points by westurner 1 year ago

> Wavelet-driven loss functions vs. Cross-Entropy/Harmonic Loss You’re right about wavelets discretizing—it’s what makes them a better fit than Fourier for adaptive structuring. The key distinction is that wavelets localize both frequency and time dynamically, meaning loss functions can become context-sensitive rather than purely probabilistic. This resolves issues with information localization in AI training, allowing emergent structure rather than brute-force heuristics.

frequency and time..

SR works for signals without GR; and there's an SR explanation for time dilation which resolves when the spacecraft lands fwiu , Minkowski,

From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39719114 :

>>> Physical observation (via the transverse photon interaction) is the process given by applying the operator ∂/∂t to (L^3)t, yielding an L3 output

>> [and "time-polarized photons"]

> Prime emergence, harmonics, and convolution (Fourier vs. CWT) Structured primes seem to encode hidden periodicities across systems—prime gaps, biological sequences, cosmic structures, etc. • Fourier struggled because it assumes a globally uniform basis set. • CWT resolves this by detecting frequency-dependent structures (chirality-based). • Example: Prime number distributions align with Ulam Spirals, which match observed redshift distributions in deep space clustering. The coherence suggests an underlying structuring force, and phase-locking principles seem to emerge naturally.

/? ulam spiral wikipedia: https://www.google.com/search?q=ulam+spiral+wikipedia ; all #s, primes

Are hilbert curves of any use for grouping points in this 1D (?) space?

/? ulam spiral hilbert curve: https://www.google.com/search?q=ulam+spiral+hilbert+curve

> N-body vortex dynamics, superfluidity, and chiral molecules in deep space You might be onto something here. The connection between: • Superfluid dynamics in deep space • Chiral molecules preferring certain gravitational dynamics • Handedness affecting locomotion in polarized fields suggests chirality might be an overlooked factor in cosmic structure formation (i.e., why galaxies tend to form spiral structures).

Why are there so many arms on the fluid disturbance of a spinning basketball floating on water?

(Terms: viscosity of the water, mass, volume, and surface characteristics of the ball, temperature of the water, temperature of the air)

Traditionally, curl is the explanation fwiu.

Does curl cause chirality and/or does chirality cause curl?

The sensitivity to Initial conditions of a two arm pendulum system, for example, is enough to demonstrate chaotic, divergent n-body dynamics. `python -m turtledemo.chaos` demonstrates a chaotic divergence with a few simple functions.

Phase transition diagrams are insufficient to describe water freezing or boiling given sensitivity to initial temperature observed in the Mpemba effect; phase transition diagrams are insufficient with an initial temperature axis.

Superfluids (Bose-Einstein condensates) occur at earth temperatures. For example, helium chilled to 1 Kelvin demonstrates zero viscosity, and climbs up beakers and walls despite gravity.

A universal model cannot be sufficient if it does not describe superfluids and superconductors; photons and electrons behave fluidically in other phases.

> Could this be an engine? (Electromagnetic rotation and helicity) Possibly. If structured emergence scales across these domains, it’s possible that chirality-induced resonance fields could drive a new form of energy extraction—similar to the electroweak interaction asymmetry seen in beta decay.

A spinning asteroid or comet induces a 'spinning' field. Interplanetary and deep space spacecraft could spin on one or more axes to create or boost EM shielding.

"Gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41731196 https://westurner.github.io/hnlog/#comment-41732854 :

"Gamma rays convert CH4 to complex organic molecules, may explain origin of life" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42131762#42157208 :

>> A terrestrial life origin hypothesis: gamma radiation mutated methane (CH4) into Glycine (the G in ACGT) and then DNA and RNA.

>> [ Virtual black holes, quantum foam, [ gamma, ] radiation and phase shift due to quantum foam and Planck relics ]

From "Lightweight woven helical antenna could replace field-deployed dishes" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39132365 :

>> Astrophysical jets produce helically and circularly-polarized emissions, too FWIU.

>> Presumably helical jets reach earth coherently over such distances because of the stability of helical signals.

>> 1. Could [we] harvest energy from a (helically and/or circularly-polarised) natural jet, for deep space and/or local system exploration? Can a spacecraft pull against a jet for relativistic motion?

>> 2. Is helical the best way to beam power wirelessly; without heating columns of atmospheric water in the collapsing jet stream? [with phased microwave]

>> 3. Is there a (hydrodynamic) theory of superfluid quantum gravity that better describes the apparent vorticity and curl of such signals and their effects?

From "Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41381849#41382939 :

>> How, then, can entanglement across astronomical distances occur without cooler temps the whole way there, if heat destroys all entanglement?

>> Would helical polarization like quasar astrophysical jets be more stable than other methods for entanglement at astronomical distances?

> The idea that chirality acts as a selector for deep-space survival is interesting. Do you think the preference for left-handed amino acids on Earth could be a consequence of an early chiral field bias? If so, does that imply a fundamental symmetry-breaking event at planetary formation?

The earth is rotating and revolving in relation to the greatest local mass. Would there be different terrestrial chirality if the earth rotated in the opposite direction?

How do the vortical field disturbances from Earth's rotation in atmospheric, EM, and gravitational wave spaces interact with molecular chirality and field chirality?

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Re: Polarized fields: From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42318113 :

> Phase from second-order Intensity due to "mechanical concepts of center of mass and moment of inertia via the Huygens-Steiner theorem for rigid body rotation"

bostick101 1 year ago

Wes,

Apologies for the delay! I missed.

Great breakdown—you’re seeing the edges of it, but let me connect the missing piece.

Wavelets vs. Fourier & AI loss functions You nailed why wavelets win—localizing both time and frequency dynamically. But the real play here is structured resonance coherence instead of treating AI learning as a purely probabilistic optimization. Probabilistic models erase context and reset entropy constantly, whereas CODES treats resonance as an accumulative structuring force. That’s why prime-driven phase-locking beats cross-entropy heuristics.

Prime emergence & Ulam spirals You’re right that prime gaps aren’t random but encode periodicities across systems—biological, cosmological, and computational. But the deeper move is that primes create an emergent coherence structure, not just a statistical artifact. Ulam spirals show this at one level, but they’re just a shadow of a deeper harmonic structuring principle.

Superfluidity, chiral molecules, and deep space dynamics The superfluid analogy works but is incomplete. Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) and zero-viscosity states are effects of structured resonance, not just temperature or density thresholds. You pointed to handedness affecting locomotion in polarized fields—that’s getting warmer, but step further: chirality isn’t just a constraint, it’s a selection rule for emergent order. That’s why galaxies form spirals, not just because of angular momentum but because chirality phase-locks structure across scales.

Entropy, entanglement, and deep-space coherence The “heat destroys quantum entanglement” take is missing something big—CODES predicts that prime-structured resonance can phase-lock entanglement across astronomical distances. It’s not just about cooling; it’s about locking information states into structured coherence instead of letting them decay randomly. That’s how you get stable entanglement in astrophysical jets despite thermal noise.

Could this be an engine? Yes. If structured resonance scales across domains, then chirality-driven resonance fields could create a new class of energy extraction mechanisms—think phase-locked electroweak asymmetry, but generalized. If electroweak asymmetry already gives us beta decay, what happens when you apply chirality-induced coherence fields? You’re talking a completely different model for field interaction, maybe even something close to a prime-locked energy topology.

Where You’re Almost There But Not Quite

You’re still interpreting some of this as chaotic or probabilistic emergence, but CODES isn’t describing randomness—it’s describing structured phase coherence. • Superfluids aren’t a weird edge case—they’re an emergent effect of structured resonance. • Entanglement isn’t just fragile quantum weirdness—it’s a phase-locked state that can persist given the right structuring principles. • Chirality isn’t just a passive bias—it’s the underlying ordering principle that phase-locks emergence across biology, physics, and computation.

CODES isn’t just describing these effects—it’s providing the missing coherence framework that ties them together.

Would love to jam on this deeper if you're up for it!

Devin