{"id":38,"date":"2025-08-08T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-woo.com\/?p=38"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:02:50","slug":"38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-woo.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/38\/","title":{"rendered":"Relativistic Bullshit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is a quotation that is going around, attributed to physicist Albert Einstein. It goes:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everything is energy and that\u2019s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Einstein never said it. It is a quote by Darryl Anka. About the only statement in this quotation that is accurate is that it\u2019s not philosophy. It certainly isn\u2019t that; nor is it physics. It\u2019s bullshit. As physicist Wolfgang Pauli might have said, \u201cIt\u2019s not even wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Albert Einstein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It is possible that Einstein might have made a comment about \u201ceverything\u201d being energy. After all he was the one who showed the relationship between matter and energy, that they were equivalent. Of course, Einstein wouldn\u2019t have included space-time in that statement, but let\u2019s give the benefit of the doubt on this one\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest has nothing to do with physics. It is typical New Age pseudo-science, a jumble of words that seem to suggest we can do anything if only\u2026 Unfortunately, this is nonsense.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, the notion of \u201cmatching the frequency with the reality you want\u201d makes no sense in physics. Frequency is nothing more or less than the number of times something happens, within a given time period. Usually this is measured in cycles per second, which is given the name \u201chertz\u201d (abbreviated Hz). Something with a frequency of 1 Hz happens once every second. This is neither difficult nor mysterious.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What, then, does it mean to \u201cmatch\u201d a frequency? Well, if you\u2019re talking about sound, then to \u201cmatch\u201d a frequency is to produce the same note as the one you\u2019re matching. In an orchestra, the reference frequency (or note) is 440 Hz, also referred to as A-440. Everyone tunes to that note \u2013 they “match” the frequency. On keyboard instruments, sometimes they use a reference of 256 Hz, called C-256.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, so good. The problem comes when we try to \u201cmatch\u201d a frequency to a reality. What is the \u201cfrequency\u201d of a reality? Come to think of it, what\u2019s a \u201creality\u201d in the first place?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess a reality is a set of potential and actual experiences; and that it may be possible in some circumstances to change these sets of experiences. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s enough evidence to say this is a certainty, but there\u2019s no solid evidence that says it can\u2019t happen \u2013 so let\u2019s concede the point and agree that in some cases it\u2019s possible to change realities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, \u201cmatching the frequency\u201d is still bullshit. How many cycles per second is this reality \u2013 the one we\u2019re in right now? According to this quote, we must be matching this frequency somehow. What frequency are we matching? The question is meaningless. Realities don\u2019t have a single frequency, any more than a symphony has a single note.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going back to the orchestra analogy, the reference note or frequency is 440 Hz, as I said. But when the orchestra is playing, it has many different frequencies, not just one. The combination of the frequencies, which are constantly changing, is what makes the music. There is no particular frequency of the orchestra. In fact, in a piece of music, it is possible that no instrument in it will ever sound a note at 440 Hz.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our reality is made up of many different components, which have many different frequencies. Red light has a frequency; blue light has another. Radio waves have different frequencies, as do X-rays, gamma rays, electrons, and neutrons. This reality doesn\u2019t have a frequency; it has many billions, trillions, who knows how many? How do you \u201cmatch\u201d that?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only way I can think of to \u201cmatch the frequency of a reality\u201d is to set each particle, wave, and other object to the desired frequency. That would probably do it, but if you did that you\u2019d really be changing this reality, wouldn\u2019t you?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the New Age idea of being able to change realities, but\u2026 I get impatient with the abysmal ignorance of science that allows some people to make claims that will never happen. If it\u2019s possible to change a reality (or to tune into a different one), it\u2019s going to be a bit more complicated than adjusting a frequency dial somehow.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My guess is that if it\u2019s possible at all, it would require intense and sustained mental\/emotional\/spiritual effort. \u201cMake a big wish\u201d isn\u2019t going to cut it. Just my $0.02 worth.<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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