Scientific Integrity? (44)

Posted on July 2, 2026 by martenvandijk

Introduction

The phrase “scientific integrity” is widely used in academic circles.

Integrity is the essence of credible, reliable and ethical conduct.

There is no such thing as having a little bit of integrity. You are a person of integrity or you are not a person of integrity (Ien Dales, 1931 – 1994).

By the way, there is also no such thing as being a little bit pregnant.

Is using the phrase scientific integrity relevant?

Scientific conduct

The phrase in question suggests that there are different kinds of integrity. Bearing in mind the words of Ien Dales, I think that making such a distinction is capricious and arbitrary.

Integrity is generic/absolute, not specific (like for instance “falsifiable” as a particular characteristic of “scientific”).

Integrity can’t be scientific: you can for instance be a scientist without being a person of integrity. What matters is scientific conduct.

Science is a strategic process conducted scientifically. Science is to try and reach a better understanding of reality. First there is an issue, then there is science (see posts 37and 42).

Conclusion

Scientific integrity is not relevant because the concepts of scientific and integrity are not compatible: there are no different kinds, different applications, different domains of integrity.

A historical example of misunderstanding what integrity is about was the claim that a person’s personal integrity was not at stake after his serious misconduct in the administrative domain.

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Endo-inertia, possibly a matter of time and the quantum hypothesis updated by the EDU time hypothesis (43)

Posted on April 17, 2025 by martenvandijk

Introduction

The universe is characterized by continuous endogenous motions, acceleration and deceleration in all directions, with all the corresponding mass/energy changes/transformations. The continuous universal transformation process is the basis of this. Light forms part of this transformation process (see also post 41).

Everything moves, nothing remains still (Heraclitus). Nothing cannot happen in space (see also post 38). There is no such thing as rest mass. Rest mass is not a property of the real world.

Endo-inertia

In post 23 I have described endo-inertia as tendency to maintain mass (see also posts 25 and 27).

The continuous endogenous universal transformation process is autonomous.

Accelerating masses emit energy (mass decrease), decelerating masses absorb energy (mass increase); these phenomena are compatible with EDU (see post 41) as they are accompanied by time acceleration and time delay. Comparable with the behavior of light under the influence of gravitation, that is to say the impact on the frequency of the radiation concerned (see post 12). I also refer to posts 38 and 39.

Nota bene: no matter whether time accelerates or delays, it always goes forward, in all directions.

I therefore suggest the possibility that the tendency of Endo-inertia to maintain mass is determined by the autonomous, automatic mass/energy control processes (cybernetic) caused by time differences, thus preventing that energy emissions and energy absorption get out of hand. For instance as active and effective zero entropy state contraceptive. Singularities are not realistic anyway due to the abundant presence of water anywhere in the universe.

Conclusion

The source/nature of eendogenous (autonomous) inertia is a matter of time. It is determined by time differences, in compatibility with EDU (Einsteinian Dynamics Updated).

The consequence of my suggestion is that quantum mechanics is redundant, not a theory of the real world. All in all Quantum Physics is just another brick in the wall at the end of the dead end street Physics and Cosmology are stuck in (freely to Another brick in the wall by Pink Floyd).
Nota bene: in this context a brick in the wall represents an idée fixe. Idées fixes prevent/stop scientific progress.

Time is an endogenous, continuous, fundamental, real and variable property of the world. It’s time for Physics and Cosmology to get out of the impasse. Science is strategic.

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Science is a continuous developmental evolutionary process, evolution is a continuous developmental scientific process (42)

Posted on June 24, 2024 by martenvandijk

Introduction

In posts 37, 38 and 41 I have explained that science is a strategic and therefore continuous process with its corresponding aspects.

Also evolution can be considered a strategic, continuous process. In this post this similarity between science and evolution and how they relate to each other will be discussed.

The universal transformation process

The universal transformation process (see post 41) is continuous, it has no beginning and no end: there is no evidence whatsoever that the alleged Big Bang was not preceded by a Big Crunch. As explained in previous posts a zero entropy state and a singularity cannot exist in the first place.

What happens n space is possible in space, through the universal transformation process. Nothing cannot happen in space.

We form part of the universal transformation process. Even the dinosaurs still form part of this continuous, capricious process.

The evolutionary development of brains scientifically tells us “We are our brains” (Dick Swaab). Study that scientific work!

In this context I love to add the late Christopher Hitchens’ words “Yes I have free will; I have no choice but to have it”.

Naturalistic fallacy

If the strategic process requirements are not respected enough scientific development(s) might get lost in a naturalistic fallacy/impasse, meaning that they have to start from basics again or become obsolete.

Also in evolutionary developmental processes, tackling issues, failing to adapt to natural selection requirements might lead to different developments or to a situation consistent with an impasse.

Conclusion

Also a chimp, tackling an issue (post 37), like using a twig as a tool to fish for termites/ants to eat, forming part of the continuous universal transformation process (post 41), in his/her developmental evolutionary process, is a scientist in his/her own right.

Update (June 27, 2024)

In principle all scientific publications are drafts.

Update (December 4, 2024)

The transition from Ice-age to Melt-age goes back to around 11.000 B.C. or to an approximately 120 meters lower sea level; a further sea level rise of about 60 meters is to be expected.

It follows that elevation maps are vital to tackling the climate issue.

Update (January 1, 2025)

We are our brains (see above). Our brains do not differ in color.

Update (February 5, 2025)

The universe is not so much finite or infinite, it is definite.

Update (August 5, 2025)

Brains love to be challenged. In the continuous developmental evolutionary process of science the idea of the “Theory of Everything” being reachable is unscientific.

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EDU (Einsteinian Dynamics Updated), a new strategy in Physics and Cosmology: the four fundamental interactions unified in four fundamental equations with four fundamental variables, the same as the four agents of entropy, the result of the continuous universal transformation process (41)

Posted on June 27, 2023 by martenvandijk

Introduction

Energy cannot be created or destroyed (first law of thermodynamics).

Energy and mass are different forms of the same thing. Energy and mass are interchageable. Under the right conditions energy can  transform into mass  and vice versa (E = MC²). Light forms part of this transformation process.

This short post is an update and a resume of pevious posts as a result of   my adapted interpretation of E = MC²: 1 = S²/T² x M/E (posts 39 and 40).

Equality-Inequality characteristics  

In posts 12, 21, 24, 29, 33, 36, 39 and 40 I have described and explained how mass and energy relate to each other, how they work together and how they oppose each other.

Gravitational interactions and strong interactions are endogenously bound by

1 = S²-/T²+ x M+/E- or 1 = S²+/T²- x M-/E+.

Electromagnetic interactions and weak interactions are endogenously bound by

1 = S²+/T²+ x M+/E+ or 1 = S²-/T²- x M-/E-.

Nota bene: + means increasing, – means decreasing.

Conclusion

I suggest the possibility that the gravitational, electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions are bound endogenously by the equation 1 = S²/T² x M/E, in which Space, Time, Mass and Energy are fundamental variable properties of the world.

The significance of my suggestion is that gravitational, electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions are compatible with each other in endogenous processes on both micro and macro levels. Consequently their effects in these processes can be considered resultants.

Update (September 15, 2023)

As explained in post 37 science is strategic, a strategic process. A strategic process is a continuous process requiring a new path/a new course/a new strategy when necessary en route to a better understanding of reality as adaptations to relevant changes as they occur.

The idea of the “Theory of Everything” (there is to know about everything) being reachable is unscientific.

Update (March 20, 2024)

Everything moves, nothing remains still (Heraclitus)

“Nothing cannot happen in space” (Pendapat Saya)

My point:

In reality Ceteris Paribus is unrealistic.

Update (May 18, 2024)

I find it appropriate to call my new strategy EDU (Einsteinian Dynamics Updated), a beginning of a new development.

Update (August 30, 2025)

EDU and “Black Holes”: the more mass the more “hair”. Losing “hair”means losing mass: just an example of Cybernetics. Planck got the issue, but his solution is out of date.

Update (September 5, 2025)

EDU: the universe is fully governed by causal processes of continuous states of transformation/change at any point in the universe, accelerating or decelerating in all directions. Only one possible state of the universe at any point in time is an impossibility: there is no space for determinism in the universe.

Paradoxes, like the “Black Hole Information Paradox”, are not properties of the real world, they are man-made. Beware of Idea Fixers (see also post 32).

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The constancy of the speed of light delusion and some other stuff (40)

Posted on May 30, 2023 by martenvandijk

Introduction

The not being constant of the speed of light (see post 12) is not a self-contained phenomenon. On the contrary, in our perpetual, continuous endogenous self-sustaining world the inevitable time-differences not only make it impossible for singularities and situations of zero entropy states to exist but also for speeds to be constant. Speeds are either accelerating or decelerating, like the influence of gravitation.

The structure of the universe

The universe is supposed to consist of “dark energy”, “dark matter” and “ordinary matter”. This assumption is unscientific: 1. matter does not matter, mass matters; 2. ordinary energy matters too.

Accelerating masses do emit energy, also Black Holes evaporate, emitting more energy as their masses increase.

The speed of light is not constant.  That which is called the space-time-curvature is not compatible with the not being constant of the speed of light. The process of acceleration respectively deceleration of the influence of gravitation should be reconsidered.

The true source/nature of gravitation is not determined as yet. I still think about the possibility that the effects of gravitational, strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions, in mutual coherence, are resultants of processes in which the same agents work togethet in conformity with 1 = S²/T² x M/E (see also posts 39 and 33).

Artificial intelligence?

The term artificial intelligence is not scientific. Intelligence cannot be measured. We do measure IQs, but even these results are questionable. Moreover, the applicability of the tests is not generic.

Using the term artificial “intelligence” is understandable from a commercial point of view, but not from a scientific point of view.
Therefore I propose to use the term artificial ingenuity instead of artificial intelligence.

Conclusion

“I could be wrong now but I don’t think so!” (Randy Newman)

Update (June 4, 2024)

To improve your recognizability of “artificial intelligence” read Emphyrio by Jack Vance.


Update (January 31, 2026)

Artificial Ingenuity is just a further development of our external memories.

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In our endogenous world “Free Lunch” is regular in contrast with “Gefundenes Fressen” (39)

Posted on May 24, 2023 by martenvandijk

Introduction

Space/time is velocity and a continuity. It is not independent of mass and energy, in coherence with time-differences. “Local causality”is an inescapable property of the world.

Entropy is a state of continuous change, stochastic, within the constraint of an universal constant (1 = S²/T² x M/E, my adapted interpretation of Einstein’s E = MC²). Time-differences prevent the emergence of infinities. This endogenous energy-control process makes it impossible for situations like a state of zero entropy and singularities to come into existence. Quanta are redundant.

Perpetual motion

In our endogenous world nothing cammot happen in space.

Looking at the processes going on in the universe endogenously, there is no rest, everything moves.

Examples of human ingenuity like length, width and height do not play a role as they do not work.
Continuously a process is going on of changes in the ratios between Space, Time, Mass and Energy in all directions. There is a continuous transformation or transfer from one form to another.

This endogenous  cosmological process can be characterized as circular and perpetual. Perpetual motion is compatible with perpetual change and therefore with “Free Lunch”.

Conclusion

It’s not a jungle out there in our perpetual, self-sustaining world.

Postscriptum

In economy there is no such thing as a “Free Lunch”, not even in endogenous economical processes.

To be continued.

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Is the origin of space an issue? (38)

Posted on August 11, 2022 by martenvandijk

Introduction

As explained in previous posts the speed of light is independent of the speed of its source and not independent of the mass of the source. Apparently the velocity of propagation of light exists already and is subject to endogenous speed and energy control in space (based on time differences). Actually light is not so much emitted but it is transmitted.

Space/Time

As explained in post 36 Space/Time is velocity. Apparently Space/Time is a continuity which is not independent of mass and energy. “Local causality” is an inescapable property of the world.

Furthermore, as explained in earlier posts, a zero entropy state is an impossibility, just like a singularity (think of for example Black Hole “evaporation”), due to the endogenous speed and energy control in space. To me the essence of Planck’s quantum hypothesis is the impossibility of a zero entropy state. Therefore I consider Planck’s quantum hypothesis paradoxical.

Conclusion

The origin of space is a non-issue. Space just exists. Nothing cannot happen in space.

Space itself is an issue.

Tackling the issue of space

In addition to and in conformity with post 37 and earlier posts I think that tackling the issue of space deserves an alternative, out of the box approach by proposing the following starting points:

  • Time as real, fundamental, variable, continuous property of the world;
  • The non constancy of the speed of light;
  • The difference between endogenous and exogenous processes, meaning that the equivalence principle is incorrect and that the Lorentz transformation does not apply to endogenous processes.

Beware of Belief Bias

1 John 4:1 : there is only one single right source. In science it ain’t necessarily so.

Postscriptum

The alleged Big Bang is only consistent with Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity because there is no evidence whatsoever that the Big Bang was not preceded by a “Big Crunch”.

To be continued.

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First there is an issue, then there is science (37)

Posted on August 5, 2022 by martenvandijk

 What’s the issue?

Physics and cosmology have been diverted to dead end tracks for decades now: nothing new under the sun, that is to say nothing new under the Physics Community’s sun.  The issue is to get out of this situation. The problems in Physics and Cosmology are the problens of Physics and Cosmology. On with science!

 Non-issue

An idée fixe is not an issue. Because of that Creationism/Intelligent Design, Fine-tuning, Anthropic Principle, String Theory, Multiverse(s) and the like are unscientific. Science is to try and reach a better understanding of reality, not to try and reach a better understanding of an idée fixe.

NB, it may be a consolation to know that there are real multiverses like the Bible. The Iliad and the Odyssey are my favourite multiverses; it also may be a stimulation to the sense of justice to realize that the Dinosauric Principle is the same as the Anthropic Principle.

Issue

An issue is strategic, that is to say it is part of a continuous process. Tackling an issue is a strategic process. In a strategic process of tackling an issue with its objective, programme, implementation, starting points and conditions , it is imperative to take care of feedbacks and necessary  adjustments in cases of relevant changes as they occur during the process. Otherwise one may end-up with a Naturalistic Fallacy/an Impasse, as is the case with Physics and Cosmology.

Conclusion

The big issue is that Physics and Cosmology need a methodological renaissance.

Update (March 26, 2026)

Any persistent unscientific idea can be characterized as Stringent Idée Fixe.

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Space/Time is velocity (36)

Posted on April 8, 2019 by martenvandijk

Introduction

In his book “A brief History of time” (Chapter 8, “The Origin and Fate of the Universe”)  Stephen Hawking  describes how in Euclidean Space-Time there is no difference between the directions of time and the directions of space.

The theoretical consequences of this concept imply that freedom of travel of light and for the transmission of energy or information applies to all directions of space-time. Any event therefore, originating in a particular point at a particular moment, will unfold histories from that point and that moment on into each and every direction.

I think Hawking’s idea can help Physics and Cosmology to get out of the impasse they are in and get rid of tunnel visions (see for instance post 26).

In this post I consider the consequences of describing Space-Time from other perspectives than the standard views, about which I have strong doubts, and their compatibility with the Euclidean view.
This post is written within the scope of endogenous changes, leaving exogenous changes out for the sake of proper distinction.

Space-Time

The speed of light is independent of the speed of the source. Apparently the velocity of propagation of light does exist already, being present continuously. As such, being a continuity, it can be considered a fundamental property of the world. Actually the energy in question is not so much emitted, it is transmitted.
As explained in post 12 the speed of light is not constant, it is variable; moreover the speed of light is not independent of the mass of the source and the distance from the source (the space between the source and the energy of the light transmitted),  which implies a change of time.

Looking at the processes going on in the universe endogenously, there is no rest, everything moves and, as explained in previous posts, there is no 0-entropy.
Examples of human contrivance like length, width and height do not play a role. Continuously a process is going on of changes in the ratios between Space, Time, Mass and Energy (see also post 6).

Everything moves, how does it work?
Length, width and height do not work, but Space and Time are taking part  continuously in universal processes in all directions as described above. As such Space stands for distance, no matter in what direction, the same directions of Time in Euclidean Space-Time.

Conclusion

I conclude that in Hawking’s Euclidean SSpace-Time, replacing length, width and height by space,  Space/Time or Space÷Time, works as velocity. By adding Mass and Energy the four dimensions are replaced by four fundamental properties of the world, the true agents of endogenous processes in the universe.

Update (April 11, 2021)

Just for the record: dimensions are not agents.

Update (December 11, 2021)

Time is an agent, as dimension it’s an illusion. Space-Time in General Relativity is illusive.

Update (May 21, 2022)

Coordinates as functional specifications in cosmological processes are illusive. Therefore coordinates as technical specifications in cosmological processes are illusive also.

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Abacadebris (35)

Posted on March 27, 2019 by martenvandijk

What happens in the LHC (Large Hadron Collider)? In a  ring-shaped tunnel debris is examined, produced from debris (from the presumed Big Bang) in an exogenous process, that is by means of an input of external energy.

I wonder if the methodology used is leading us to the goals pursued: finding solid answers to questions like “what is the universe made of?”; “how does it behave and why does it behave like that?”; “are there fundamental building blocks and if so, what are they?”; “how do they interact and how do they determine the properties of the universe?”.

So far the results are reasonably n line with the Standard Model of particle physics and Quantum Mechanics, consistent with Special Relativity, but not yet firmly set in General Relativity. Also  theoretical aspects of Supersymmetry (SUSY)/Superpartners  have not yet been dealt with satisfactorily. Furthermore there is no certainty that o-entropy is a possibility. And there is String Theory trying to combine gravity and the strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions into one theory of particle physics. So far without solid results.

In previous posts I have explained why I think the difference between endogenous and exogenous processes (in this context artificial colliding processes) should be taken into account in physics, why I don’t think 0-entropy is a possibility, why I think a singularity is an impossibility  and why I think the Higgs boson is a misconception.

Notwithstanding  still existing  indistinctnesses, the search for the Higgs boson being behind us, already a new goal  has been set to try and test the theory that predicts a whole range of particles that have not been seen yet but would have been produced during the Big Bang. Looks like tunnel vision to me.

As I understand it particle physics seemingly is losing its marbles. What is the nature of what one thinks has been examined, is being examined, is going to be examined? Debris from what?

I cannot but conclude that the Collider’s methodology is abacadebris.

Update (October 8, 2019): considering that particles are mass and waves are energy,  the term particle-wave duality is just another way of expressing that mass and energy are the same.

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