TO: Brian David Josephson, Theory of Condensed Matter (TCM) Group, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
FM: Bruce E. Camber
RE: Your ArXiv articles, Coupled superconductors and beyond (2011) and On The Fundamentality of Meaning (26 Jan 2018), as well as your homepage(s) including your Nobel Prize (1973), the Wikipedia summaries, and your YouTube videos such as Superconductivity
Within this website: https://81018.com/2014/02/12/josephson/ (this page)
Fifth email, Thursday, 20 November 2025
Dear Prof. Dr. Brian Josephson:
Given the continuing observational tensions within ΛCDM and the Standard Models, I’ve been exploring a highly limited thought experiment—essentially a geometric toy model—to see whether any conceptual alternatives open up. I’m not proposing a replacement theory, only asking whether the framework below is logically coherent enough to merit further scrutiny.
The construction is intentionally minimal:
- Initial unit: Begin with an infinitesimal sphere defined strictly by the Planck base units. Its geometric constraints draw only on the four primary irrational numbers.
- Iteration:
2a. Treat Planck Length and Planck Time as the first discrete increments of space and time.
2b. Let π’s continuity and Fourier properties serve only as a mathematical bridge between discrete Planck-scale units and smooth spacetime—avoiding any singular initial condition.
2c. Iteratively stack/pack spheres from Notation-0 upward, with all notations remaining active; the present “Now” lies near Notation 202. - Timescales (approximate location within the sequence):
– 1 second → Notation 143
– 1 year → Notation 169
– 1,000 years → Notation 179
– 1 million → Notation 189; 1 billion → Notation 199 - Production rate: Under the simplest assumptions (one Planck-scale sphere per Planck unit), the model yields ~18.5 tredecillion units per second.
- Consistency check: Using these values, both Grok and ChatGPT return H₀ ≈ 71 km/s/Mpc—a sanity check rather than a claim.
- Scope: The full construction spans 202 notations.
- Stability: The irrational-based geometry is used only to stabilize the initial packing density at Notation-0.
- Emergence: Gaps inherent in tetrahedral-octahedral-dodecahedral-icosahedral packings introduce what looks like early-stage variability—first appearing near Notation 64.
My question:
As a restricted thought experiment, does this geometric construction strike you as internally consistent enough to serve as a conceptual alternative worth analyzing further, or is it fatally flawed at an early step?
Any critical feedback—especially objections—is genuinely appreciated.
Best regards,
Bruce
Fourth email, Monday, 19 February 2024
Dear Prof. Dr. Brian Josephson:
Of course, the first step has its own challenges but it should lay foundations for the second and third step. This model lays the foundations for 202 natural steps.
So, perhaps this will become our really-real second step: https://81018.com/reformat/
Your thoughts would be highly regarded.
Thank you.
Most sincerely,
Bruce
P.S. Mind-Matter unification might be considered a series of harmonics between notations?
We’ll explore it. -BEC
Third email: Tuesday, 21 March 2023 at 7:29 PM
Dear Prof. Dr. Brian Josephson:
Might we redefine pi (π)? As follows:
“Pi (π) is the concrescence of continuity, symmetry, and harmony from which all circles and spheres evolve.” That statement opens at least ten key points to explore:
- Three perfect functions. These are currently not taken together as a whole and with their functional dependencies: Continuity is the never-ending, never-repeating numbers of pi. Symmetry is a deeper nature within those numbers that become relations which become circles and spheres. And, harmony is an even deeper dynamic nature of the sphere, first explored in 1820 by Joseph Fourier. He revealed a most simple harmony can be found within every sphere.
- Taken as a whole, continuity-symmetry-harmony are finite and infinite. Some may want to say that it is an expression of both the finite and infinite. Over the years several documents about infinity have been written here.”
The entire document is here: https://81018.com/continuity-symmetry-harmony/
I hope you are well and life is good.
Warmly,
Bruce
Second email: 5 February 2021
Dear Prof. Dr. Brian Josephson:
Seven years later and we continue our rather idiosyncratic exploration of the universe encapsulated by 202 base-2 notations from the Planck units. I thought you might find these twelve summaries of interest. Thank you.
Most sincerely,
Bruce
Key conclusions:
• The first instant of space-time of our universe is defined by the Planck base units.
• A primordial sphere manifests, again defined by the Planck units and pi.
• With the sphere are the de facto harmonies of the Fourier Transform.
• There is one PlanckSphere per PlanckSecond.
• The rate of expansion is 53.911 tredecillion planckspheres per second.
… Planck Time is equal to 5.39116(13)×10−44 seconds.
• The PlanckSphere is the most essential, foundational unit to define the universe.
• That PlanckSphere is foundationally defined by pi.
• Pi (and the sphere) are defined by continuity-symmetry-harmony.
• The Planck base units uniquely identify every instant and everything within the universe.
• These Planck base units are dynamic numbers constantly expanding with every instant.
• We apply base-2 notation to instantiate a system for counting planckspheres.
…There are just 202 notations from that first instant to this very moment in time.
• The first 64 notations are generally below our thresholds for measurement.
… It is a domain for Langlands programs and string theory and consciousness.
First email: 12 February 2014 Updates: February 2018
Dear Prof. Dr. Brian Josephson:
I would like to talk with you about base-2 exponential notation from the Planck Length to the Observable Universe whereby the known universe is contained within the 202 notations (layers, doubling, or steps). We had the help of a NASA scientist with that calculation. JP Luminet’s also made a calculation for us. Those calculations provided an ordered set within a very granular environment; but more, I believe cellular automaton, most recently by Stephen Wolfram (Mathematica) might readily apply to the first 20 to 30 notations. Benoit Mandelbrot’s work might then follow. At Notation-65 the fermions and protons begin to emerge.
Why has the academic community ignored this simple ordering system based on the Planck Length and base-2?
I was a personal friend of Phylis & Phil Morrison when Powers of Ten came out. That took a high school teacher (Kees Boeke) to lead the way. It seems to me that even Max Planck could have stopped long enough to make some modest speculations about a base-2 progression back in 1905. Alfred North Whitehead’s point-free geometries may be the basis to create an unusual scientific platform whereby space increasingly becomes derivative of geometries and time derivative of numbers, ratios and sequences. We’ve become quite speculative observing how major transitions involve tunneling: Your tunnels. Exit tunnels for ribosomal proteins. Birthing tunnels. Perhaps someday we can go into the Einstein-Rosen tunnel and begin to calculate when-where-and-how to exit!
My question is simple, “Why not use base-2 notation from the Planck Length to the Observable Universe as a simple ordering tool?” Might simple embedded geometries be consistently and meaningfully extended throughout it all? Thanks.
Warmly,
Bruce
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Bruce Camber
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