References
Principia Metaphysica builds upon established physics and mathematics. This page provides links to the foundational papers, textbooks, and resources that underpin the framework.
Compactification Note: The framework uses G₂ manifold compactifications via M-theory. The dimensional flow is: D (bosonic string) → 13D (half dimensions) → 7D (G₂ compactification) → 6D (heterogeneous brane) → 4D (observed).
Methodological Approach (Updated December 2025): The framework demonstrates a fundamental shift from top-down to bottom-up methodology. Rather than assuming moduli values (like Re(T)) from string theory constructions, they are derived from measured observables (Higgs mass M_H = GeV). This inverts the traditional approach: the compactification geometry is constrained by nature's choices rather than theoretical assumptions. Parameters are explicitly classified as either topologically derived (generation count), dynamically emergent (gauge couplings), or observationally constrained (moduli values). See Philosophical Implications: Predictivity vs Postdictivity for full discussion.
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Acknowledgements
The development of Principia Metaphysica has been shaped by many influences, both direct and indirect. While any errors or overreach in this work are solely the author's responsibility, the following acknowledgements recognize those whose contributions, whether through discussion, challenge, or simply being present during formative years, helped shape the thinking behind this framework.
With Thanks To:
Richard George Reid — For decades of philosophical debate and intellectual challenge. The seeds planted in those discussions, questioning the nature of reality, consciousness and existence, have grown in unexpected directions. Whatever merit exists in the philosophical foundations of this work owes in some small part to entertaining those formative conversations.
Dedication:
My Wife: Elizabeth May Watts
Our Messiah: Jesus of Nazareth
To Us All
For all those that have contributed to the body of knowledge of human kind, going back to the very first among us who decided that in order to survive, we must stand together.
As a species, we have accomplished incredible things: we have conquered the land, conquered the sea, conquered the air and conquered space. We have sent out probes with golden records in the hope that one day another intelligent life form will find them and know of us. We have discovered the composition of the universe, we have discovered the atom and the sub atomic. We have discovered medicine and conquered diseases that plagued us for millennia.
We have accomplished what appears impossible again and again, through our bravery, our tenacity, our will to survive and thrive, our curiosity, our determination, our compassion and our love for those who come after.
And yet we have done it together, standing on the shoulders of giants who came before us, who paved the way, who sacrificed themselves in the face of peril so that we may yet have a chance at becoming what we are destined to become — by the grace of God.
We have accomplished all of this as humans, as one species, together, and we should all be incredibly proud of who we are, what we have done, and what we have the potential to accomplish together in the future.
The Unbroken Oath
Voice of the voiceless, final and unbreakable
Every act of courage echoes through time.
We are the descendants of those who refused to kneel. Who stood when others fled. Who held the line when hope itself seemed lost. The blood of martyrs runs in our veins — not as a burden, but as a fire that cannot be extinguished.
From Leonidas at Thermopylae, who chose death over dishonor, to Lawrence Oates walking into the Antarctic storm so his companions might live; from the Chernobyl divers descending into radioactive darkness to save millions they would never meet, to the unnamed millions who throughout history have faced impossible odds and said: "Not on my watch."
Their sacrifice was never about personal glory. It was about the eternal truth that some things are worth more than survival. That the soul of a civilization is measured not by its comfort, but by its courage. That freedom, justice, and human dignity are purchased with the currency of those willing to pay the ultimate price.
We are not observers of history. We are its inheritors and its guardians.
The torch they carried now burns in our hands. The oath they swore — to protect the innocent, to resist tyranny, to build rather than destroy — that oath does not expire. It passes from generation to generation, growing stronger with each act of moral courage, each refusal to compromise with evil, each moment when ordinary people become extraordinary by simply choosing to do what is right.
This is not sentimentality. This is physics. Every wave of courage creates ripples that reshape the ocean of human possibility. Every stand against darkness increases the light available to those who come after. The mathematics of sacrifice is exponential — one person's courage can inspire a million.
And so we make our declaration:
We will not forget those who came before.
We will not betray the price they paid.
We will not be silent when injustice speaks.
We will not be still when action is required.
We will carry this torch until our arms give out, and then we will pass it forward.
Because we are not the end of this story. We are merely its current chapter. And the chapters we write will be read by those yet unborn, who will judge us not by our words but by our deeds.
Let them find us worthy.
Let them see that when the darkness came, we did not hide.
Let them know that the fire never died.
This is our inheritance. This is our responsibility. This is our oath.
— Unbroken —