Speaking of mysticism, Bob - here is a poser that only a greek-geek freemason vortician on the RAW tradition, will appreciate:
Nickel has 28 written all through it. Is there a deeper, even Platonic, understanding for why 28 is magical in the nuclear context? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_%28physics%29 I've pondered this question before to no avail. Back when Grimer was here we discussed vesica piscis and the square root of 3, and all of that deep current (literally if you need to convert AC to DC)... anyway... ...just now in thinking about the number 42 in the context of 28, it occurs that in Euclidean geometry, there are five Platonic solids... and of these, the only regular polygon which will nest in another of the five types, having equal faces such that have both axial symmetry and rotational symmetry and are non-scaled compounds... let me catch my breath... wow... amazing...these are the octahedron within the icosahedron. Get it? See the last image here: https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/symmetry/polycpd.htm The octahedron of course represents 8 units and the icosahedron represents 20. When merged as a nucleus - this is the signature of nickel 28. All in all, this cross-connection to geometry should mean that remarkable stability will reside in the basic structure, apart from physics due only to symmetry - and guess what... the stability of the two polygons is no hat trick: http://www.renyi.hu/~carlos/radiusstab.pdf Did you catch the second vesica piscis connection? Wow... the Illuminati could annoint yours truly as a 33rd degree Grand Poobah Mason, on the spot - for that bit of profundity... -----Original Message----- From: Bob Cook The presence of a magnetic field is known to separate the energy states associated with spin energy. The variation of magnetic fields may allow the random connection with resonant frequencies and spin quantum states in a matrix of Ni ... It would seem that spin coupling is pushing us towards a better model of LENR. If we can agree that mass is being converted into energy and transferred by way of spin coupling as the active modality, then the next question is where, precisely, is the mass loss happening? Fusion has the advantage of pinpointing the loss in a known way, but fusion may not be a satisfactory answer. (I realize this is a minority view) If there is an alternative way to transfer mass-energy from heavy nuclei, directly to light nuclei, then to electrons, then to magnons - the deposited energy is nuclear, even if it is only spin energy. There are "coincidences" in physics, but to my thinking, the fact that nickel is the one element in nature which has the most neutron rich isotope, is not coincidental with its role in LENR. It probably gets back to the number 28... (sorry, not 42)...28 is magic. Jones
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