Quantum Gravity

Part 1 -

an origin story
built on evolving theories
a body too large to replicate
and long past the beginning
of its existence

boundary conditions
possibly imposed
by our observations
questioning their absence
a set of circumstances

for this universe
abdicating all responsibility
abandoning free will
determined to repeat patterns
in a 3-D illusion

we poke and prod
asserting agency
in our environment
a life among the stars
conjuring dreams

from nothing
an abstraction
of quarks and leptons
a hill to die on
our ending predestined

a circular action
a predictive power
a speculation
universal symbols
describing what exactly?

Part 2 -

These hot bodies — electromagnetic.
Emitting waves at various frequencies;
limitted in energy.

Light packets, with a single origin.
Transmitting messages of
unique lived experience.

Thier life indeterminate, decoupled
from initial boundary conditions.
Embarking on ergodic exploration—

infinitely possible outcomes,
shaped by probability, but
always uncertain.

Part 3 - The Trade-Off

Like it or not, we are limited.
An imposition imposed
by our natural environment.

Scientific law states:
to know our future,
we must know our present place.

A principle,
requiring a high-frequency measurement;
razor sharp and relentless.

Curiosity's pursuit
that might well kill the cat, or
cast us out of Eden:
a delta in an otherwise ambiguous state.

The more accuracy we extract,
the less certain any future point is made.

To pin our current position precisely,
to lock in our current velocity entirely,
we double the uncertainty
of the next vector in our quantum series.

To observe is to disturb.
Handicapped by our scientific methods—
we exclude the mysteries of the unobservable universe.

Particles entangled, not separate,
held in a quantum state.
Defined only within
the principle of uncertainty.

Part 4 -

This little light of mine
unpredictable and undefined;
starting off on the same path:
I might come by or just wave hi.

Classical ways can't control me.
I operate on probability.
A vortex of fortuity.

God may not play dice, but
certainly he enjoys a good mystery.
Teasing the more likely ending,
there is still incompleteness in our theories;

And here, faith takes the place of proof.

A scattered and insufficient knowledge,
one apple alone could not conclude.
Logic's chains and computations break,
but within the light shines truth.

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Part 5 -

within the constraints
of any experiment,
test results must
be accurate, governed
by laws of physics—

to Perfect Predictions
quantum limits this
to theory, moves
exactness' value
to the troublesome
and approximate—
Probability.

Part 6 -

What am I?
Wave or particle?
In Hilbert space
I have amplitude, and
Born predicts a probability
of my distribution—

Calculating how I've been
interfered with, and
my next course of action.

Before me is a wall
with two slits.
I pass through them simultaneously,
disrupting my natural peaks and valleys,
the absolute square of which
only gives an estimate.

You'll never know for sure.
Not until I've already landed.

Part 7 -

inside every atom
exists both proton(1) and neutron(0)
bound by the strong force
nuclei formed

encircled In a cloud
of particle-waves
the little electron(-1) orbits
at varying shells
in varying states
the more energy
the higher the frequency
where potential can change
and distance is made
the less energy
the lower the frequency
and the closer the shell's range
stability, described by Bohr—
where mathematics predict
with greater accuracy
amplitudes synced vs
those asynchronized;
and Feynman's sum over history—
where the probability
of any next destination
is the sum of all
possible paths taken.