The research and writing
which eventually resulted in the Metaparticle Theory began in 1978,
during preparation of a book manuscript titled The Prevailing
Use of Life. This was circulated by a New York agent among a
dozen mainstream publishers, all of whom thought (fortunately, I
now see) that it wouldn't sell enough copies.
Along the way a number of prominent physicists
were queried about reading the theory. Only three replied. (One
came by postcard. I had told this theorist, now deceased,
that I had definite evidence the electron was binary and asked
if he would like to see such evidence. His reply: "No, I
don't see any evidence for it." Who said physics lacks humor?)
Copies were eventually sent to six, including
four from whom I had heard nothing. In every case the theory was
given freely, and with my offer to turn it over without obligation
to any recipient who indicated sincere interest and agreed to
get further testing done. But I would have to say my efforts along
this line always seemed like offering an English cookbook to French
chefs. One professor at a major university, now deceased, did
suggest I obtain a "full mathematical treatment". Following
up on that I soon found I could not afford even a graduate student,
and couldn't have understood what he did anyhow.
The clear reason for that is: I went to great
lengths to avoid all college courses in math. I even went so far
as to take Ancient Greek as a substitute. (I enjoyed that, and
it does come in handy during dream conversations with Plato.)
In the forties there may have been faculty advisors at state universities
but I never heard of one in my almost five semesters. At which
point I was drafted without ado into the Army Air Force, where
they trained me to be a cryptographer. Three years later, writing
appealed more than returning to graduate. So half a century later
I still hold not the slightest degree in anything, not to speak
of never having taken a college course in physics.
It would seem then that
I have a nerve to be parading any kind of theory involving particle
physics, which as you may have heard requires a brain somewhat
larger than that of Sir Isaac Newton's. But when science began
showing evidence of being on the brink of something crucial and
far reaching, it was decided the Metaparticle Theory of a binary,
rotating particle should gain exposure. It is evidently the only
theory relating the origin of particles to a permanent
source of motion and energy.
To sidestep the large brain requirement, I found
that for this theory's purposes I could discover enough about
particles by reading books written for laymen. After all, no new
particles were being discovered in the Metaparticle Theory, only
the hidden structure and origin of existing entities such as the
electron, etc.
My main contributions have been concentrated
upon those elements in the theory which (in the past and at present
continuing) have been dismissed as metaphysical. But the basic
data from which the Metaparticle Theory took root is not of my
origination. I still do not know who, where, or when... except
that it far antedates any restatement of it in historic times.
What is perhaps our main goal is to suggest rational and pragmatic
reasons for one unique, "substantive" aspect of metaphysics
to be considered within the purview of Science. This idea will
be pursued in the sections to follow. (Original "clues"
appear in Supporting Data.)
Long before the religions existing today took
shape, metaphysical thought flourished. My research revealed
that very little of it was concerned with the substantive aspect,
though still more than at present. I was struck with the
idea that even that little might prove very valuable, now that
for the first time in history there exists a body of scientific
knowledge about subatomic particles. The future will determine
if that idea adds meaningfully to progress.
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The author's replies to e-mail queries regarding
his personal worldview is as follows: "I believe
that the universe and all its materiality is created and sustained
by Natural Laws. But I also believe that God, in some
unknown way, created those Laws."
