Book 1 - Introduction

      Among the throng of exceptional scientists in Physics’ heyday, we invariably include Albert Einstein. But the day he rode in from his desk job at a patent office and slammed his theory of relativity on the table, he did so as a cowboy. The beauty of the theory was that it solved some of physics’ more stubborn puzzles. What nobody liked was that it shot inconvenient holes in the established main theory of matter. After a prolonged silence that ended with an explosion of confusion, loud protests and hesitant acceptance, the clan of scientists welcomed him and his revolutionary theory to the fold.

      Later, as a member of good standing, Einstein kindled the hope of unifying all physical laws and how we are to understand them in one governing theory. A hope that ultimately came to be his greatest ambition. Though he never achieved this goal, the idea caught fire and has since become “the Quest for the Holy Grail of Physics”.

      In the post-Einstein era, significant contributions have been made to the Quest, many of which stem from realms less travelled by physicists. Thanks to this trove, we’ve been fortunate enough to stumble upon the makings of The First Unified Theory. It presents a completely new way of interpreting physics’ measurements and laws, and surprisingly, a pivotal shift from physics’ descriptions of phenomena to understanding. We’re talking about taking the whole Quest to a different arena than where physicists have tried in vain to solve it, reformulating it, and discovering that it suddenly solves itself in a totally unexpected way. It looks like physics has been barking up the wrong tree.

      Admittedly, the new theory has its problems. As a scientific theory, it is far too successful. As a perspective for our lives, it is far too enjoyable. It turns everything we’ve believed in upside down. Not only how we’ve understood physics’ laws, measurements, and facts, but also the strategies we thought would lead to a fulfilling life.

      When there are two competing theory-candidates, we must choose between them. Science has done this many times before. One example is when Copernicus and Kepler’s heliocentric planetary theory was chosen, replacing the time-honored geocentric theory. Although several aspects differ greatly from that shift, today’s situation is fundamentally the same. There are two alternative theories that must be evaluated and weighed, each with its very different form of logic. The evaluation is nothing more than finding out which of them can explain the most phenomena using its characteristic form of logic. It is a competition to reveal which best explains how the world works and why things are the way they are. The better theory wins the right to dictate what is logical and rational, and how we are to understand the world.

      This time around, the situation is a bit different in that the two theories are governing theories and the contest covers how they explain the world in its entirety, how it’s made and works. Among other differences is one that has great bearing on our lives, the two have completely different views on how much happiness and fulfillment there is.

      The new theory puts forth the premise it is possible to experience much more beauty, meaning, happiness, and fulfillment than we thought possible. It also describes the underlying laws governing how much of this happiness we can experience. Experiments in which these laws are applied have already been developed and conducted. They reveal flashes of joy at different levels of great magnitude, confirming both the existence of the levels of joy and the laws asserted by the theory.

      We have before us a theory that not only solves physics’ riddles. It also instills wonder about the frontiers to which this new understanding will bring us, our children, and the entire planet.

      Until now, we have lived under the auspices of science and the 2300-year-old material governing theory. If we take a step back and look at things open mindedly, we will see two characteristic traits. The theory itself is so complicated no one understands it, and as unwaveringly as it has amassed knowledge about a material world, science has buried the perspective of life in solemnity and meaninglessness. Incomprehensibility and solemnity have become the hallmarks of solid science.

      When these hallmarks comprise the criterion for credibility, it is no simple matter to introduce a new theory that lacks both. In addition to it being suspiciously easy to understand and suspiciously un-solemn, we run into a third and even bigger problem; the material theory is so old it has become ingrained in all of us. “Everybody knows it’s true”. The very thought of taking today’s material theory up for re-evaluation in keeping with scientific norms no longer exists. Much less the volition.

      This being the case, we couldn’t wait until professional scientists, whose livelihood is based on the old theory and who enjoy world renown as trusted custodians of the Truth, to assess whether a theory developed by an outsider is more true. Nor did we think it particularly smart to expect those who proudly carry the banners of meaninglessness and solemnity to create an instruction manual for gaining happiness and fulfillment. We wrote two books.

      The First Unified Theory – Cowboys and Scientists is the first. It introduces the theory and its form of logic, the newly discovered laws of nature, and great Joy. The experiments that confirm the theory’s assertions and the existence of the greater form of Joy are included. Book 1 also sheds light on what triggers the search for new theories, how such a search progresses, and how surprisingly easy it is to assess the result. It is no longer necessary to wait until established science has plodded its way funeral by funeral to an official verification. The impatient can evaluate this theory themselves.

      Book 2, The Third Experiment – An Uncivilized Handbook for Life, uses the newly discovered laws of nature as the basis for a very different kind of owners’ manual. When joy exists in incredible magnitudes and the laws that regulate access to this joy are essentially the opposite of what we thought they were when we created the instruction manual we have used until now, it tells us two things. It explains how matters have gotten to their present state. And that it’s probably a good idea to make a new manual.

      We stand humbled in the shadow of the great minds of science’s realm. No one in their shadow starts a project thinking they can discover a theory these giants haven’t already found. Instead, it starts with naïve curiosity about enigmas and unexplainable phenomena. You look for answers in all the ordinary places, find nothing among the known and acceptable, keep looking, get more and more frustrated, go beyond the standard and – suddenly it’s too late to turn back.

      Both the author with one foot in the academic world and the one with both feet outside it were stunned at their discoveries. Fascinated. Captivated by the possibilities that have come to light.

Frakkfjord, Norway

 August 28, 2024