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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: Conrad Ranzan was born in the newly
formed communist state of East Germany just weeks after the end of the
massive three-year invasion of Europe, by the forces of Washington and the
Kremlin, and just days after the nuclear holocaust was perpetrated against
the Japanese people. In 1953 immigrated to Canada. During the 1970s,
studied engineering, for four years, at the University of Toronto and
Ryerson University; ... compelled by insatiable curiosity, pursued a relentless program of
self-education; ... developed a passion for questioning conventional ways and
wisdoms; ... rejected all non-reality and became attuned to hypocrisies and inconsistencies
one seems to encounter almost everywhere. ... This inclination served the
author well during the several years of employment, as his duties included
detecting flaws in the design and manufacture of electrical equipment.
... Embraced the most powerful philosophy ever devised by Mankind.
Consequently: Freed from much of the material burden that our society
(employers, family, governments) imposes, and freed from emotional burden
by living unpretentiously and interacting with resolute integrity, one’s
mind becomes a truly powerful tool. Freed in this manner and motivated to
explore the limits of the mind, the author devoted
most of his time on advanced self-education. The field of
astrophysics/cosmology, which had always fascinated him, eventually became
a full-time pursuit. ...
THE DISCOVERY: In the year 2001, the author found
himself captivated by the challenge of the dark-matter dark-energy
mystery. The breakthrough came in August of the same year with the
uncovering of the four fundamental processes of DSSU theory. Essentially they
are the four fundamental processes that constitute the Universe and
manifest all that is observable. The breakthrough
led to a new steady state model of the universe and the website
—www.CellularUniverse.org—
which documents the new cosmology.
Since 2001 the author has
been Director of DSSU Research, a non-profit independent project dedicated
to the scientific exploration of the Dynamic Steady State Universe
(A theory of our cellular universe).
In March of 2002 the author presented the Dynamic-Steady-State-Universe theory
at the 2002 ESA/ESO/CERN Astrophysics Symposium in Munich, Germany.
List
of participants:
http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/symp2002/partlist.html ;
List of
poster presentations:
http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/symp2002/posters.html
The Munich 2002 event establishes the entry of "the Dynamic Steady State Universe"
into the scientific literature. Prior to 2002 there is no documented
reference to any "Dynamic Steady State Universe."
SINCE 2002 the author has written extensively for the Cellular
Universe website (on cosmology, astrophysics, and fundamental physics).
2005-2008 the author's research was several times peer
reviewed successfully (with no errors found or reported) but editors
refused to publish.
SINCE 2009 the author has published works in Physics Essays,
an international journal published through the American Institute of
Physics.
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PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY: The only belief system consistent with
life (conscious life), liberty (freedom of mind and body), and the honest pursuit
of property (the means to sustain life and liberty) —objectivism.
Historically, objectivism is the philosophy of Aristotle (as opposed to
Plato). ... In practical terms an objectivist is an individualist and a
realist.
VIEW OF THE FUTURE OF MANKIND: Technologically, the future looks bright
(immensely so) but in all other sectors we are still in the dark ages and,
speaking as a realist, the future looks unrelentingly grim.
(Ref. Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of
Irrationalism and Perils of Piety by Wendy Kaminer, Pantheon Books,
1999)
Primary ACTIVITY of the
creative and analytical portion of brain: Unraveling the mysteries of the
Universe; exploiting the new perspectives offered by DSSU theory;
exploring the limits of the theory. That's the fun part. ... There is also
the tedious part —preparing, revising, and publishing
research papers.
PART-TIME ACTIVITY of
mind and body: Ballroom dancing, International Style Standard
(Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep) & International
Style Latin (Rumba, Cha-cha, Samba, Jive, Paso Doble); and also some American Smooth
& Rhythm dances.
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"Revolution instigator and DSSU researcher ..." ... originator of the Dynamic Steady State Universe
and Cellular Cosmology, and founder of DSSU Research (a
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INFLUENCED BY THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: Like
countless others, I followed the story of the Universe as presented in
magazines such as Science Digest, Scientific American, and
Discover. I’ve been doing so since childhood. Year after year I
read of the efforts to piece together the diverse pieces of the cosmic
puzzle. But year after year I found the puzzle was not coming together
—the picture of our universe was not emerging. Although the astronomical
observations, pictured in exaggerated colors, were beautiful; the
supporting cosmology theories were unconvincing —the reality aspect wasn’t
there and the inconsistencies were far too numerous. Space science was
working with a failing model that needed more than revisions —it needed to
be replaced.
The situation was superbly presented by Dennis
Overbye (NY Times science editor) in his documentation (Lonely Hearts of
the Cosmos) of The Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe.
The story, he concludes, is about failure. The secret of the universe
is missing!
Then came the “Crisis of 1998” when the failure of
standard big bang theory became dramatically obvious —it destroyed
long-standing theories and almost immediately was detailed in a PBS NOVA
program; and 4 years later (in 2002) it was a feature story on a
60 Minutes news program.
In his book, A Journey into Gravity and
Spacetime, John Archibald Wheeler expressed a combination of hope and
disappointment in what turned out to be a remarkably prophetic statement:
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Someday, surely, we will see the
principle underlying [the universe] as so simple, so beautiful, so obvious
that we will say to each other, ‘Oh, how could we all have been so blind,
so long.’ |
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ADDENDUM (2010/Feb): A personal note: On my delightful distraction.
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I have the most delightful distraction in my life.
She is gorgeous, vivacious, and charming. She is my wife. ... She checked
out my profile. And thought about it. The next day she questioned:
"Why don't I state that I've been happily married for 28 years and
have a son and a daughter and two angelic granddaughters!?" (Hmmm
.... Well, at least they look angelic during brief moments of
inactivity.) What could I say? Or what
should I say?
How could my objective reasoning mind connect with her more subjective
mind —her bundle of sensitivities right
there behind her lovely hazel eyes? ...
Putting my revolutionary thoughts aside, I looked into those eyes
(careful not to succumb) and thought to myself, you really are a
delightful distraction ... and said, "Not sure of the relevancy or why
anyone would be interested —but ... I'll keep it in
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