gravitational field is produced entirely by the mass, momentum, and stress density of a fluid.")

What I really meant was, our reality/universe can be fully quantum in micro-scale, but classical in macro-scale!
Just like water is quantum in micro-scale, but it follows/approximates classical Navier-Stokes physics at macro-scale!

(Also, if spacetime is superfluid then gravitons could/would still exist but as quasiparticles!
Just like sound waves in air/water are made of phonon quasiparticles, gravitational waves could/would be made of graviton quasiparticles!)

It seems that "spacetime as superfluid" idea was actually presented/offered to Einstein but he chose not to pursue it!:

"Einstein, Graef, and a clash of theories"
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.6.4.20190717a/full

I think quite possibly that decision was the true greatest blunder of his life! :-)

QM already says there are all kinds of virtual particles keep popping in & out of existence everywhere!
(& Casimir force measurement experiments already proving they are really exist!)

Now imagine that virtual particles of quantum vacuum is like a gas medium at micro-scale that creates spacetime superfluid as emergent property at macro-scale!
(Just like air is a gas at micro-scale but it is a fluid at macro-scale!)

From Wikipedia for "Superfluid Vacuum Theory":

"The microscopic structure of this physical vacuum is currently unknown and is a subject of intensive studies in SVT."

What I think/propose is, that there is really only 1 realistic possibility (which is already known/proven to exist) & that is virtual particles!

I think some theoretical phycisists accept their physical existence & some don't!

I for one think that Casimir force measurement experiments alone are enough evidence/proof for their existence!
Otherwise, are we claiming purely imaginary/abstract mathematical entities creating a measurable physical effect on our reality?

"And then, how does that provide structure to space?"

I had given example of how air is a gas at micro-scale but a fluid at macro-scale!

Of course, what needs to be done is a full mathematical derivation (which is beyond me):

Step 1: Convert GR (spacetime) equations to (super)fluid form!
Step 2: Create virtual particle dynamics equations (similar to a gas but not exactly the same, obviously)!
Step 3: Mathematically show that gas-like virtual particle equations reduce to superfluid spacetime equations at macro-scale!
(Imagine that if you had particle dynamics equations for air & mathematically showed how those reduce to fluid equations at macro-scale!)

& then what you have would be Great Unified Theory of Quantum-Relativity!

"Even giving real existence of virtual particles they could only last for an unmeasurably short period of time."

But realize that popping in & out of existence happening extremely fast but it is constantly non-stop keep happening everywhere!
So you have a constantly existing gas-like medium everywhere!
(For example, consider how old CRT monitors/TVs created images!
Any giving moment there is really only a glowing spot on screen but it creates a full image because of keep scanning the whole screen extremely fast!)

As I said, I think spacetime (of GR) is superfluid emergent property created by virtual particles of quantum vacuum!
& so, at smaller than particle size scales, spacetime do not really exist, IMHO!
I think, ultimately, our reality is a Planck-scale crystal/grid/matrix quantum computer & all elementary particles (of SM) are its quasiparticles!
(Similar to quasiparticles in semiconductor crystals but way more complex!)
But that is a whole other discussion!! :-)

(202104187) Conditions for a proper flying car:
1: Fully electric drive (+ biodiesel/biofuel (NOT H2!) gas turbine generator)!
2: Hexacopter/octocopter! (It needs to be able to fly/land OK w/ 1 propeller failed!)
3: Needs to be able to fit into 1 (or 2) car parking spaces!
4: Needs to be able to carry 3 people (or 2 people + baggage)!
5: Its propellers need to be able to do auto-rotation in case of total power failure (for soft landing)!
6: It needs to self-correct (w/o power) to always fall upright!
7: It needs internal (+ external) airbags!

(202104294) Commented on the article:

"Which ‘Hints’ Of New Physics Should We Be Paying Attention To?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/which-hints-of-50529073

"Then why do we see the effect of quantum fields when there are no particles around to create them?"

But what if, there are always (virtual) particles everywhere? (As Casimir force experiments, for example, already indicate/support!)

Of course you can disagree Ethan, but I for one think, ALL quantum fields (like electric & magnetic fields) (as well as spacetime) are actually created by gas-like medium of virtual particles which exist everywhere always!!

(202105042) Commented on the article:

"The 5 Truths About Dark Matter That Everyone Should Know"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/5-truths-about-50837437

Just some food for thought for anyone interested:

I for 1 think that Dark Matter is just a side-effect caused by Dark Energy!

Consider that how a ball of dough would start as internally smooth but it would get a growing web-like structure later, as it rises!
Now imagine that dough is superfluid spacetime that rises because of DE & so it gets a growing cosmic web structure!

Realize that this view would easily explain:
Why there is no any kind of DM particle that can be found?
Why some galaxies appear to have too much DM & why some others appear to have too little?

& it could be possible to actually (dis)prove this idea in the future by analyzing geometric structure of the real Cosmic Web!
Because its geometric (Gaussian) curvature would be different, based on, whether it is created by gravitational collapse (as current/common view) or it is created as a side-effect by DE (as described above)!

(202105075) Commented on the article:

"Ask Ethan: Do Virtual Particles Really Exist?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-ethan-do-50966773

"The effects of virtual particles are real, but the particles themselves are not!"

Agree to disagree Ethan! :-)

Think about how easy it would be, for anyone, to refuse physical reality of spacetime, exactly the same way!
By saying "all measurable/observable effects of spacetime are real, but spacetime itself is not"!

Notice that there is absolutely no way for anyone to prove physical reality of virtual particles to anyone think like you!
(Because there are already many experiments/observations & you just refuse all of them!
(If there is any possible future experiment/observation, which could change your mind, please let us know! :-))

(202105086) Additional comment on the same article:

IMHO, what you are really saying/claiming is "virtual particles are just purely abstract mathematical tools/entities but they have measurable effects on our physical reality"!
Sorry Ethan but that does not make any sense because it is clearly a logical contradiction/impossibility!

Remember you were talking about how Fred Hoyle (an otherwise great physicist/scientist) completely rejected overwhelming evidence for Big Bang Theory & instead chose to keep defending his beloved Steady-State Theory for rest of his life?
IMHO, you need to seriously consider, if what you are really doing here is actually exactly the same or not!!!