The Hidden Harmony of Nature
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The Hidden Harmony of Nature: A New Dawn in Physics, a New Role for Humankind
What if, by lifting the veil of indeterminism, we uncovered not chaos without cause, but a clockwork universe governed by perfect laws of harmony — a divine symphony of reality, not reserved for the few, but comprehensible to all? A reality where everyone has the opportunity to learn from the perfection of nature?
For over a century, modern physics has taught us to accept the unknowable. At the heart of quantum theory, the Copenhagen interpretation proclaimed a cosmic irony: that the ultimate laws of nature are beyond our reach, the reach of logic and causal effects. That reality is fundamentally indeterminate. That there is a limit to human comprehension, a mysterious curtain that only the initiated — the mathematical elite, the institutional guardians — may dare to touch, and even then, only to be told: Do not ask what lies beyond, for nature herself refuses to answer. “Shut up and calculate!”
This vision has cast a long shadow. It gave rise to a physics stripped of causality — a universe of probabilities without reasons. It inspired awe, but also resignation, and at times drifted into a kind of esoteric mysticism. It drew lines between experts and laypersons, between those allowed to “interpret” and those expected to “believe.” It echoed the language of mysticism, of priesthoods and closed temples. It gave us dazzling technology — and a philosophy of uncertainty.
But today, we announce a new beginning.
A Science of Harmony
A new vision is emerging — one grounded not in paradox and randomness, but in rhythm, geometry, and harmony. It sees the universe not as a cosmic lottery, but as a vast orchestra of periodic phenomena. At its core is the idea that every elementary particle is a tiny clock, ticking with a precise internal rhythm. That the fabric of space-time itself is woven with the golden threads of intrinsic periodicity, obeying laws as structured and elegant as the vibrations of a musical string.
This is not mysticism. It is not poetry masquerading as physics. It is a science rooted in the deterministic principles of classical mechanics, unified with quantum phenomena through a simple yet revolutionary idea: every elementary particle in the universe possesses its own cyclic time — where time is a compact, periodic dimension, like that of an ordinary analog clock.
In this framework, each particle becomes a string vibrating in time, and just as in any system of standing waves, this intrinsic periodicity naturally gives rise to quantized energy levels. From this geometry of recurrence — from the interplay of clocks and waves — the laws of quantum mechanics emerge not as assumptions, but as rigorous mathematical consequences, derived with the unshakable certainty of a general theorem.
We call it: the Hidden Harmony of Nature.
A Physics for the People
This new physics carries with it a new social message.
If the old paradigm gave us a quantum priesthood, the new one returns physics to the public square. Harmony is not a secret. It is what governs music, light, the orbits of planets, and the beating of hearts. It is accessible. It can be visualized, modeled, taught — and understood by anyone with curiosity.
It is inclusive by nature. Each cycle, each recurrence, each vibration, contributes to the grand structure of reality. Just as in a symphony, no note is dispensable, no player irrelevant. All players contribute together in a discussion where everyone can speak at the same time with the others. This vision invites every human being to see themselves as part of the universal orchestra. The scientist, the artist, the dreamer, the child — each has a role. Each has a resonance.
A New Role for Humanity
This is more than a scientific advance. It is a new humanism.
If reality is built on harmonic cycles — not chaos — then understanding is possible. Participation is possible. Mastery is possible. No longer must we see ourselves as mere observers of a capricious quantum world. We are, each of us, resonant participants. We are clockmakers in a cosmic dance, and the rhythm of nature can be tuned, understood, even co-created.
In this view, science is no longer an exclusive tower of Babel, but a shared language of vibration, structure, and recurrence. It is a bridge — between mind and matter, between intuition and calculation, between freedom and order.
From Determinism to Democracy
Let us be clear: this new physics is not a return to rigidity, but a call to deeper understanding. It is not a denial of mystery, but an embrace of intelligibility. The harmony it reveals is not authoritarian — it is democratic. It leaves no room for imposed dogma, only for dialogue.
As we rediscover the deterministic roots of quantum mechanics, we do not erase wonder. We reclaim it — as something not to be feared, but to be explored.
This is an invitation.
To rethink the foundations of science.
To reclaim the joy of understanding.
To imagine a universe that is not a machine, nor a miracle, but a melody.
The curtain is lifting.
The score is being revealed.
It is time to listen.
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The Name of the arXiv: When Too Much Zeal is an Obstacle to Science
by Donatello Dolce
Introduction
How free is science today? How many researchers feel constrained by academic orthodoxy or online gatekeepers? In this post, I want to share a critical reflection on the state of scientific communication in the Internet era—especially through the lens of arXiv’s moderation policies—and why this matters for all of us who care about the integrity and future of science.
The Rise (and Risk) of Scientific Social Media
arXiv revolutionized how scientists share research, becoming one of the powerful tools of academic dissemination, especially in physics. But with great power comes great responsibility—and questions. What started as a grassroots scientific platform now plays a central gatekeeping role, despite lacking the scientific rigor of peer review.
In a digital world increasingly governed by opaque algorithms and centralized authority, is arXiv still living up to its mission of open, democratic scientific exchange?
Scientific Censorship in the Digital Age
Censorship today doesn’t come with torches and stakes—it comes silently. A reclassified paper. A shadowban. A missing announcement from the daily list. Researchers with unconventional but well-supported ideas find themselves ignored, marginalized, or dismissed not by rebuttal, but by silence.
In my own experience—and echoed by so many others including Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson—arXiv’s moderation system has on several occasions overruled peer-reviewed publications, relegating them to “general physics” (gen-ph), a label that effectively buries them from their intended audience, or complete rejection.
Peer Review vs. Platform Moderation
Scientific journals, for all their flaws, still offer the last structured safeguard for scientific method. Peer reviewers spend months analyzing a paper giving a feedback on the scientific merit. arXiv moderators take days, sometimes hours—without scientific justification, feedback, or even identity disclosure. Worse still, published journal articles aren’t immune from reclassification.
How can a platform claim to promote open science while systematically discrediting verified publications?
The Danger of Reclassification
Being reclassified to gen-ph is worse than being rejected—it’s like being erased. These papers vanish from the targeted audience, discussions, and search feeds. In practice, this has a chilling effect: young researchers self-censor, fearing to jeopardize their careers.
It’s no wonder that, despite thousands of papers published yearly, the field of theoretical physics is stagnant of new ideas. Truly disruptive ideas risk being buried in “junk drawers.”
What’s at Stake?
The future of science depends on the ability to challenge, to provoke, and to question. Galileo once wrote:
“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”
That humility is fading in a system that promotes conformity over curiosity. And arXiv, as it stands, is responsible entrenching that system rather than liberating it.
A Modest Proposal
I propose arXiv automatically accept and classify papers already peer-reviewed and published in reputable journals, respecting the classifications assigned by journal editors. This would:
- Prevent unnecessary moderation.
- Respect the work of journal reviewers.
- Reduce bias against controversial but rigorous ideas.
Let’s make room again for visionary science, not just safe science.
Let’s Talk
Have you had similar experiences with scientific publishing or moderation? Do you think platforms like arXiv are helping or hindering science?
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Too Simple to Believe, Too Radical to Ignore: the Dilemma of Sceptics Pretending to not Admit a Revolutionary Idea
What happens when a new theory is dismissed as both obvious and heretical?
This is the paradox I face in disseminating Elementary Cycles Theory. When I speak of de Broglie recurrences, many physicists shrug: “Of course — we’ve known that since 1924.” When I suggest that time is cyclic, others recoil: “Impossible! That would violate causality, destroy relativity, and imply that the universe repeats itself.”
But both objections miss the point.
The novelty of ECT is not in noticing that particles have periodicity. It’s in taking that periodicity seriously — implementing it as a dynamical constraint, not a kinematic curiosity. When the intrinsic recurrence is imposed via periodic boundary conditions, consistent with the principle of stationary action, something remarkable happens: quantization emerges.
From this classical assumption, we derive the entire mathematical structure of quantum mechanics — Hilbert spaces, commutation relations, Schrödinger dynamics — without any postulated quantization rules. The structure of gauge interactions follows from geometric modulations of periodicity. Even the Feynman path integral arises naturally from the interference of classical cyclic paths.
So why the resistance?
Because physicists are trained to expect new physics to come with new parameters — extra dimensions, new symmetries, fine-tuned constants. ECT introduces none of these. It reformulates what we already know in a deeper, more coherent language. And that, paradoxically, makes it seem “too trivial” to be revolutionary — while being “too radical” to be accepted.
But history teaches us that great ideas often begin this way. The principle of relativity. The equivalence of gravity and acceleration. The quantization of light. All were once “trivial” or “impossible” — until they changed the world.
