Systems At A Certain Scale

A 'system' is a concept that's used within this theory.

A system is a group of things, at a certain scale size that interact over a certain time interval at a certain energy level.

The size of things within a system are usually within 10^3 of each other (both size and time). Larger systems operate on longer time scales on larger bodies.

Here's some examples:

1)

The known universe. It consistes of galaxies, dark matter, and empty space.

2)

Galaxys.

3)

A solar system is a group of large bodies that interact. The system contains suns, planets, asteroids, moons and such. Their primary interaction is with gravity. Time scales here are in billions of years. Our planet is conjectured to have been created 4 billion years ago.

4)

Getting a bit smaller, we can consider homosapiens operating with such a system, typically called our eco-system. Our time scale is measured in years.

5)

Smaller yet, bacteria, cells, and viruses operate. Bacteria can reproduce within hours.

6)

Smaller yet, atoms and molecules are found. Chemistry operates within this system. Strong forces, weak forces operate here. Molecules can interact in micro-seconds.

7)

The sub-atomic. Very small bits of stuff. Tiny time scales.

8)

The who-knows-what system.

9)

The even-tinier-sub-system.

10)

And the yet-again-smaller-sub-system.

11)

The sub-system-without-a-name.

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Other attributes of systems are:

A)

They weakly interact at the boundries. Example, elephants might catch a cold.

B)

The farther away you get in sub-systems, the weaker the interaction between systems.

C)

One is built apon the other.

D)

There may not be a lower bound of sub-systems, but, yet again, there might be. Current theory limits distances to the so-called plank distance. This would also mean a minimum units of time and a maximum energy as well.

E)

Often times, one system will reuse concepts of other systems. Nature does this all the time.

F)

Each system operates with it's own set of unique rules. These rules aren't necessariarly related to the underlying sub-system rules, but they are handy none the less. For example saying that H2 reacts with O2 to produce H2O and energy is useful if you want to heat your home, but says nothing about what H2 is, or why energy is released, for for that matter, what energy is.

A coralry says that we can 'invent' a world just below the system we are investigating.