Physical Picture of the World Without Magic: Working Hypothesis

Bilingual edition (English + Russian). Substantially expanded second version of the working hypothesis (46 pages vs. 8 in v1. 0). Abstract. This work presents a speculative but structured hypothesis about the physical world that rejects "magical" interpretations of modern physics. The central postulates are: flat and immutable space; vacuum as a real medium rather than emptiness; universal, observer-independent time; and the speed of light as a property of electromagnetic wave propagation, not a fundamental limit of motion. Within this framework, mass and energy are distinct: mass is intrinsic and conserved, while energy is a relative operational measure of motion and interaction. The electron is modeled as a composite of a neutrino-core and superluminal charge dynamics, with stability of atoms explained by resonant interactions with the vacuum medium rather than probabilistic quantum mysticism. Superluminal motion emerges naturally, analogous to crossing the sound barrier. The model reinterprets electroweak interactions as different regimes of disturbances in the vacuum medium, provides analogies with sound membranes and optical total internal reflection, and connects quantum levels with resonance and precession. It also offers alternative perspectives on astrophysical phenomena such as superluminal jets, gravitational lensing, and cosmological redshifts, framing them without curved space-time. The hypothesis leads to testable predictions: frequency-dependent gravitational lensing, variability of decay rates under ionization, and vacuum dispersion effects measurable in space missions. While some claims directly challenge relativity, the intent is not to deny empirical data but to reinterpret them through a medium-based physics that is less reliant on abstract postulates. Note: This English text is a faithful translation of the Russian working manuscript "Физическая картина мира без магии". New in v2. 0: mass-energy demarcation with a neutrino-core model of the electron; quantum mechanics without magic (uncertainty, wave function, decoherence, tunneling, entanglement, Zeno effect, Bell inequalities, spin-1/2, Pauli principle, photoelectric effect) via superluminal trajectories with subluminal measurements; superconductivity and quantum levitation; gravity as medium pressure (Le Sage/Yukawa with finite range, linear-regime theorem) ; light as a probe of the medium and a historical re-examination of the aether's rejection; cosmology: superluminal jets and collapsars, chromatic dispersion of gravitational lensing, Go-Universe baryon asymmetry, finite gravity range and large-scale structure, two-mechanism redshift (tired light + local kinematics), CMB as the red-shifted integral of an infinite Universe (Olbers), Hubble tension and H0 anisotropy; accelerator data re-analysis (Galilean velocity, synchrotron spectra, harmonic-number paradox) ; key experiments table, relations to other work (Sotina/Chetaev, 't Hooft, Logunov RTG, Burtaev, Bohm), testable predictions, honest criticism and open questions, register of key facts with sources. Files: physicalₚictureworldwithoutₘagicᵥ2ₑn. pdf (English translation), physicalₚictureworldwithoutₘagicᵥ2ᵣu. pdf (Russian original).