POTENTIAL DRIVES THE UNIVERSE

DAVID BIRNBAUM SUMMA METAPHYSICA :
A PHILOSOPHY/COSMOLOGY SERIES

• a hitherto undiscerned overarching dynamic

David Birnbaum Summa Metaphysica philosophy treatise proposes its signature Potentialism Theory.

“Potentialism proposes that there is, indeed, a protagonist to the cosmic order, but that the protagonist is a ‘quest’, and not a ‘classic entity’. The universe quests for its maximal potential. The core dynamic Quest for Potential (Q4P∞) strives with purpose and direction towards ever-greater and higher potential. At the 'beginning of time’, eternal Quest for Potential (Q4P∞) harnessed the eternal equations of Physics-Mathematics to ignite our universe via the Big Bang. This same symbiotic dynamic - Quest for Potential (Q4P∞) in league with Physics-Math - then acted as a catalyst for life, evolution, language, emotion, consciousness, and, indeed, for all the key dynamics which have evolved in the universe.”

"POTENTIAL DRIVES THE UNIVERSE" - BIRNBAUM

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(c) 2020  by David Birnbaum  NY  faculty affiliation: New School for Social Research

Core Issues

What ignited our universe?

What drives our universe?

Is there a direction to our universe?

What really drives evolution?

Is there one succinct simultaneous answer to all of the above? Yes.

There is only one dynamic which is truly eternal -

Potential

Thus, I crafted a cosmology with that eternal dynamic - Potential -

as the 'spinal column' - or the core - 

threading through every stage of the metaphysics.

The core proposition
is that there is a
single, overarching, and quasi-eternal
dynamic  
hitherto undiscerned 

Quest for Potential^∞
aka Q4P

which drives the Cosmic Order

“Sorry for the inconvenience, but this is a revolution”

the proper sequence

for constructing a metaphysics

FIRST
one must discern an eternal 'something'
(if possible)

/  After a 20-year casual search, 
Potentalism/Summa's architect vectored-to Potential/Possibility

THEN

one must discern if that 'eternal something'
could possibly have morphed into an 'eternal dynamic'

/  Potentalism/Summa's architect  hypothesizes  'Quest for Potential'

THEN
one must assess if -
having deployed the hypothesized eternal dynamic
as the (dynamic) spinal column
of the journey heretofore of the universe
any sampling of the trillions of  historical cosmic data-points 
'work' with that spinal column

Indeed, thusly, the architect of  Potentialism Theory
(aka Q4P theory;  aka Summa theory; aka Quantum Man theory)
   has done

Universe1000.com

Our Potential-driven Universe

The Organic Proactive Super-Computer Super-Organism

What reality is our Universe?

Our universe is a multi-faceted hybrid -

Super-Computer / Super-Organism / Star Nursery / 
Elements Generator / Life Creator / Cosmic Voyager /
hyper-expanding neo-bio-sphere suis generis entity

*

Our universe is
self-advancing, self-igniting, self-developing,
self-iterating, self-building-out & self-propelling 

*

Our universe is all of space and time - and all their contents,
including planets, stars, galaxies
and all other forms of matter and energy.

*

It is the Cosmic Womb of Potential

*

Our universe inexorably strives after its purpose:

to maximize & optimize its Potential

*

And what type of Super-Computer is our universe?
A Quantum computer integrated into an Organic overlay.  

*

It turns out that our universe
is stranger and more profoundly awesome
than any science fiction.

*

As per my core theme
the universe is multi-faceted and multi-layered Potential

*

Per the Potentialism Theory hypothesis

Simultaneously -

# Infinite Quest for Potential drives the universe

# The universe IS Infinite Quest for Potential
in tangible form

*

Our universe is 93 billion light-years in diameter.

It is an expanding, multi-dimensional organic Starship.

As of the early 21st Century, the Starship,
believed to be 13.8 billion years old since 'ignition and liftoff' 
had propagated within its fold 
100 billion galaxies, each with an average 100 billion stars
or 10 ²² stars total

Meanwhile, the Starship expands outwards as it advances forward,
and its rate of expansion is accelerating

Our own local galaxy, the Milky Way, 
is moving at a staggering speed of 1.3 million miles per hour 

And our own planet Earth -
smaller than a miniscule spec in the scheme of things -
alone has propagated 
over 5 billion species to date

*

The universe ongoing gobbles up void as it builds-out,
accelerates and traverses onward and outward

*

Our universe is the original / primordial
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) computational entity;
it represents "machine learning" on steroids

*

The universe does not have consciousness as we know it;
[ Below I label it QMI = Quantum Mechanics Intelligence ]
however, our Starship voraciously gobbles-up and processes all data -
which it then deploys to advance
its (Potential-driven) objectives and designs 

*

Quest for Potential^∞

aka  Q4P^∞

the DRIVER underlying the Cosmic Order

the primus movens

the 'Prime Mover'

*

It is not clear whether the imperatives of the universe data-gathering
stop at any boundaries of personal privacy,
including our thoughts

*

*

The universe is always 
computing, assessing, calculating
and then
iterating/expanding/complexifying
towards its next level of Potential

*

As noted, the universe is simultaneously an ever-expanding mega-brain

What we learn, the universe learns;
thus, there is at least some (and possibly great) 
intrusion into our thoughts

*

The universe endeavors to be a perpetual motion entity;

It is unclear whether the universe will be successful on this track.

One suspects that the profound, tenacious and ever-learning universe 
will inevitably find 
a way, a path, a modality -
via one dimension or another -
to continue its inexorable and hoped-for infinite journey 

It very well may not have the solution yet....

*

Regarding the origins of this universe-enterprise,
see  Chronology1000.com

But, to encapsulate,
originally "0" was somehow split
into positives and negatives
and these also became on-off modalities
which formed the genesis
of the universe-computer
which then calculated & effected
an inexorable & profoundly awesome advance
towards the ever-more extraordinary

*

Our universe is possibly sacred in toto.

At some point we are inevitably faced with the following
bedrock intellectual/spiritual/religious question - 

At the origin of origins
was the catalyst of the universe 
secular or spiritual/religious?

or

in other terminology

Is our universe - at its core - 
Secular or Sacred?

'everywhere in nature'

“Algorithms and computation take place not just in computers or between computer systems but actually everywhere in nature, in atoms, in matter,.... bacteria in a cell, and neurons in the brain.”

- Avi Wigderson (Israeli mathematician)
ABEL Prize Co-Winner  3/2021 
Princeton Institute for Advanced Study
upon learning of hs winning the ABEL Award

SummaCoverage.com

 OVERARCHING 

"Birnbaum considers Quest for Potential∞
to be a ubiquitous and overarching cosmic dynamic...

Quest for its fulfillment
is the underlying core dynamic
of the cosmic order...

All of the countless components of the universe,
including humans,
are striving towards the full realization
of their particular potentialities...."

- Professor Andrei Alyokhin*

* fuller detail further below
or, see UnifyingConcept.com

Q4P^∞

Quest for Potential
(infinitely recursive)

Q4P ( Q4P ( Q4P …

Quest for Potential

within

Quest for Potential

within

Quest for Potential

ad infinitum

A New Paradigm

Potentialism Theory - Potential Drives the Cosmic Order - is unique, original and all-embracing.

The formula/theory apparently works across both depth and breadth - universally.
In depth the proposition apparently seamlessly works from macro through micro levels. In breadth, the proposition apparently seamlessly works across the billions of years of known cosmic history;

As well, the theory works elegantly with Q4P (Quest for Potential∞) as the proposed catalyst of the Big Bang itself. Thus, the plot thickens.

The formulation has 100+ articles and 100+ distinguished testimonials to its credit. A Course Text at top universities around the globe, the fully-integrated theory provides a simultaneous solution to a cluster of hitherto intractable bedrock issues.

Since Summa I was published (by Ktav) in 1988, the theory has sent shock waves through the global cosmology and metaphysics establishments. These establishments are entrenched and to a great extent militantly wedded to their (theory of no-theory) Randomness for well-over 150 years.

Inertia? Group-Think? Go along to get along? No viable alternative pre-Summa? Pressure from the hard-line (anti-directional universe) academic clique which controls many key legacy British journals? Route to tenure blocked if the Randomness 'party line' is not toed? Some combination of the above? Whatever the reason, debate has effectively been strangled for a long, long time.

Enter Summa Theory. With philosophical roots in 'directional' Aristotelian thought, revolutionary (and non-aimless) Potentialism Theory sets the stage for a re-boot of literally all scientific fields - across both the hard and soft sciences. All.

As noted, the theory can be encapsulated in the one concise formula noted: Q4P > C+ > E+. No exceptions to the formula across the trillions of data points from the Big Bang to this moment. No infinite quantity of universes needed to get to 21st Century humans.

In the mix, the theory simultaneously and neatly lances metaphysics, cosmology, teleology and "purpose". Cogently and concisely. No fat; No flaws. Good to Go.

Let's Roll.

A secular 'driver' of Evolution

#  Evolution - and inter-related hyper-intelligent design - is driven by -
    neo-eternal (secular) Q4P^∞
    - a hitherto undiscerned (secular) force

#  Evolution is not driven by the (fatally flawed)
    Natural Selection / Random Mutation
    (neo-Darwinian mainstream) working hypothesis 

#  There is no need to deploy
    a super-natural force
    to solve hyper-intelligent design;
    one can solve the issue with a natural force (Q4P^∞)

   [ amplification across this 222+ panel ScrollDown ]

MY 'TAKE'

Potentialism Theory gives its own 'take' on evolution;
Potentialism rejects Natural Selection/Random mutation
as unscientific and fatally flawed on multiple fronts

Inductive1000.com

Bulletproof?

Potentialism Theory presented via David Birnbaum's 
 3-part treatise Summa Metaphysica
 is a new paradigm metaphysics.

The theory is seemingly bulletproof -
 and is the only known metaphysics
 which is proved inductively

Obviously, there can only be one correct metaphysics.

Proposed, developed, enhanced and vetted 
since Summa I (1988),
 Potentialism Theory challenges
 for that solitary position 
 on the metaphysics/cosmology chessboard.

As the aphorism goes
 in various permutations -
 "we stand on the shoulders of giants,
 but indeed, perhaps we achieve
  a broader, richer, deeper, more fully-integrated 
 perspective, insight and truth"

Note that fine-tuning of the theory
will undoubtedly unfold.

For 40+ page Inductive Proof presentation
 by Mark Davis, see

Inductive1000.com

I have been on the case since 1960.

Others - like Andrei Alyokhin -
 have proposed that this metaphysics
 be deployed as the operative working hypothesis.

The theory is cutting-edge,
to put it mildly

It is "not your mother's Oldsmobile"

see also: Universe1000.com

To the Readership

I believe that humanity can do better than the sterile, bizarre, nihilstic, and counter-intuitive Randomness formulation - currently foisted across much of academe - as its bedrock working hypothesis.

Per the  Randomness proponents, our entire highly sophisticated and  fully-integrated  universe - ongoing for 14 billion years - is the result of random chance.

Randomness Theory is essentially madcap Alchemy on steroids -  propped-up by a delusional reactionary clique.

*

We prefer to deal in the realm of reasoned and serious thought. 

Potentialism Theory (explicated here) is an elegant and powerful formulation; it is rich, multi-faceted, heavily vetted, and bulletproof.

The Cosmic Order and our universe are, indeed, quite fine-tuned. And 21st Century humans - and their associated consciousness - are not accidents of cosmic chance.

D Birnbaum

NY

www.SummaMetaphysica.com

featuring Birnbaum's unified cosmology/metaphysics/philosophy
with centerpiece overarching Infinite 'Quest for Potential' hypothesis

Summa
Macro-View

4-volume Potentialism Theory

a fully - integrated & unified -
metaphysics / cosmology / philosophy / teleology
with incorporated hypotheses re:
theogony and theodicy issues in religious philosophy ////
incorporating - eternal origins / evolution /
human & cosmic purpose / pre- and post- Big Bang cosmic journey /
and Summa IV cosmic morph @ Big Bang

An original, - but grasp-able - 21st Century working hypothesis
via one all-encompassing (snapshot) equation

Extraploating back to eternal origins
(see EternalOrigins.com)
and tracking across time
with cosmic direction
(see Complexification1000.com)
to the cosmic goal
(see Extraordinariation1000.com)

Infinite Quest for Potential (Q4P)
as the common denominator
& the cosmic engine
across time and space
- before and after the Big Bang

seemingly simple, but
powerful, elegant and all-encompassing

***

~7,000 years of civilization

through this point
So, let’s take a tour of this
(original and fully-vetted)
new paradigm hypothesis
making all these
sweeping 'simultaneous' claims....

The Eternal Dynamic:

POTENTIAL*
AS ETERNAL

A central proposition of Summa:
“Potential” is the sole “concept/dynamic” which can
safely be posited as having been eternal.

By definition.

Meaning, by definition “Potential” – and only “Potential” –
can be conjectured to have been “eternal.”

Upon careful reflection, the above is self-evident.

For “Potential” vectored-in onto – and crystallized-into –
its own maximal Potential arc.

“Potential” thus achieved traction –
and has never looked back.

– Birnbaum

* Potential / Possibility

The Eternal Dynamic:

POTENTIAL
AS CENTERPIECE

Why does it make sense
to craft a metaphysics
centered around Potential?

To craft a metaphysics, one must commence at eternal origins;
and to commence at eternal origins
one needs an eternal dynamic

A primary goal in any metaphysics is an overarching cosmic dynamic;
and a logical overarching cosmic dynamic would be some
extrapolation of the eternal dynamic

Therefore,
once one has delineated
a truly eternal dynamic,
one can play
in the metaphysics sandbox

– Birnbaum

Per Birnbaum, there is an overarching natural cosmic dynamic which Birnbaum hypothesizes as being Infinite Quest for Potential. ... “One elegant dynamic and one elegant dynamic alone — Infinite Quest for Potential — both instigates and drives the entire cosmic order. Jun 10, 2015
- Huffington Post

The Eternal Dynamic

 1   Why?

Why should this particular metaphysics 
(Potentialism Theory)
succeed - when countless others have failed
over the centuries?

The core architecture/platform
of Potentialism Theory
was quite-carefully crafted.

Hitherto, all other metaphysics have failed  -
because they deployed 
different cores - or starting points*
than eternal Potential**
for their respective metaphysics

Obviously, they are doomed to failure.
- for they are not anchored to an eternal dynamic***
(of which there is only one*, as noted) 

And, frankly, it took me well over a decade
to vector to the above-noted eternal dynamic

*  or no starting point at all

**  Actually Potential/Possibility might be more accurate,
but I choose to focus on Potential - as it is a 'richer' term

*** In retrospect, how could one entertain crafting a metaphysics otherwise.

The Eternal Dynamic

 2   Why?

Why so difficult to grasp?

Why is it often so difficult for Westerners, in particular, to grasp the
Quest for Potential (as the prime force)
proposition?

Westerners start out as youngsters with the imagery of 
(a hidden)
but tangible
God on His Throne (as the prime force) proposition,.

It is thus hard to segue' to a concept of a
(hiding in plain sight)
quest - a non-tangible something -
seeking
Potential - a non-specific - and very subjective - goal.

 Potentialism Theory 

Brief Background

I started on this cosmology journey
~1960
when I was 10 years old /
I was a student (5th grade)
in Modern Orthodox (Jewish)
Yeshiva of Forest Hills (Queens, NY) Day School
- with astronomy as a casual hobby (no intensity)

*

In the background, was the Big Bang Theory
- as well as the Holocaust

incongruent subjects to many - but not to me

*

I gave myself 25 years to crack the cosmic code

I am now ~60 (consecutive) years into this little project

*

I believe I have made some headway....

Summa's core proposed theme 

POTENTIAL DRIVES THE UNIVERSE

#  elegantly unifies Theology-Spirituality-Science

and

#  is the proposed core 'platform'
for each/all of the sciences -
HARD & SOFT

The (true) Origin of Life

in the Cosmic Order
----------------------------
The emergence of Q4P^∞ from  Eternal Potential
is the origin of metaphysical life

in our universe
--------------------
When metaphysical Q4P^∞ transmutes at the Big Bang (13.7 billion years ago)
into its metaphysical-physical hybrid state 'Universe", 
life is de facto initiated/introduced/embedded into our universe
(simultaneous with the Big Bang).

Allegorically,
(Mophie/battery) Q4P^∞
plugs-into (CellPhone) Universe.

catalyst for Complexification on Earth
-------------------------------------------------
Thus, life, seemingly the most complex/profound "thing" of all,
comes at the very beginning of Complexification (C+) on Earth,
(as it was transplanted from metaphysical realms),
and not billions of years into its trajectory.

How is that?

Because no Complexification (of life Forms) can occur until there is the spark of life

Therefore Q4P^∞ needed to get us to life quickly

Therefore, Q4P^∞ needed to (first) transmute itself  >  our Universe

Therefore, (first) the Big Bang

But, again, how did the most complex/profound "thing" come so early?

Because as noted, the spark of life (via Q4P^∞)
had actually been on the march - in purely metaphysical form - for eons pre-Big Bang

Key Steps to Life

1) Q4P^∞ emerges from Eternal Potential

2) Q4P^∞ transmutes > (into)  our Universe (at the Bang point)
             in part to instigate the life platform

3) (Per Potentialism Theory) Life actually emerges on Earth simultaneous
    with the birth of our planet:

However, here is the current scientific widsdom:

Per Potentialism Theory, evidence of life should increasingly be discovered ever closer and closer to the formation of the planet (4.54 billion years ago)

*

It is not that life happened to emerge on Earth

Rather,

Q4P^∞ (the pure-metaphysical life force) transmuted  >  our Universe
as the necessary (precursor) morphing to launch metaphysical/physical life

- with the Earth, in turn, being the designated platform for the 'genesis/creation' of life

But, metaphysical life came along for the ride with Q4P^∞;
and metaphysical/physical life (example: human life later down the road) 
was thus only a mini-step away

Platforms**

Q4P^∞ builds-out  platforms
as advanced bases for Complexification

Universe > Earth > Life  >  ............................Humans
with all respectively being (stacked) platforms/bases in progression

*   Jan 15, 2020 (wiki)
** see more in Summa III

Metamorphosis

Morphing & Transmuting

the Q4P^∞ transformation from Pure Metaphysical  >  Hybrid

the underlying logic for the hypothesis

Once 
a) one accepts as a working hypothesis the Big Bang theory 
   (the crucial corroborating [background radiation] evidence came in 1964)
b) and considers a core premise of  Potentialism Theory (see Summa III [2014]) 
    that Q4P^∞ ignited the Big Bang
c) and notes that life began proximate to the formation of the Earth
d) and considers Potentialism's premise that Dark Energy and Dark Matter are (direct) derivatives of Q4P^∞ 
e) and notes how Dark Energy and Dark Matter are the preponderance of the universe
f) and notes our ever-expanding and now accelerating universe
g) and notes the various (extraordinarily improbable) twists and turns that the universe
   seems to have taken  enroute to life  - and in sustaining life - on earth to this day,
h) and notes the related extraordinary fine-tuning of the many, many constants necessary for life on earth
i) and notes how the very laws of physics may have been altered over the eons
j) and considers that Q4P^∞ is the catalyst and driver - and complexifier - of the universe

THEN

(k) it is not a super-leap to hypothesize -

# that our universe was/is the 'incarnation of choice' for formerly 100% metaphysical Q4P^∞

# that the core underlying dynamic was seeking a platform - a more versatile and powerful hybrid metaphysical-physical platform - from which to launch/sustain/develop (physical) life - and direct the next levels of Complexification enroute to Extraordinariation.

#  that Q4P^∞ was compelled to morph for the purpose  (just-noted)

#  that the formerly purely metaphysical core dynamic (Q4P^∞) transmuted via the Big Bang into a hybrid metyaphysical/physical entity - our universe.

as Working Hypothesis

the Good News......is that 99% probability  the theory is correct
the Bad News........is that all the textbooks will need to be changed -
                                across ALL the sciences - hard & soft -
                                as there  is  now a new 'platform'
                                And, you know, change the platform - and you 'change the entire game'

see also: UnifyingConcept.com

Birnbaum-Super-Formula

Simultaneous

When we were in 6th, 7th grade math, it soon became apparent to us that if a potential solution seemed to resolve two problems simultaneously, it was inevitably the correct solution (to both).

In our case here, we have a concise proposed solution seeming to resolve, perhaps even 18+ overlapping problems simultaneously....

Classic Issues Aligned

POTENTIALISM THEORY

THE SUMMA METAPHYSICA SERIES

a unified

( consistent, overarching, fully integrated)

conceptual line of attack

metaphysics
cosmology
philosophy

aligning

eternal origins
Life Force
direction/teleology/driver
purpose/meaning
evolutionary theory
universe horizon

via
one Common Denominator
dynamic*

* Q4P → C+ → E+

the two key websites

Glossary

(abridged)

...of first tier of Potentialism Terms
Over the past three decades (since KTAV published Summa I in 1988) Birnbaum's Potentialism Theory has been built-out. As such, it has developed its own lexicon to describe its fundamental principle of Potentialism.

Potentialists define the universal drive of cosmology as the Infinite Quest for Potential. This is the inherent “drive” of the cosmos to seek its own ever-further complexity/sophistication/wondrousness.

Potential journeys towards a non-concretized state of infinite complexity/sophistication/wondrousness. The universe moves inexorably towards this infinite goal.

Potentialism
Potentialism itself represents a new metaphysics/science for a new century. It provides an overarching 21st century metaphysics that seeks no less than to encompass the scientific, the religious, the spiritual, the secular and the philosophical.

Fully encompassing all modern science, Potentialism is potentially (repeat: potentially) a candidate - in due course - for a (true) Theory of Everything – not only in scientific terms, but in all terms meaningful to humankind.

Potentialism seeks to arm those seeking an understanding of the cosmic order with the tools necessary to have a “seat at the table” for this new metaphysics. All are invited as science comes back to the metaphysics table after a de facto three century, post-Spinoza hiatus.

Following is an (abridged) short glossary of core, key terms of Potentialism.

Q4P∞ The Infinite Quest for Infinite Potential
- usually shortened to Quest for Potential in conversation, though the formal name best represents the iterative, infinite nature of Potential. This represents the universe’s innate drive towards fulfilling its true potential. Also commonly denoted as Q4P∞ or, super-shorthand: Q4P.

Note that there are multiple embedded infinities in Q4P∞:
See Infinity-3.com

C+ Complexification
The hypothesized cosmic intermediate drive – “Q4P’s handmaiden” – maneuvering the cosmos towards greater complexity/sophistication/richness/integration/variety/wondrousness.

In turn, note that one of the components of Complexification just-noted above is ‘integration’; meaning, Complexification does not occur divorced from the cosmic landscape; rather, Complexification integrates into-the-process the harmonization/optimization of the ongoing Complexification with the existing bio-landscape.

Complexification seeks quantum jumps – QJs (see entry in this same Glossary) – as opposed to incremental advance.

In its ongoing march of Complexification – the universe moves ever-and-ever closer to what Birnbaum calls Extraordinariation (E+) – the universal end-goal – a horizon to be approached, but never quite realized – and a state otherwise defined as hyper-Complexification.

E+ Extraordinariation.
The end-target of this journey towards increased complexity/sophistication/wondrousness is referred to as Extraordinariation (see Extraordinariation.com). Extraordinariation is not so much a precise destination as an ideal goal to be sought-after, albeit never quite fully-realized.

Note that Q4P itself does not quite know precisely what E+ looks like. Q4P is so to speak 'finding its way'. Along these lines, the Cambrian Explosion may have been a re-set.

Q4P/Q3
The fusion of -

Q4P = Infinite Quest for Potential
and
Q3 = Quantum - information processing / computing / engineering

yields >

Q4P/Q3

- the hybrid potential driver

And, it is Q4P/Q3 which tweaks the genomes
... and yields Evolution

*

- M.D.

POTENTIALISM THEORY

encapsulation formula
of our universe

Potentialism Theory posits that there exists
a hitherto undiscerned core and transcendent dynamic

Q4P^∞

aka

Quest for Potential^∞

which not only drives the universe,
but actually IS the universe.

*

We are all fully integral to this dynamic -
as hard as that proposition might be.

POTENTIALISM THEORY

multi-tasker

more amplification below

Push-Pull

Q4P^∞- directed Evolution

Evolution is not directed by 
Natural Selection / Random Mutation
(the fatally-flawed Darwinian theory)

Evolution is hyper-intelligently designed
by Q4P^∞ - a secular dynamic
primed as-its-essence 
to build-out Complexification (C+)
enroute to Extraordinariation (E+)

There is, thus, respectfully,
a powerful secular resolution path to resolving/understanding
the extraordinarily intelligently-crafted
hyper-complex and ongoing journey of Evolution 

The hitherto intractable scientific conundrum of Evolution
is elegantly resolved (by Potentialism Theory)
without deploying concepts of Creator-designed Evolution

'Complexification Evolution'  

Potentialism Theory rejects both
(a) Creationism and (b) Natural Selection

Rather, species have (ensemble) inexorably evolved through
my hypothesized
"Complexification Evolution",

This ever-unfolding dynamic
vectors towards Extraordinariation+
by my hypothesized (secular)
(evolving Quantum Mechanics-based)
Quest for Potential^∞, ( Q4P^∞)

( with Q4P^∞ being
the hitherto undiscerned and underlying
primal & ~eternal
cosmic force/dynamic ).

The track of 'Complexification Evolution'
inexorably follows my hypothesized SuperLaw,
 Q4P^∞ → C+ → E+

Simultaneously, on a personal level,  I believe that our (secular) universe of Potential itself quests after (elusive) God and Spirituality - 
as components of its inexorable march towards Extraordinariation  - 
under the umbrella of the same above-noted hypothesized  SuperLaw:   

Hyper-Intelligent Design    

# Evolution is, indeed, driven by hyper-intelligent design

# The designer/iterator is (secular) Q4P^∞

# (asserted) Natural Selection / Random Mutation is a non-starter

# No need to deploy the biblical 'Creator' here

# Q4P^∞ re-configures genes and designs new ones;
   The 'designer' does not re-purpose mutations

Dissent against Conventional Wisdom

"The scientist must be free to answer any question,
to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence,
to correct any errors."

- Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer

Birnbaum-Super-Formula

an order of its own     

 A revolution must aim at the destruction of the given order -
 and will succeed only by asserting an order of its own.

- RUDOLF ARNHEIM, Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order   

nr = not relevant

CURRENT DEBATE

The current 
cosmological/metaphysical/philosophical
debate

	Creationism*9	Intelligent Design	Darwinism / New Atheism	Potentialism / Q4P∞
Universe is Designed?	Y	Y	N	Y
Is DRIVER "alive"?	Y	?	N	1/2*6
Directional / Deliberate?	Y	Y	N*2	Y
Random?	N	N	Y	N
seeks after God?	nr*1	?	N	Y
a legislating force?	Y	?	N	N
DRIVER has, as well, classic consciousness in-the-mix	Y	?	N	N*3
DRIVER has its own sui generis consciousness?	Y	?	N	Y*7
DRIVER has classic emotion in-the-mix	Y	?	N	N*3
Law of the Universe as core component?	N	N	N	Y*4
Greatest good - for greatest number	Y	?	N	Y
classic spiritual force?	Y	?	N	N*3
Is the DRIVER itself the pre-eminent Life-Force?	Y	?	N	Y
Does the DRIVER's Life Force course through our individual systems (bodies)?	N*5	?	N	Y
Did the DRIVER via the Big Bang, morph into our UNIVERSE?	N	N	N	Y
Is the DRIVER an extension of Quantum Mechanics or vice versa?	N	N	N	Y
Is the DRIVER/Designer intelligent?	Y*8	Y	N	Y*8

^*1   IS God

^*2   but a better species version  will prevail

^*3   Inexorably seeks  VICARIOUS  fuller  emotion &  fuller consciousness & fuller spirituality
      via humanity, in particular

^*4   Q4P^∞ → C+ → E+

^*5   not per Jewish core doctrine;
      but God, per doctrine, is the 'Source of Life';
      and a 'spark of the Divine' is in each of us.

^*6   see panel:  ALIVE?
      Is the DRIVER, Q4P^∞ - which gives and sustains life -  and which actually defines life -
      actually "alive" ITSELF - in the sense that we are used to?

^*7   [Digital? for Q4P^∞]   v.  [Non-Digital for humans]

^*8   Hyper-Intelligent / super-BRAIN

^*9   'Creationism' embraces a spectrum of beliefs regarding evolution (or non-evolution) of Man, in particular;
      but there is a common denominator core belief in a supernatural act of divine creation - of life on our planet -
      and that Man was deliberately (and carefully) 'designed' by the Divine. 

Alignments

the informal political line-ups

THE OLD GUARD:
Randomnists / neo-Darwinists* / New Atheists** / Old Eugenicists*** / British Chauvinists

v.

      THE NEW GUARD: 
      ADVOCATES FOR:  Intelligent Design / Directional Universe  / Potentialism 

* debunked by the end of 2019; the centerpiece of the theory -
          Natural Selection / Random Mutation -
    is now in its death-throes

** rumor has it that a cohort of the British contingent  aids, abets and enables toxic gambits ongoing -
    typically via (intimidated) Research Associates - recruited semi-involuntarily
    to undermine and career-sabotage ascendant figures in "The New Guard"

*** see subtitle of Origins of Species (1859):
    "PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE"

Postulate #1. Universes do not simply pop-up

Postulate #2. There may or may not be more universes

Postulate #3. If there are other universes. they will each need-be
(a) Potential-based - because Potential is the only eternal something and then
(b) Q4P-ignited, and Q4P-driven

Postulate #4: All universes are hence directional.

Why? Because, as elucidated above, there would appear to be only one eternal dynamic - Potential/Possibility - and without it in the mix, no universes are making an appearance. And with Potential in the mix, every single one of these universes will be quite directional and quite interesting.
As regards the Randomness play re: multiverse....

As we are aware, the Randomness crew found itself in seeming checkmate as a consequence of the 1999 Martin Rees book Just Six Numbers which demonstrated clearly fine-tuned universe, and de facto showed directional universe. The direction of fine-tuned universe? seeking life.

In desperation, the Randomness crew formulated the following attempted escape hatch: Our universe may be directional, but our universe is a random fluke; there are infinite universes, and ours happened to hit it lucky. Meaning, (post-1999) per segments of the Randomness crew, there are Infinite -1 totally aimless universes, and 1 fine-tuned universe (ours).

This escape hatch is fatally flawed, however.

1) As elucidated above, if there are other universes, they are directional.

2) the Cosmic Order has better things to do than to waste virtually limitless energy launching infinite -1 aimlessrt (and dead-end) universes. [See also Occam’s Razor, wiki]

3) Randomness does not and cannot generate a universe - even a very primitive one.

4) Classic and well-established Probability Theory would reject the "infinite -1 aimless universe theory" with the Cosmic Order randomly birthing, sustaining, and driving our extraordinary and ever-iterating universe over a 14 billion year span as a viable denouement. Probability Theory can be deployed for possibility, not for de facto impossibility*.

*See Lloyd, Programming the Universe, Knopf, 2007, NY, p. 57:

“In fact, the chance of an ordered universe like ours arising out of random flips of a coin is so small as to be effectively zero.”

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

is a strong proof positive for

Potentialism Theory

see SecondLaw1000

For starters, after 14 billion years our universe is accelerating and expanding;
so, clearly Quest for Potential is trumping entropy...

Something from Nothing?

Creation ex nihilo?

Not exactly.

More precisely,
Creation ex Potential
( Creation out of Potential )

But is Potential something or nothing?

Depends on how you look at it.

As noted,
Potential is Eternal - By definition.
Indeed, it is self-evident that Potential is Eternal.

And, Potential/Possibility is the only 'something'
which occupies this unique (eternal) conceptual space.

Thus, we have our suspect.

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The Visual Horizon

There is a limit  - 'the visual horizon' - of how far back in time 'science' can 'see', i.e. there is a limit to 'visualization'.. 
Essentially, of course, the 'limit' is the Big Bang (13.8 billion years ago) - and the cosmic microwave background  (CMB) radiation(discovered 1964  is the 'trace evidence'.   

Now, physicists, like all of us,  like visual evidence, testability, and supporting equations - so scientists are on very uncomfortable ground in peering behind the Big Bang.

Indeed, scientists, in particular, are not wired for doing so

But this is not shocking; it is rare for an individual or a cohort (like scientists) to be adroit both in the physical sciences  - and, simultaneously  in conceptual/creative fields (like metaphysics incorporating the pre-Big Bang time zone.)

Possible (to be really good at both), but improbable.

MIT students do not necessarily do great at Harvard - and vice versa

First Key:
Now, the first key to the solution of peering behind the veil of the Big Bang - is to discern / isolate-on an eternal dynamic - if there is one. 

This I have allegedly done, as you are aware. (Potential, per my series Summa Metaphysica, is eternal.)

Once one has isolated on that dynamic (Potential), one can, so to speak  reverse-engineer the Cosmic Order.  <<< my educated conjecture

But how/where does one start?

Second Key:
Well, the next key to the kingdom is the following:

Humans mimic the Cosmic Order - and vice versa; the two are mirror images.*   <<< my educated conjecture

Thus, one can potentially often fill-in gaps in our understanding of each (humans, Cosmic Order) - by examining/dissecting its mirror image..

This (mirror imaging) is an 'imprecise science', but it gives us a powerful tool.- if used in conjunction with the right Working Hypothesis.
[Yes, we assert that Potentialism Theory is the appropriate Working Hypothesis.]

* Per Jewish doctrine, albeit a doctrine not our focus here, the human is created b'zelem Elokim -  in the image of God

The Cambrian Explosion

and our Theory

Earth: formed:   ~4.5 billion years ago

THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP

What are some components of the interrelationship between
the universe ~Life Form
to (the somehow tethered) humans?

The Life Form universe vis-à-vis humans always, always seeks E+

The universe
seeks-after...aches-for...maneuvers-for -
the widest/richest possible panoply of E+ 

*

The universe is many billions of years old,

and a typical human has a life span of under 100 years

but

the typical human (and its cohort) is the vehicle through which the universe vicariously has (ever-richer) emotion and related (ever-expansive) consciousness, as we know it

Counterintuitive

And, not to be discounted, the human - and its cohort - is the vehicle through which the universe itself possibly seeks Spirituality - and, indeed, (elusive) God.

The universe seeks-after its creator

Thus, classic religion has humans facing heavenwards typically in obeissance to God;
but in our schema the (quite formidable) Universe ~Life Form is more mechanistic than humans;
and, indeed, the universe deploys humans to seek/quest for The (elusive) Divine

The universe may be incapable of looking back pre-Big Bang

[Meaning, neo-mechanistic Q4P does not consider itself divine]

Universe > Humans

The Life-Form Universe is the Qi-provider and genome engineer, among other 'direct benefits' to humans

Bio-Feedback

.............. from humans > the Universe "Cloud" is presumably in-the-mix

Quantum Mechanics (QM)  v. Q4P

It is far from clear where QM ends and where Q4P starts.

 And it is far from clear whether there is 1% overlap or 100% overlap (at this point).

And it is far from clear if/how the overlap % has morphed over the eons.

Simply put, we do not know the precise relationship - 
and if/how that relationship has morphed.

Potentialism Theory deploys
just one (hypothesized) dynamic - Q4P  - 
across the depth and breadth of cosmic history.

Meaning, just this one overarching dynamic-
Quest for Potential^∞ -
has driven the universe,
through this day

The initial and partial
hard physics proof
for Potentialism Theory

Lambda = salient Q4P^∞

Λ

Lambda

the Cosmological Constant

Einstein (1917) hypothesized that there was a dynamic countering gravity's pull on the planets; else the planets would crunch together.

Einstein identified this dynamic as the Cosmological Constant.

The world scientific community would later call this force Lambda. 

In reality (per Potentialism Theory) Einstein (1917) had the concept correct, but the seqence/alignment backwards.

The correct seqence/alignment is:
1. Lambda is driving the universe to expand outward;
2. Gravity is putting the brakes on Lambda.

Now, Lambda is salient Q4P,
or in other words
Lambda is Q4P somewhat ‘showing its hand’.
(Elusive) Lambda, in turn, is manifested 'saliently' via Dark Energy.

Lambda, of course, is just the ‘visible’
"tip of the iceberg" of infinite Quest for Potential^∞ (Q4P^∞).

Thus, while Volume I of my metaphysics series (Summa Metaphysica) proposing Quest for Potential is copyrighted 1986, Einstein discerned Lambda in 1917; he did not realize - and never realized - that he had hit 'the mother lode' (i.e. the 'driver of the Cosmic Order').

For the record,

In 1929,
Einstein (in error) rejected his own Cosmological Constant concept, calling it his 'biggest blunder'. [Actually, he was right the first time (1917).]

In the 1990s,
New studies confirm that the Cosmological Constant is the best fit for Dark Energy, and offers the most precise and accurate estimate yet of its value.

In 2018,
The current standard model of cosmology is known as the  Lambda-CDM model .

However, maintream science, in parallel to Einstein (1917), still has the  sequence/alignment of the dynamics backwards: See line 4 near top: "In reality...

*

As of Fall 2018,  in  physical cosmology and astronomy, Dark Energy (≈ Lambda) is considered an unknown form of energy which is hypothesized to permeate all of space, and which is accelerating the expansion of the universe. [Summa / Potentialism Theory, of course, hypothesizes same (1988 →) for Q4P.]

Lambda = salient Q4P^∞

Scientifically Discerned

The scientific community & 
the inadvertent 100+ year hard science unfolding/discovery 
of key components of Potentialism Theory

So, Lambda ≈ Dark Energy ≈ Cosmological Constant ≈ Q4P, per Summa Theory.

Lambda was discerned / identified initially by Einstein in 1917,
but has emerged (by 2018) front & center in astrophysics
via the 'Lambda-CDM Model'
(the standard model of Big Bang cosmology).  

Meaning, Q4P^∞ is de facto embedded in - and integral-to - the current standard model of cosmology

So,
re: The Cosmological Constant  ≈ Lambda  ≈  Dark Energy ≈ Q4P, per Summa

1) It was introduced, discerned & calculated (as noted, initially by Einstein, 1917).

2) The best current measurements indicate that Dark Energy 
contributes 68.3 percent of the total energy 
of the present-day observable universe.

3) Dark Energy's density has been precisely measured
(apparently ~7 x 10^-30 g/cm³)

4) It is clearly key in driving the universe forward.

5) The current standard model scientific theory has Lambda literally starting its title 

So, scientifically measured on multiple fronts, placed front & center in the standard model title, and generally accepted as driving the universe forward.

Is not Lambda thus direct 1:1 corroboration of a key slice of Potentialism Theory?

Lambda ≈ Dark Energy ≈ Cosmological Constant 
is thus the scientifically (measurable /measured) manifestation of Q4P.

Not bad having key components one's (revolutionary) metaphysics/cosmology theory de facto  scientifically discerned over a 101 year period (1917 to date).

So, Einstein tripped-over Q4P in 1917, but misread its overarching power and centrality.

And the scientific community at-large has yet to grasp Lambda's full dimensions.

*

The Cosmological Constant's identification (1917) by Einstein (hence, the discovery of a 'physical' manifestation of Summa's Q4P),
is the rough equivalent of Sir Arthur Eddington's (May 29, 1919) solar eclipse proof of Einstein's curvature of space time theory.

Except that, as noted, in Einstein's (Cosmological Constant) case, he radically missed the full import.

*

Psychologically and scientifically, Einstein was fixated on gravity as the central motif of the Cosmic Order; thus, to Einstein, other dynamics - like Lambda - essentially play supporting or reaction roles.

However, from my Potentialism-centric - and hopefully objective -  view of the Cosmic Order, whereas gravity (a physical dynamic) is very central in our universe, it is trumped in importance/impact/centrality by overarching Q4P - the overarching metaphysical dynamic of the Cosmic Order.

*

I respectfully believe that Lambda crucially moves the needle on Potentialism - from  theory to partially scientifically discerned.
And, indeed, the Lambda-CDM Model is more precisely, the Q4P-CDM Model.  

In a twist of fate, Potentialism Theory was partially/inadvertently discerned & partially validated (1917) by scientific great Einstein - before the Potentialism Metaphysics/Cosmology theory was even conceptualized/presented/disseminated (1988 and onwards) by Outsider/Outlier Birnbaum. Rumor has it that I was not even born until 1950. And via scientific advances in understanding the Cosmological Constant  ≈  Dark Energy - which is actually Q4P Energy, the academic establishment has advanced our scientific knowledge of Potentialism Theory, and to some partial extent, validated it.

*

Thus, the mainstream academic community may want the interloper (Birnbaum) to stop messing in their turf with his over-the-top theory; but they have unwittingly albeit scientifically - and from multiple angles - given significant scientific evidence and buttress - over a 100-year span - to Summa's avant-garde theory (1988 →).

Put another way, the establishment academic community has radically strengthened  Potentialism's position on the metaphysics/cosmology chessboard. With respect, there is no known theory which can successfully challenge Potentialism.

Lambda = salient Q4P^∞

The Misnomer
'Dark Energy'

The correct appellation would be: 
 Salient Q4P^∞ Energy  
or
 SQE  

'Dark Energy' is meaningless in this astrophysics arena;
there is nothing dark about it

'Salient Q4P^∞ Energy' ( 'SQE' ) is meaningful - and precise.

Lambda = salient Q4P^∞

Lambda

an integral part
of the over-arching cosmic dynamic

Einstein and scientists to follow tend to view Lambda as a stand-alone dynamic;
however, Lambda is just a salient portion of overarching Q4P^∞;
and that is part of the reason that Einstein et al. have such great difficulty with Lambda.

Q4P^∞ reigns supreme
and Lambda is just a salient segment of it.

The Grand Alliance:

Q4P and QM-related

The alliance / collaboration / quasi-fusion of

Q4P 
with
QM-related:

QM ( Quantum Mechanics )
AI ( the AI dimension of QM )
ML ( the 'Machine Learning' )
dimensions of our universe
and integral
genome engineering by the 'alliance'

ultimately yields >

21st century humans

and the current dynamic
work-in-progress 
particular state of our universe -

iterating/complexifying,
of course,
by the moment

Birnbaum-Super-Formula

“All that was new in the work, was false,
and all that was true, was old”

– May 1859
sample / negative initial academic reaction
by Professor Samuel Haughton
of Dublin, Ireland
to Charles Darwin’s newly-published
Origin of Species

Birnbaum-Super-Formula

Key Pillars

[ key inter-related hypotheses ]

Fantasy?

Fantasy. All revolutions are considered [fantasy] - until they happen; then they are [solemnly deemed] historical inevitabilities.

DAVID MITCHELL, Cloud Atlas

("advanced warfare")

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All revolutions are bloody

― Birnbaum

 Does the Glove Fit? 

       "If it doesn't fit, 
              you must acquit"

                     - Defense Attorney Johnnie Cochran  6/9/14
                            on behalf of O.J. Simpson
                                (at the riveting Simpson murder trial)

BUT,
in our discussion realm of metaphysics

      if the GLOVE (Potentialism Theory)
            does, indeed, apparently FIT (all the facts)
               ( i.e. all the trillions of bona fide truly established facts )
                   

                                THEN

          might you just have a 
               very serious Working Hypothesis

                  - for a genuine Theory of Everything...

the Greeks?

How did the (great) Greeks totally miss Q4P^∞

Philosophers were looking for an entity, not a force

Furthermore, the 'force' here is actually a 'quest'

And, in any event, philosophers were geared towards parsing the dimensions of classic God, as opposed-to totally replacing classic (dynamic and thoroughly conscious) God with a new paradigm 'something'..... still it is 'curious'

A psychologist in the audience at one of my lectures opined that Q4P^∞ did not want to be discovered until now - for whatever combination of reasons it might have - and our psyches were consequently cloaked  hitherto (by Q4P^∞) on that point

Others conjecture that a certain level of Evolutionary consciousness had to be reached before the theory could be conceptualized  - and understood - and then accepted; that, the concept of a metaphysical quest (for an intangible - 'potential') driving the Cosmic Order would have been "a bridge too far" to reach any traction whatsoever hitherto

Conceptual Theorist

Remember, I view myself as a

      Conceptual Theorist / Metaphysicist

                  and not as a

            Scientist / Physicist


Simultaneously, however, my theory must dovetail with good science.

Good science, in turn, would not include the ‘quack pseudo-science’ of the Randomness gang,
nor with their assorted academic and media  perversions. .

As noted, Potentialism Theory is proven inductively -
see Inductive1000.com

Another way of saying that is that -

 >> No data point known to mankind conflicts with Potentialism Theory <<

(see also Deductive1000.com)

see www.Controversy1000.com

not a dinner party

“A revolution is not a dinner party....A revolution is an insurrection"

― Mao Tse-Tung

see also SimultaneousSolution.com

David Birnbaum / Summa Metaphysica / Potentialism Theory

Unifying Science, Religion & Philosophy

Why do you insist....

"Why do you insist that the universe is not a conscious intelligence,
when it gives birth to conscious intelligence"

- Cicero, c. 44 BCE

*

Remember, Potentialism Theory does not go so far as to say that the universe is a 'conscious intelligence'; rather, that the prime underlying dynamic (Q4P^∞) is a hyper-intelligence.

Indeed, per the theory, humans (and the universe) are created, in part, to vicariously secure 'consciousness' for the the underlying dynamic Q4P^∞.

Primordial Cosmic Realms*
working hypothesis

1) Potential/Possibility is eternal**

[But what is the catalyst morphing
(seemingly passive) Potential into (pro-active) Quest for Potential (Q4P)?]

2) Primordial (potential/possibility-oriented) Quantum Mechanics (QM)*** and
(eternal) Potential supercharge each other

a) Potential → Quest for Potential∞ (Q4P)
[This 'quest' will have both intentionality and ~instinct intelligence]

b) Primodial QM → Primodial+ QM

3) In due course, Q4P will deploy/harness both (pre-Big Bang primordial)
Quantum Mechanics (QM) and (pre-Big Bang primordial) Classic Physics
- to split 'ZERO' - and ignite our universe via the Big Bang.... the Genesis Point.

***

Creation Ex Nihilo+

So, it would seem that
Creation Ex Nihilo
(Creation from Nothing)
falls, as well, to Summa/Potentialism Theory

So we, indeed, would seem to have a viable metaphysical/scientific ('fusion' again) working hypothesis for one of the iconic Holy Grails of metaphysics//philosophy/cosmology

I might prefer to call the finesse -

.....Creation Ex Nihilo+

because

Potential is more than Nothing

Basically, two potential-related 'somethings' supercharge each other -

Summa's metaphysical Eternal Potential was 'impacted' by the primordial incarnation (specifically, the potential-possibility aspect thereof, of) Planck/Einstein's Quantum Mechanics (QM) - to yield Summa's proposed Prime Mover (primum movens) ............ Q4P

And this Prime Mover can be viewed as either secular or spiritual or Divine (or some variation thereof), depending on one's predilection.

*

# Be clear that I did not (have the nerve to) mess around with integrating QM whatsoever into Summa/Potentialism Theory until I read Lloyd's ("Programing") book in 2006 - and observed the extraordinary 1:1 parallel to Summa I (1988) and Summa II (2005); however, like a stem cell, QM would seem to have many vibrant 'faces'... and thus, the QM plot thickened... and here we are

# As you are aware, I integrate the Wheeler/Lloyd QM It/Bit build-out into my Summa/Potentialism theory Evolution build-out several years later - in 2014 in Summa III; however, the above Primordial Cosmic Realms QM build-out is new****.

# Be alert that, contrary to point (2) above, there are those who assert that QM does not exist (in any form) pre-Big Bang; respectfully, they are wrong*****; however, even if they are right, point (2) above will then simply need to be tweaked as follows .The potential/possibility of (potential-possibility-oriented) QM jump-started Q4P from Eternal Potential. ******

* before our universe was even created

** As noted, BY DEFINITION....Self-Evident

*** In our deployment of QM in primordial realms we are focusing on the classic 'possibility' aspect of QM;
in our deployment of QM via a' vis Evolution we are focusing on the Wheeler/Lloyd 'bit-build-out
aspect of QM.

**** I had 'radar lock' at post-Yom Kippur Break-Fast Sept 30, 2017 while harassing the (philosophically sharp)
NYU Medical School student next to me - after struggling with the issue for several decades.
As we were going down the NYU Kimmel Building elevator after the buffet, I asked him what he liked best
about the theory. His response: "It would appear to be a viable and quite all-encompassing theory;
and in science the more all-encompassing viable theory prevails."

***** QM needs to be operational pre-Big Bang, because QM is (quite-specifically) needed
to arrange the precise settings for the Big Bang; QM has the tool-kit to do same -
and 100th generation IBM's Watson (c. 3000 CE) was not in the picture yet....

****** As is apparent, this (fallback) version would be weaker than my preferred version (above).

David Birnbaum Academic Bio

David Birnbaum is a philosophical writer, conceptual theorist, historical chronicler and editor.

# universal secular philosophy & Jewish religious philosophy:

Birnbaum is known globally as “the architect of Potentialism Theory” – a unified philosophy/cosmology/metaphysics. The paradigm-challenging theory - presented through three prisms - is delineated in Birnbaum’s 3-volume Summa Metaphysica series (1988, 2005, 2014).  See Summa1000.com. 

A riposte to Summa Theologica of (St.) Thomas Aquinas, the (original) Birnbaum treatise challenges both the mainstream Western philosophy of Aristotelianism as well as the well propped-up British/atheistic cosmology of Randomness.

The Summa Metaphysica series was the focus of an international academic conference on Science & Religion April 16-19, 2012  at BARD College (see Conference1000.com).

The focus of over 150 reviews and articles, Summa Metaphysica has been an assigned Course Text at over 15 institutions of higher learning globally. The work has been very widely covered globally. (see SummaCoverage.com for 100+ articles on the series as well as the Course Text institutions. 

The first volume of the Summa series, God and Evil (KTAV, 1988) is considered by many to be a breakthrough modern day classic in the field of religious philosophy and of theodicy, in particular. See also GodOfPotential.com

#  editor, Jewish thought & spirituality:

David Birnbaum is the conceptualizer and Editor-in-Chief of the Mesorah Matrix series on Jewish thought and spirituality. The series spans 10-volumes with 10 respective themes and includes 200+ original pieces from 150+ global Jewish thought leader essayists. See Mesorah1000.com.

#  historical chronicler and author:

In the history realm, David Birnbaum is the author/chronicler of the 2-volume The Crucifixion – of the Jews. The 2-volume set (published in 2009) traces a direct trajectory from the Canon Gospels in the First Century to Auschwitz in the Twentieth. In November 2019, ten years after the publication of The Crucifixion,  the Church of England / Anglican Communion issued a major document/report "God's Unfailing Word" - which accepted/confirmed many of the key thrusts of the (highly-controversial) Birnbaum frontal challenge to the Church of a decade prior. See Crucifixion1000.com.

The inter-related Birnbam history series is his 7-volume Jews, Church and Civilization. See Civilization1000.com.  

# education

Yeshiva of Forest Hills (Dov Revel), Yeshiva University Hgh School (MTA),
City College of NY (CCNY), and Harvard (1974).

# faculty affiliation

New School for Social Research (1983)
Manhattan

See also David1000.com, Transform1000.com

Running the Gauntlet ...

The author of a new theory is typically compelled to
'run a gauntlet of toxicity' before the new theory even gets a fair hearing

A sequenced list of toxic gambits deployed by entrenched orthodoxy academic establishments v. dynamic new paradigm theories follows:

First, the theory is politically boxed-out

Second, the theoretician/author is dissed and/or defamed - to undermine the theory

Third, the theory is cavalierly dismissed

Fourth, fake flaws in the theory are manufactured/asserted by the (now increasingly-desperate) Establishment

Fifth, the theory is aggressively politically opposed by the (now panicking) Establishment

Sixth, the (original) theory is challenged as being not so original in any event - by the (now up against the wall) Establishment

Seventh, in league with the Establishment, wannabe players attempt to co-opt original authorship

- extrapolation of saw/maxim
by Arthur Schopenhauer,
German philosopher
(1788-1860)

(Summa I & II only)

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TWO OPTIONS

The two current salient
overarching paradigm options are:

RANDOMNESS theory
• Entrenched
• old paradigm
• aimless
• heir to alchemy
• a Theory of No Theory
• anti-scientific
• parochial / hard-line Atheistic / Fundamentalist
• no core text / no website
• hierarchy: secret / ~London / legally at-risk

or

POTENTIALISM theory
• Challenger
• new paradigm
• directional
• heir to Aristotelian 'directionalism'
• a well-vetted theory
• bullet-proof
• universalistic
• Summa Metaphysica 3-volume treatise*
• hierarchy: D. Birnbaum / Manhattan

*online in toto

Comparison

The above-noted inter-related aspects of Q4P^∞ are pretty incredible; however, once one accepts as working hypotheses -  the Big Bang as well as both the Potential and Computational 'faces' of Quantum Mechanics, the above is not a Mission Impossible leap,

The Sanctity of Human Life

Per Potentialism Theory, the core of Life is Q4P^∞

and Q4P^∞ is more like an infinite metaphysical river.

Thus, murder, for instance,

would, as well, be an attack on the core of the Cosmic Order

- aside from the crime of the murder of the individual victim.

And, the human, after all, is the apex production (to date)

of Infinite Quest for Potential.

What comes next?

Our premise is that, aside from the broader goal of Complexification enroute to Extraordinariation, Q4P^∞ seeks to (vicariously) play out dimensions of Consciousness and Love.

So, following that thrust, no reason to doubt that Q4P^∞ will seek to follow-up ongoing on those two thrusts. And, one suspects that ever-expanding Consciousness has priority between the two thrusts.

So, what does ever-expanding Consciousness imply?
I have not truly focused on that question, but I believe that it is a very key question to be addressed by all.

Multiverse?

Are there infinite universes -
 per many Darwinian apologists  ? 

several points -

#1  Any universe requires Potential at its core. 

#2  Even with core Potential, the odds of traction are remote.

#3  Even if possible traction, the Cosmos may not wish to
      invest/divert/deploy energy
      in even one other universe (overlapping in time with our universe).

#4  "Infinite universes theory" aka 'multi-verse theory' is a dubious proposition,
      albeit hypothetically possible; basically, the theory appears to be propped-up
      to provide 'life support' to on-its-death-bed quack theory 'Randomness Theory' -
      primarily after the book Just Six Numbers (by Royal Astronomer Martin Rees, 1999)
      dealt a body-blow to the vacuous (Randomness) theory.

What is the Lifespan of Q4P Universe?

#  Q4P has eternal origins
[ see the En Sof primordial God of (kabbalist) Luria (b. 1534) ]
[ brought up in Summa 1 (1988) ]

# Q4P endeavors to be eternal going forward

Then, try to integrate the following to understand Q4P:

# The universe is an evolvement of Q4P

# We are all integral to Q4P/Universe

# One can (optionally) posit that Q4P is the God Force

#  See (quick) Universe1000.com
( lead-in to RewindSumma.com )

# See Chronology1000.com
( displayed, as well, in RewindSumma.com )

# Note the (panentheistic) God of the BESHT
( the BESHT = the Baal Shem Tov, [b. 1698]
the spiritual founder of Hasidic Judaism )
[  brought up in Summa 2  (2005)  ] 

# Seth Lloyd's Programming the Universe (2006)
          [ which builds upon John Wheeler's It from Bit ]

possibly with Divine spark / drive

#  Remember the ALIEN sci fi series
(introduced 1979)
wherein the alien entity
learns, integrates, iterates,
and gets stronger daily 

In our case, Q4P, a more benign entity, does same 

i.e. We have a unique variation of Process Theology

#  An all-encompassing suis generis
self-iterating
AI
or
UI ( Universe Intelligence )
( with Divine Spark/Drive in-the-mix? )
[ of which WE are each components ]
monitoring/tweaking/running/driving/iterating/morphing
the universe
- to optimize, among other objectives, perpetual advance.

#  Our universe - a potentially perpetual motion force/entity - 
endeavors/iterates/morphs/maneuvers
to play-out
its perpetual motion potential

# Thus, the potential - but far from guaranteed - lifespan of our Q4P universe
is infnite 

# However, Q4P in its pure form is eternal, regardless

NOTE ON LIFESPAN

The Universe (aka Q4P) is expanding ongoing;
currently this expansion rate is accelerating.

Q4P must vigilantly advance forward 
with sufficient (Lambda) velocity/force to
prevail against entropy.

Q4P must contend with gravity, as well,
which simultaneously
enhances, maintains, and threatens the universe.

LIKE

Why does this metaphysics trump all other metaphysics?

1) It is pegged to an eternal dynamic (Potential)

2) It is pegged to a proposed (hitherto undiscerned) natural force (Q4P) -
as opposed-to a supernatural force
or
to a fatally flawed theory (Darwinism)

3) The theory is all-embracing

4) The theory has been (successfully) vetted ongoing since Summa I in 1988

5) The core theme - the Common Denominator of  Q4P∞ -
threads its way steadily and inexorably
from Eternal Origins through the Big Bang
through the current day - and onward

6) The theory allows optional space for a potential Divine 'instigator' at the get-go

7) The theory covers the key issues of classic and modern metaphysics:
Eternal Origins; pre-Big Bang realms; the instigation of the Big Bang;
the origin of our super-complex universe;
the eerily fine-tuned myriad Constants;
the origin and 'journey' of the 117+ Elements (to date);
the origin of life; the ascent of evolution;
the Cambrian Explosion;
the expansion of consciousness

8)  The theory frontally deals with 'purpose' (across the board), e.g. -
# the purpose of Man (to strive for his Potential)
# the purpose of the universe (to strive for Extrordinariation)

9) The theory provides a fresh - and credible - theory of Evolution

10) The theory helps to clarify Dark Energy and Dark Matter -
and the associated universal constant (lambda)

11)  The theory furnishes a SuperLaw to the universe:
Q4P∞  →  C+ →  E+ 
- a formula which as been inductively 'proven'

12) The theory is organized, disciplined and charted

13) The theory is creative and original

14) The theory has proven-to-be 'bulletproof'

15) The theory thematically threads consistently through pre and post Big Bang

16) After 5,000+ years of civilization,
there is no bona fide credible challenging theory.
to Potentialism

17) The theory is highly ambitious, but does not overreach

18) One can make the case that this is a serious contender for a
conceptual Theory of Everything

Cosmic Ironies

some counter-Intuitive ironies re: Q4P^∞

Q4P^∞ is the source of life in our universe,
but is not itself fully alive

Q4P^∞ crafted our universe,
but seeks after God - its creator* - vicariously - via  ourselves

Q4P^∞ is practically all-knowing,
but seeks after human-like consciousness via ourselves

* Q4P^∞ quests for full understanding of its 'creator', and assumes - 
rightfully or wrongfully - that it has a classic creator.

THE GOD OF POTENTIAL

Eheyeh

As noted, a key Biblcal name of God
Self-identified at The 'Burning Bush' saga
c. 1250 BCE exodus from Egypt
- Book of Exodus [ Shemot ] 3:14 is -
(in the Biblical hebrew) Eheyeh Asher Eheyeh
“I WILL BE THAT WHICH I WILL BE”

I AM THE GOD OF POTENTIAL

And, if the Divine
is the God of Potential
then THEODICY ( the problem of evil )
and THEOGONY ( the origins of the Divine )
both fall into place philosophically

See Summa I: God and Evil: Religious Man
for elucidation

excerpt from    
God and Evil  (Summa Metaphysica I)
KTAV Publishing, NJ  1988,
from section 100.00: The Epicenter of the Divine,  pps: 66-67  

Holy Divine Potential.....
the infinite Divine blaze leapt forth...."

Appositions + Foreword

( extracted from Summa I )

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The Epicenter of the Divine

( extracted from Summa I )

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to review Summa Theory Outline
18 propositions

(Summa I & II only)

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for 10 interesting focus articles on Summa I
[note: 3 of the 10 are focused on the embedded Kabbalah matrix]

or see www.summametaphysica.com/global1000/

Potential & the Mitzvot

( extracted from Summa I )

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a focused YouTube channel

Unifying Science & Spirituality

a video review of Potentialism Theory

by Benjamin Blech

selected excerpts from book flap

Summa Metaphysica I

GOD AND EVIL

by DAVID BIRNBAUM

David Birnbaum’s God and Evil is a major philosophical study which systematically confronts the philosophical problem of evil, and the Holocaust in particular...

Summa Metaphysica I: God and Evil: Religious Man (1988) is the first of three books in Birnbaum’s landmark three-volume Summa Metaphysica series crafted over a twenty-six year period...

In Book #1 of the series, Birnbaum introduces the concepts of Quest for Potential^∞ (Q4P^∞), as well as God of Potential...

According to Birnbaum’s paradigm, Quest for Potential∞ drives Man and God/god and the Cosmos. Potential is the nexus. God of Potential is juxtaposed against Man of Autonomy-Freedom-Potential...

Combining modern and classic, rationalist and mystic themes...

The Summa series reshapes the contours of metaphysics, philosophy, and theology.

NEW JERSEY

more excerpts

excerpts from
God and Evil (Summa Metaphysica I)
KTAV Publishing, NJ, 1988,
from section 300:00: The Underlying Dynamic
pps. 78-82

THE UNDERLYING COSMIC DYNAMIC

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pegging-off of Summa I  section 400.20

Updated focus on the 0-point  

EVIL

So, why is there Evil at all?

I form the light, and create darkness;
I make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord,
Who has made all these things.

- Isaiah 45:5

Evil has its source in the good.

- Augustine

*

At eternal origins, there was just the 0-point.

At some point
Potential split 0 into -

Positives and Negatives,
Pluses and Minuses,
Matter and anti-Matter,
Good and Evil

To ignite a universe,
one must split 0

And if one splits 0,
there will thus of necessity
be Evil
in the mix

There would apparently
simply be no way
to create or update the universe
with no Evil in it; else that
would have been The Plan.

Do you insist on No Evil?
Then, No universe.

Do you wish a  universe?
Then Evil will
be an actor.

*

The concept of the primordial 0 being split into PLUSES and MINUSES has resonance, whether from esoteric ancient strains, through Summa Metaphysica I (1988), and then through contemporary (21^st Century) Quantum Mechanics.

See "IT from BIT" (1990) theoretical physics hypothesis of Princeton’s iconic John Wheeler (1911-2008), and developed via his intellectual heir, MIT's Quantum guru Seth Lloyd. See, in particular, Lloyd's (seminal) Programming the Universe, 2006, Knopf. See in further focus Lloyd's Chapter 3: The Computational Universe (subsection: The Story of the Universe).  

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So, in 2006 Lloyd's quantum mechanics 21st Century physics fortuitously makes an appearance just after Summa Metaphysica II (2005) and Summa Metaphysica I (1988); his work buttress aspects of Potentialsm Theory's metaphysics (theodicy and Eternal Origins components), which, in turn provides philosophical buttress for aspects of the God of Israel handed-down by Moses at Sinai (c.1250 BCE).   

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 more theological texture 

The midrash (Jewish exegesis, parable and lore)
has the (omnipotent) Divine
weeping over Evil

Thus, a Divine not quite "omnipotent"
and not quite
impervious to Evil & suffering 

Tree of Life / Tree of Knowledge

( extracted from Summa I )

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Quick Overview

One Proposed Working Hypothesis

Potentialism Theory hypothesizes that if we introduce one (conceptualized) metaphysical concept - Quest for Potential∞ - as the eternal 'driver' of the Cosmic Order, then entire inter-related clusters of hitherto unresolved issues across science, religion, metaphysics and philosophy - including (but not limited to) cosmology, cosmogony, theogony, theodicy, teleology and evolutionary biology - are all simultaniously lanced.

The fusion of my Potentialism Theory - with MIT LLoyd's (information communication & computation) quantum mechanics - provides a quite-powerful proposition: A seamless A-Z metaphysics/physics/cosmology. Sort of what many people have been seeking for a long time.

A well-vetted and quite-possibly correct simultaneous solution - a fully integrated,all-embracing metaphysics / new paradigm - is perhaps something worth evaluating. One concept (Quest for Potential∞) resolving conundrums across a dozen+ fields? If essentially on the mark, it would indeed transform the world as we know it.

That is what SummaMetaphysica/Potentialism has proposed - starting with the focus on theodicy in Summa I: God and Evil in 1988.

All data-points vector towards the theory being correct. After 28+ years of public vetting, not a single flaw has been discerned in it. And as we know from 7th grade mathematics, elegant possible simultaneous solutions inevitably have a way of turning out to be correct.

Potentialism proposes that our universe indeed has a direction (Quest for Potential∞). Advocates of an aimless and random universe have been having a public nervous breakdown over the theory since God and Evil (Summa I) was published by KTAV twenty-eight years - and six printings - ago in 1988.

Potentialism Theory is, as well, simple yet powerful (i.e. infinitely nested). And indeed, to add irony to the potentially pivotal theory, its proposed key to the cosmic code - Quest for Potential∞ - has always been 'hiding in plain sight'.

The theory can be viewed through a religious lens (see Summa Metaphysica I: God and Evil); a spiritual lens (see Summa Metaphysica II: God and Good) or a secular lens (see Summa Metaphysica III: The Transcendent Dynamic).

The theory shatters various 'idols' along the way. The world is not flat, nor is the universe random - by any means. The universe may be far more dynamic and fully-integrated than hitherto suspected, to put matters mildly.

Various entrenched 'priesthoods' - whether in academe or otherwise - will diss any truly threatening paradigm - and will fight rearguard battles, sometimes vicious ones, to protect their power prerogatives. But these reactionary efforts against a formidable new paradigm will ultimately fail.

The Random Universe formulation is simply old-fashioned fundamentalist and strident hard-line Atheism masked as science.

The 14th-16th Century Vatican persecuting theorists for propounding helio-centrism, is now replaced by a hard-line Randomnist hierarchy in England (globally) undermining the careers of directional-universe theoreticians.

A zealous religious Inquisition is replaced by a zealous antireligious inquisition;
Bogus Middle Ages Church doctrine is replaced by bogus 21st Century hard-line Random Universe doctrine.

In each case, too much power leading directly to ruinous and implacable hard-line doctrine - and from thence onto destruction of truth and lives.

Ultimately, the most powerful currency prevails in commerce, and the most powerful ideas/concepts prevail in the history of ideas. Thomas S. Kuhn discussed the fierce institutional resistance faced by paradigm challenges. See his 1962 classic, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

One can argue that my little Harvard degree is not in philosophy - or one can look at the overwhelming evidence behind the proposition - and 'listen to the music'.

I invite you to examine the hypothesis and expand your minds and your souls.

Sincerely,

MANHATTAN

see also formal inductive proof:Inductive1000.com

With special homage to timeless thinkers -

A.I. Kook
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Thomas Merton

We hitch a ride on the shoulders of giants,
so we can potentially scan the edge of the horizon
just a touch further out....

And, of course we salute our esteemed guide Guatama Buddha

- Birnbaum

Thank You

Thank you for graciously reviewing this presentation.

I hope I have laid out the argument cogently.

D.B.

[ for the fuller treatment, see SummaMetaphysica.com, of course. ]

https://www.summametaphysica.com/related-commentary/

Has the Entrenched Randomness Clique Strangled Global Debate?

To the Reader

I have worked on this project since age ten (1960), 57 years ago, when I was a 4th grade student at (Modern Orthodox Jewish) Yeshiva Dov Revel of Forest Hills, Queens, NY.

About 1/2 of the parents had emigrated from Europe at some point post-1900, some tattooed with blue numbers on their forearms. Everyone was motivated. Dual-curriculum Dov Revel was the toughest school I ever attended, Harvard-included. Per the school's DNA, established science trumped theology. And, of course, we were exposed to challenge on all fronts.

On the science front, things were hopping in the '50s and '60s in Astronomy, in particular. As you recall, in Spring 1964 Bell Labs researchers in nearby NJ accidentally corroborated the Big Bang via cosmic microwave background radiation, and a new era was de facto ushered in. That vey same Spring 1964, I graduated eighth grade. My little Astronomy hobby morphed into my little Metaphysics hobby.

As you know, the first (volume of the Summa series) work came out 1988, 29 years ago.

I have studied the world and the theory from as many angles as I could during this entire 55+ year duration (1960 - now ). The theory has been exhaustively vetted. At the 3+ day 2012 BARD conference, no vulnerability was discerned in Summa/Potentialism.

I am confident in the theory.

Please be wary of any academic group - however fancy - whose signature m.o. is the de-legitimization and defamation of competing theorists; whose single-minded stratagem is the relentless obfuscation or suppression of debate - at all costs.

This is my chosen modality to break the little stranglehold of that crypto-academic group.

May truth and global advance be the ultimate victors.

VERITAS.

Humbly submitted to my fellow voyagers on life's extraordinary journey.

Onward!

D. Birnbaum

NY

Rumor has it 
that a core group of
hard-line British atheists
        has perfected the art of "character assassination"
(of 'directional universe' theorists)
-  with "plausible deniability" by the Brits in-the-mix;
they are a little weak on intellectual integrity and theory, however.

RICO

USD $50,000- Reward

New Paradigm Matrix Foundation
David.Birnbaum.NY@gmail.com

The reward is being offered directly by the New Paradigm Matrix Foundation, NY.

The logo of the DOJ/FBI is for identification of the statutory authority.

The reward is doubled for the identity-masked head of the racketeering organization.

Note from a Friend
to
Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial
et al.

Best not to allow a foothold on your campuses to those who would strangle global debate

Respectfully do not allow academic thugs to hide behind your skirts

Best not to allow enemies of science to position yourselves as their 'enablers'

"Scientia Imperii decus et tutamen"

see RandomnessBoys