Raymond Gaynor's Blog, page 67

January 3, 2018

REVERSING THE "ARROW OF TIME"

YES, you heard correctly!  Physicist Roberto Serra of the Federal University of ABC in Santo Andre, Brazil reported an experiment where heat flowed from cold to hot (rather than as the one-way "arrow of time" would suggest only from hot to cold). While a small step, it suggests that time's unidirectional flow may be more relative than absolute. 

Stephen Hawking recently suggested that when charged particles get sucked into a black hole, they leave behind a holographic imprint on the event horizon. While all the physical elements will be lost, as Hawking radiation in the form of photons escapes it picks up the "information blueprint" from the event horizon and carries it back back into the Universe. What makes this feasible is a phenomenon called quantum correlation. Quantum correlation is like but weaker than quantum entanglement. When correlated, an "information blueprint" can be shared simultaneously between correlated quanta. This further suggests that time flow, if not reversible, can be experienced as such. 

A complete description of quantum correlation along event horizons is said to be consistent with M-Superstring Theory, something Kate Keenan was aware of when she attempted to create a solution to the Quantum Death Machine in A. G. Hayes' QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016), the fifth in the Koski and Falk special agent series. 


It remains my privilege to have co-authored this work with A. G. Hayes, and I want to take this entangled moment to wish all our readers, followers and potential readers a pleasant Christmas Information Blueprint and a Measurably Pleasant Correlated, if not Entangled New Year, simultaneously both now and in the past. #quantum #timereversal #blackhole #Hawking #Serra  #eventhorizon #M-Theory #entanglement #correlation
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Published on January 03, 2018 21:28

December 25, 2017

QUANTUM QU-BITS

Many would say that a computational "bit" is a single unit of information. It might, however, be more correct to say that a contemporary computational "bit" can represent a single datum, while a combination of bits can represent a single unit of information. For example, consider the number "1" (as opposed to the number "0"). In essence, it represents a numerical datum that can be mathematically manipulated, but doesn't, as such, represent anything beyond that. However, by adding "car," it becomes a meaningful piece of information also amenable to mathematical  manipulation. It might be helpful, then, to call this extended bit, a "byte" (of information) not dissimilar to a "sound bite" or "news bite." In essence, a single item of information can be called a byte. This allows the creation of a hierarchy of meaning, namely, data, information, knowledge and wisdom, where knowledge is the ability to apply a byte of information to a different situation, and knowledge is knowing when to correctly do so. Todays computers can represent, manipulate and store data, information in the form of a state of a transistor in a processor chip, the magnetization of a surface in a hard disk and/or the presence or absence of current in a cable. It still takes a human, however, to turn processed data or information into knowledge and wisdom. And this assumes that the processed information is "true," something contemporary humans are finding increasing challenging.




Quantum computing, while similar, has several profound differences: First, a single "qubit" can actually exist in not just one state, but multiple states. Second, these multiple states can be separate or "entangled." Third, it can exist in multiple states simultaneously; there is no "switching" time needed. That means that effectively, a qubit can truly represent a single unit of information, and such information can be processed instantaneously. Additionally, today's fledgling quantum computers can represent, manipulate and store information in the form of a state of a photon, atomic nucleus electron, optical lattices, supercomputing flux junctions, quantum dots and charged quantum dot pairs. The full extent of informational representation, manipulation and storage using qubits is as yet not well understood. 




In QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016), A. G. Hayes and I created a Quantum Death Machine and paired it with cyber-warfare and bitcoin technology to imagine a future perhaps not so distant as many might think. What I think makes the book so engaging is that the solution to the tripartite pairing was exactly the opposite of what one might think: the application of human knowledge and wisdom. See what you think. #quantum #bit #qubit #computer #cyberwarfare #bitcoin #byte #information #knowledge #wisdom #Koski #Falk

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Published on December 25, 2017 10:25

December 20, 2017

A BRAVE NEW WORLD

Sitting in my evening chair, listening to the news, pondering our economic situation and that presented in A. G. Hayes and my thriller, QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016), I was surprised to find the two worlds moving ever closer, and worse, hearing the politicians cheer it on. For want of a few dollars, America's leaders are selling our nation into monstrous debt, the kind that will undoubtedly rise on its haunches in the distant future and tear asunder what few social nets are left to people in order to pay it off. For a trillion plus dollar debt, we get what? Really? A national health care system of which we can be proud? A stronger social security retirement system? Better physical infrastructure? A simpler, more equitable tax system? 

In QUANTUM DEATH, Koski and Falk face a mysterious pair of repeating events: a sudden interruption of everything seemingly electronic, followed immediately by a global auction in Bitcoins of one after another part of the USA. The Eastern Seaboard, the Mid Atlantic, the South, each episode causing Americans to rethink what it means for the world to have parallel virtual monetary systems, increasing electronic sophistication, burgeoning knowledge and power in the realm of quantum physics, an exponential rise in valuing "the dollar," and what, collectively, this all might portend. 

Most see these events as separate and distinct, but I have to wonder if, not unlike in the book, what is going to be required is an entirely new way of collective thinking about today's "progress." In QUANTUM DEATH, greed, economics, propaganda, global virtual warfare, virtual currency and quantum physics are inseparably linked, a situation that makes for a great thriller, but not necessarily a great, though admittedly a brave new world. 
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Published on December 20, 2017 09:20

December 18, 2017

THE REAL SHARK TANK

I rarely watch television, greatly preferring books and their thought-richness to in-my-face entertainment, but the other day while reading an advance copy of Daniel Bradford's outstanding western, BO HENRY AT THREE FORKS (Savant, in press), I noticed out of the corner of my eye ABC's  "The Shark Tank." Humans posing as monetary sharks. The epitome of economic Trumpism, but, in fact, nothing at all like real sharks. 



We have plenty of real sharks in Hawaii: sand, white tip, black tip, even tiger sharks. Most most go placidly about their business, rarely interacting with humans, and when they occasionally do, it's usually because the human looks to them like a floundering turtle or fishy treat. They don't, to my knowledge, cruise about seeking victims to rip and tear, either bodily, or thank God, economically. What an ocean that would be!

I recently read on Savant author Daniel Janik's blog a posting about investing being more like outright gambling, the implication that one will at least preserve his or her principal, being a modern subterfuge. I would go a step further: Gambling is something for which humans are hard-wired from the start. Using that innate propensity for personal gain, is not at all sharky, it's inhuman, and undeserving of any animal, especially an outrageously educated and experienced, top-of-the-heap predator like us. It's actually about trickery. Not the slight-of-hand type, but onerous, premeditated, carefully calculated, strictly applied trickery, always biased to the advantage of the instigator or "house." The famous actor and screenplay writer W. C. Fields said it best: "Never give a sucker an even break" though it was the Disney corporation in "Pirates of the Caribbean" that said it in the most contemporary way: "Take what you can; give nothing back." Now I ask you, what has this to do with the maligned shark? Nothing. It's a purely human construct, and I fear what this period in American history will be know for is exactly that. Nothing except unrestricted greed extending beyond anything every known before. 


That's not much of a legacy, I fear, so I'm going to go back to do my part: continue writing the base manuscript for a seventh Koski and Falk adventure, "The Bridge at Vittorio Veneto," with my dear friend, A. G. Hayes. In the meantime, don't let his and my book, QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) slip by you, or, for that matter, William Maltese and my book, TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009). They make great holiday gifts as well as outstanding stocking stuffers! #sharktank #Trumpism #gambling #quantum 
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Published on December 18, 2017 10:08

December 15, 2017

SHOULD KOSKI AND FALK DANCE?

Being an avid amateur competitive dancer and having co-authored QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) with A. G. Hayes, I've been discussing with A. G. a sequel adventure I'm calling "The Bridge at Vittorio Veneto." In it, Koski and Falk would each be compelled to face their pasts that have continued to get in the way of their developing relationship. What I'd like to do is to end it with an intimate dance. 


It all started when I received a new competition tail suit. I'm somewhat short in stature for a dance competitor (tall is always better to be seen), and, like the legendary Greek philosopher, Plato, I have very broad shoulders, so finding a "perfect" fitting tail suit has long been a challenge. Wearing it for the first time, I thought of what Falk might look like in Koski's eyes, should they at least partially resolve their individual past issues, when together at the end of the book, for example, at a state ball in Washington D.C. Personally, I like the idea, though perhaps it reflects my own hubris as much as it does Falk's gentleman side. Anyway, I'm going to try to weave it in at the end and see what A. G. thinks. #dance #tailsuit #tuxedo #KoskiandFalk #thriller #book


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Published on December 15, 2017 10:04

November 24, 2017

MORE GOBBLTY-GOOK OR SOMETHING FOR WHICH TO BE REALLY THANKFUL?

It's Thanksgiving evening, and, stuffed tighter than a Thanksgiving turkey, hot cuppa in hand, I've been sitting back in my comfort chair and counting all the things for which I am this year most thankful. You know all the usual ones, so I skip on to Higher-Dimensional Gravity. Yep, as the co-author with A. G. Hayes of QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2017), for what could I be more thankful than that? After all, in the story the Quantum Death Machine is a Hitchcock macguffin, a device, largely unexplained, pursued by the protagonist, that makes the story "work."


Okay. But recently, M-Superstring theorists have continued advancing the eleven dimension multiverse such that a quantum translocation device not unlike that described in our book could possibly exist. And thanks to Dr. Stephen Hawking, there's now proof using Einsteinian four dimensional space, that something called a spherical event horizon exists surrounding a non-rotating black hole, and within might exists a record of all events that have ever happened in the galaxy surrounding its central black hole. This quantum phenomenon, assumedly one of the many aspects of quantum strangeness, is further support for the possibility of a Quantum Death Machine not unlike we described. 

In a recently resurrected article from Discover magazine Elizabeth Svoboda entitled " #40: Quantum Strangeness Leaks Into the Big World -- Four ions can become quantum entangled. Why not a human?" one result of Hawking's event horizon, which projects the largely invisible quantum world into our experiential world, supports the supposition that, "If the rules of the tiny quantum world applied to ordinary objects, all sorts of strange things could happen: An object like a car or a person might be in two places at once, or two clocks could “entangle,” moving in synchrony as if they were physically conjoined even when miles apart." Voila! The very basis of our Quantum Death Machine, though our protagonists' solution to the threat remains science fiction. For today at least. 

So, I am especially thankful this Thanksgiving for (1) the increasing plausibility of our macguffin, which should make our book of increasing interest over time -- what Savant Books and Publications would say elevates our novel to that of "enduring literature" -- and (2) the remaining mystery of whether our protagonists' solution to the device's threat is not only plausible but prophetic. 

Oh, and if this has piqued your interest, why not try for a 2017 holiday free first edition copy, signed by me, Raymond Gaynor, co-author of this fascinating politico-techno-thriller at 

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_choose_address/265939?utm_medium=api&utm_source=giveaway_widget

I'm giving away five books through Goodreads this holiday season; the giveaway ends the first of December 2017.

#quantum #book #giveaway #freeholidaygift #RaymondGaynor #AGHayes #M-SuperstringTheory
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Published on November 24, 2017 09:00

November 21, 2017

HAVE QUANTA, WILL TRAVEL

In Science News October 28, 2017, on page 14, there appeared a first report of a "quantum video chat [that] links Asia [and] Europe." In the article, a quantum video link is established riding on light particles. That probably sounds mundane, but, in fact, when you add the usual quantum physics attributes such as "instantaneous (think concurrent)," "strange," "teleportation," "unlimited distance" you get a better idea of what this experiment represents. Much like the Quantum Death Machine in QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2017) by A. G. Hayes, with Raymond Gaynor (me), the The object, in this case digital information, momentarily appears simultaneously in two different locations before it "solidifies" in one or the other location. And because of this "strangeness," quantum key distribution can be used to encrypt the information (or object) using an outside "key" that researches tout can't be broken. 



In effect, it breaks the laws of traditional relativistic physics, being simultaneous and therefore faster than the speed of light, or, maybe outside of time, who knows? It's really not a huge leap from transmitting information to transmitting objects (think 3-D printers of today). So is QUANTUM DEATH, with its electronic fluctuations in space-time, bitcoins, cyber espionage/warfare and Quantum Death Machine science fiction or reality? I like to think that what one person can imagine, another can create. Hunker down with Cerebrus agents Susan Koski, Joseph Koski and newest character, Kate Keenan of FINDING KATE (Savant 2016) as they try to figure out what's rapidly bringing the USA to its knees and how to stop it. 

#quantum #death #sciencefiction #books
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Published on November 21, 2017 21:23

November 8, 2017

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER RESTAURANT

One of my favorite things to do is to go out to lunch to meet other authors, writers and readers. Today was no exception. My lunch began at Ala Moana Shopping Center. While considering where to lunch, I had to stop at the Apple Store (never pass an Apple store without stopping in, asking a question and learning something new to help publicize my books). Then, on a whim, a reader I met and I when to the nearest Ramen shop. Yum. Now that’s a noon well spent!

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Published on November 08, 2017 21:59

October 24, 2017

A NEXT-DOOR QUANTUM EVENT

While the word "quantum" often conjures up visions of the dark cosmos or mysterious occurrences not entirely inappropriate this time of year with Halloween looming a week away), things quantum can also be experienced in our real world in real time. Take for instance last night: Honolulu, Hawaii, the land of warm, sunny days and gentle trade winds, experienced it's annual monsoon, separating the hot, humid days of late fall and the cool, sunny days of winter, spring and summer. I instantly grabbed my iPhone and took this video of a true quantum event. 
 https://youtu.be/RkpJhUZVCp0
A little different from the Quantum Death Machine in QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) by A. G. Hayes with, yours truly, Raymond Gaynor, yet, maybe not so much so. Both the imaginary Quantum Death Machine and nature's source of lightening and thunder display certain quantum effects: They're instantaneous occurring, lightening leaving one to wonder if, for a moment, the event might be occurring in simultaneously in two places at once. At least for a moment. See what you think. 
Raymond GaynorMulti-award-winning co-author     with A. G. Hayes of QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016)          Available from Amazon.com or the Publisher's Store (at 10% off Suggested Retail Price)      with William Maltese of TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009)          Available from Amazon.com #quantum #death #bitcoin #cyberwarfare @aghayes
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Published on October 24, 2017 11:24

October 19, 2017

QUANTUM DINING

ALOHA Everyone! Yes, today's blog is truly about "quantum dining" which, translated, means dining with a copy of QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016) by A. G. Hayes with, you guessed it, me, Raymond Gaynor, aka Gary Martine, D. S. Janik and/or Daniel S. Janik. This afternoon, I visited a favorite Vietnamese restaurant that serves delicious Pho, a soup not unlike Japanese Ramen but with a totally different taste. 


Yum. While waiting, I displayed my newest book and generated some surprising interest. First, although I'd been at this restaurant several times before, I'd never claimed my profession as an author. Especially a thriller author. Especially authoring alongside multi-award-winning thriller author, A. G. Hayes. Even more especially, as part of his widely acclaimed Koski and Falk Secret Agent series (QD is book #7 in this series), and his Kate Keenan Special Assignment series (QD is book #2 in this series). Second, was my hat. It was a big hit. One guest wanted me to sign it and give it to him. Hmmm. 

The story centers around a series of mysterious events that, each time begin with the interruption of all electronic devices in a remote area followed by an online "auction," the effects on the United States, it's northern neighbor Canada and its southern neighbor, Mexico, amplifying with each event. It doesn't take long for Cerebrus agents Susan Koski and Joseph Falk to ascertain that the auctions are for ownership of broad regions of the United States. But who is auctioning off the USA, who's bidding for and buying the various regions, and why? More important, what is the endgame? 

Enter the mysterious Quantum Death Machine, bitcoins, the North Koreans and Chinese, a Russian nuclear submarine and the United States brought to its knees, and the result is a non-stop thriller that's impossible to put down. 

And what about Koski and Falk's growing romance? Can it survive Quantum Death?

Sincerely,
Raymond Gaynor
     co-author with A. G. Hayes of the award-winning thriller, QUANTUM DEATH (Savant 2016)
     co-author with William Maltese of TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2015). 
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Published on October 19, 2017 22:30