The Nature of Time

Hi Steve,

I don`t speculate that time is "a kind of dimension correlated with the motions."

If I am to be philosophical about the nature of time, I would say there is no such thing, there is only motion.

I think it is thus far impossible to show that time exists or that it does not exist (as something other than our own construct). To me, everything leans toward time not existing, except for our own internal sense of it.

Yes the motion of the earth, also everything else that is in motion which continuously effects everything else. The most interesting thing I've bumped into recently is quantum motion, which is extreme as far as I can tell.

As I see it quantum motion (the compellation of many tiny motions) is AS INVISIBLE, AS UBIQUTOUS AND AS STEADY AS OUR SENSE OF TIME IS.

For more see article in Medium

Hi Jim, yes I understand what you mean, in fact it is just what a clock reads , it is a measurement. In physics we consider it like a scalar foundamental quantity . And this parameter permits simply to understand the motions and so the energies , the fields, the particvles. You know in all the concepts considered in physics like the galilei works or newton or einstein, or in thermodynamics, in quantum mechanics, in electromagnetism dynamics,in cosmology....this time is taken into account.

If for example you take the quantum mechanics and the quaternions , this time is relevant with this tool of Hamilton because it permits to have a better understanding of rotations. In fact without time we have no rotation nor motion. It is a quantity utilised in physics, a scalar.

Regards

Hi Steve,

Why think in terms of dimensions? In my perspective, there are no such things as dimensions, time wise, or whatever?

Hi S. David Coleman,

We can however, imagine what would happen if the Earth did not rotate? A lifetime of looking at glacially paced stars crossing an inky black sky would not equip us for appreciating the luxury of wearing a watch.

Living on the bright side and not knowing what the Moon or Stars looked like? Would we yearn to own a watch? Would it be hip to own a watch when the Sun didn`t move forever?

Hello Jim, no dimension , no time ? so lol we don t exist in fact ? the dimensions are for me reals , we live I believe in a pure 3D at all scales and we have invented tools in maths like the other dimensions, but only the 3D exists at my opinion and the motions rotations and this emergent time correlated with these motions simply.

I should have said extra dimensions.

Hi Jim,

I think the same about the extradimensions. It is like a fashion now inside the theoretical sciences community, it is due mainly to strings , Mtheory, Superstrings or the geonetrodynamics with points and with the geometrical algebras, they consider all now in majority that we have extradimensions, it is also due to their philosophy considering only the photons and strings or ppoints inside in 1D oscillating vibrating connected with a 1D cosmic field of this GR. So with the maths of strings they have extrapolated 10d, 11d,26d .

I don t understand to be frank why this fashion, maybe they are in a prison due to these photons and GR alone and they believe that a kind of god or a mathematical accident creates the topologies , geometries with these fields and extradimensions. Personally I have found enormous ontological and philosophical rpoblems considering this philosophy. In fact these tools in maths about the extradimensiobns are just tools, like we have create the geometry in 2D with the squares, triangles.... they permit to better create architectures or others but the universe and our reality is always in a pure 3D , so I consider these extradimensions too like simply tools wich are not really reals in our pure 3D. Now they have difficulties these thinkers to return at this old school of our pure 3D and the motions of particles. Clifford, Lie, Hopf are relevant tools for our quantum fields, the problem is not there, the problem is to generalise this GR and geom alg and fields like the cause of our quantum mechanics at my humble opinion. I beleive strongly that the fields are emergent, not the particles wich are in a superfluidity and permit the emergent baryonic matter.

But these thinkers have learnt a lot at the universities and the strings are teached even for their PhD it is very odd because they are an assumption generally and philosophically speaking.

They cannot change their lines of reasoning now, they are persuaded and endoctrinated I must say, Einstein and Witten have created a philosophical prison and now they turn in round inside , I am a problem with my theory but that could converge in unifying the DE, the DM, the GR, the QM, the QFT, the strings and these pure 3D spheres, but they don t recognise this due to this endoctrination and the vanity. Regards, friendly

Hi Steve,

Why look for non-existent problems? For what reason should time exist? Earthly rotation provides an explanation.

Personally Jim, I am not very interested to search problems with this time in the sense that I consider it like just a scalar , a quantity and wich is irreversible . I agree with you in the sense that in fact it does not really exist, so the thinkers focused on the time in trying to check it or in thinking that we can travel in time for me loose their time lol ironically speaking. There is nothing of odd about a thing simply correlated indeed with the motions like a duration of evolution.

What if we lived on the dark side of the Moon? We would never see the Sun.

We would see a black sky of stars. We would always in the dark!

Would we still cling a firm belief in time as some kind of real thing?

I wonder if we would believe in extra-dimensions?

Hi Jim, 'dark side' is really a misnomer. It means obscured or hidden from sight, or unknown rather than literally permanently dark. Far side is a better name. Dark side of the moon : )

Hi Georgina,

Or we could call it the Cold Side? It certainly is at minus 173 degrees Celsius, which is minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit!

On the Hot Side it`s plus 127 degrees Celsius, which is plus 260 Fahrenheit!

We would see the beautiful blue Earth rotating against the enormous black sky! We would set our 24 hour clocks in calibration to the Earth`s rotation.

When there are towns on the Moon, there will be Earth time based on the Earth`s 24 hour rotational period, and Moon time, based on the Moon`s 28 day rotation.

Hi Jim George, Amrit, Georgina, Steve

Isn't time simply using a constant, steady motion (like that of the earth) to measure other motions with?

Much the same as using a specific amount of space (yardstick or mile) to measure space.

More at MEDIUM.

Hi David,

The Earth`s rotational motion is indeed, constant and steady. It`s speeds along at 1,700 kilometers per hour at the Equator.

What other constant steady motions did you have in mind?

Measuring with a yardstick is not the same thing as a motion that compels every living creature on the planet.

Hi David, I think it is useful to separate timing with any kind of clock from ideas about what time is 'outside of timing. A clock generates regular events which are counted, or could be. Which are used for comparison with other events or processes. Planetary motion can be used as the regular event. A time, by my way of thinking, is a configuration of existence. Faster and slower rates that can be timed correspond to more or less change happening to parts of the complete configuration of existence.