Cultivated Progression Las Vegas · 2026
Theoretical Notes

First principles, re-examined.

Speculative papers that revisit foundational assumptions in physics — the kind of premises that usually go unchallenged because everything else stands on top of them. Diagnostic rather than prescriptive.

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The Weight of Unexamined Assumptions

A reflection on how foundational assumptions in cosmology and astrophysics may carry more institutional confidence than their evidence warrants. Uses the Oort Cloud, redshift interpretation, and the role of mathematical consistency as worked examples — diagnostic, not prescriptive.

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2026 Note · PDF Philosophy of science · Epistemology

Examining the Foundations of Translational Symmetry via Observable Invariance

A diagnostic re-examination of translational symmetry from the standpoint of what is actually observable. The note does not propose an alternative framework; it isolates the assumption and shows where it is doing more work than it is usually credited with.

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2026 Note · PDF Foundational physics