Understanding Quasicrystals in a Fractal Universe

So, I had a really weird experience last night. It’s not out of the ordinary for me though. The universe sends me a lot of synchronicities. Last night, I was watching this podcast interview with Billy Carsons (I’ll share the video below). Toward the end of the video, Carsons mentions that we’re living in a fractal hologram made of light. He mentions quasicrystals, which prompts the host to pull up a video explaining quasicrystals.

Right after finishing this video, I opened up the book that I’ve been reading, “UFO of GOD: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe” by Chris Bledsoe. In this book, he primarily talks about UFOs and how they visit him, and he believes that they are angels. However, the chapter that I picked up right after watching the video with Carsons mentioned quasicrystals. Nowhere else in this book does it mention quasicrystals. So, within 10 minutes I had seen two different sources mention these quasicrystals. These two separate sources mentioning quasicrystals at the same time for me is obviously a synchronicity.

Synchronicity is a concept first introduced by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, which refers to events that are meaningfully related but not causally connected. In other words, synchronicity deals with coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related, yet they do not have a direct cause-and-effect relationship. Jung believed that these coincidences reveal an underlying framework where physical and psychological phenomena are interconnected in a meaningful way, beyond mere chance. This concept is often seen as part of Jung’s broader theory of the collective unconscious and is considered by some to border on the mystical or spiritual, although it remains a psychological theory.

That’s why I decided I would devote some time to learning about quasicrystals. Quasicrystals are a unique form of solid matter with an unusual arrangement of atoms. Unlike regular crystals, which have a repeating, periodic structure, quasicrystals display a form of order that is non-periodic. This means their atomic arrangements are ordered but not repeating, forming patterns that are regular but never exactly the same across the entire material.

Key points about quasicrystals include:

1. Discovery: They were first discovered in 1982 by Dan Shechtman, who observed them in an aluminum-manganese alloy. This discovery challenged the then-existing understanding of crystal structures and eventually earned Shechtman the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011.
2. Atomic Structure: In quasicrystals, the atoms are arranged in a pattern that fills all available space, but in a way that lacks translational symmetry. This means you cannot shift the entire pattern over a certain distance and have it match up with itself, as you can with regular crystals.
3. Symmetry: Quasicrystals can have symmetries forbidden in normal crystallography, like 5-fold rotational symmetry. In conventional crystals, only 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 6-fold symmetries are possible.
4. Properties: Quasicrystals have unique physical properties, including low electrical and thermal conductivity, and high hardness. They often exhibit interesting surface properties and can form complex, intricate shapes.
5. Applications: Due to their unique properties, quasicrystals have found applications in a variety of fields, such as forming durable coatings and in materials science research.
6. Formation: They can be formed naturally or synthetically. Natural quasicrystals have been found in some meteorites, while synthetic ones are often created in laboratories through various methods, including solid-state reactions, electrodeposition, and others.

Quasicrystals represent a fascinating intersection of chemistry, physics, and materials science, illustrating the complexity and diversity of atomic structures in solid matter.

For those who prefer to watch videos to learn, here’s a great video explaining what exactly a quasicrystal is.

Anyway, I think the universe is pointing me to quasicrystals as the answer to something, and I have to study them in more depth for a better understanding of something. Just like the universe keeps telling me to meditate.