The world of the fish is different from the world of the bird. The world of water is different from the world of air. If we measure pressure in air, it will read differently from a pressure reading in water.
Each phase of matter is another world that we must understand. When one views the world as a whole and does not make allowances for the differences between the phases of matter, then confusion abounds. Mills has made the ‘only one world mistake’. There are at least 500 different phases of matter, Each phase lives its own world. To understand that particular world, one must study it in its own context. *(Phys.org)—Forget solid, liquid, and gas: there are in fact more than 500 phases of matter. In a major paper in today's issue of Science, Perimeter Faculty member Xiao-Gang Wen reveals a modern reclassification of all of them. Using modern mathematics, Wen and collaborators reveal a new system which can, at last, successfully classify symmetry-protected phases of matter.* *Their new classification system will provide insight about these quantum phases of matter, which may in turn increase our ability to design states of matter for use in superconductors or quantum computers. This paper, titled, "Symmetry-Protected Topological Orders in Interacting Bosonic Systems," is a revealing look at the intricate and fascinating world of quantum entanglement, and an important step toward a modern reclassification of all phases of matter. * *Read more at: **http://phys.org/news/2012-12-**phases-phase.html#jCp*<http://phys.org/news/2012-12-phases-phase.html#jCp> The world inside the Ni/H reactor is different than what we know here in the “real world”. Like an open minded and adaptable intergalactic explorer, in order to make sense of Ni/H reactions, one must study what is happening in that world. In like manor, the world of the Gen3 experiment is its own world with its own phases of matter and with its own rules of the road. Mixing these various worlds will lead to hopeless confusion. I think this “there is only one world” outlook is the mistake that Mills has made.
