Woodward, are you an A-theorist or a B-theorist? And a Presentist or an Eternalist? How do you incorporate the relativity of simultaneity from Relativity?

    Hi Vesuvius Now, Not an A theorist OR B theorist. I want both series under my own terms. B for existential realty and A for derived observation product reality.. Rather than such an event being future, Present and past, it is not yet received sensory inputs, observation products and then records, including memory.

    I'm not a Presentist exactly. I'd say a Uni-temporalist, as I think material reality necessarily precedes present awareness of it. Due to the non infinite speed of light and signal transmission delays. Relativity of simultaneity comes from the different amounts of Foundational time (change of the configurations of existence) it takes to reach the observers at their locations. Then input, when received and processed, is experienced in the observer's own Present.

    Thanks for asking.

    You'd probably be interested in this paper by Rovelli: "Neither Presentism nor Eternalism" at https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.02474

    Yes interesting. Quick look. Will read later. Carlo does not differentiate existential material becoming (-Now), from what is experienced now ( Present observation product OP).OP Which is not Object (noumenal) reality but Image (phenomenal) reality. I.e. What is of itself and what is derived from sensory inputs that have emanated from material sources. An observer's Present does not have to be local. Observation products are generated from whatever the sensory inputs received. Distant starlight and nearby owl can be part of the same observer's Present. It has taken longer for the starlight emitted photons than owl reflected photons to arrive at the observer. So the content of the observation product has temporal spread. Mot matching the uni-temporal (one time- youngest configuration only) material reality environment. Carlo says the A series is not needed.| I can be adapted as outlined in last post, within but not material existence.

    Perhaps I should explain "within but not material existence." better. I was trying to keep it brief but at the expense of accuracy. There is no material future or past. EM r and other potential stimuli are of course material and exist but what is encoded is not. That may be regarded as the observer's potential pre-written future. As it could lead to the recipients Present experience of it. Which is also not material reality. Nor is the content of records and memories. Although the means of storage such as books and neurons are material.

    When we establish a town on the sunlit side of the Moon, where it is 125 degrees Celsius, we will stay under glass.

    Heating and energy is no problem. Water, air, and fuel will be produced locally.

    It`s sunlight all the time on the bright side of the Moon! Sunlight and lethal heat 24/7. Np seasons either!

    When we establish a town on the Dark Side of the Moon, where it is minus 173 degrees Celsius, we will stay under glass.

    Heating and energy will be a big problem. Water, Oxygen, and fuel will be produced locally.

    It`s a beautiful starry sky, forever, on the Dark Side of the Moon! Night time and lethal cold 24/7. No season`s either.

    Hi Georgina,

    Yes separating out clock time makes sense to me, but I would distinguish it from psychological time or our sense of time which, as I see it, is inherent to memory and to how our brain works. Memory without a timeline is just gibberish. when we see things happening "in time" I think we're seeing things through our thought processes, through our memory.

    I'm afraid "configuration of existence" is very vague, I don't really understand what that is.

    Hi Jim George,

    The motion(s) that compel everything are all the motions, atomic to galactic with each interacting and effecting each other.

    The other motion that I see that is more constant,steadier and as invisible as time is quantum motion and I have a hunch that our intuitive sense of time is partially based on this (as well as molecular motion). So many changes and invisible interactions are due to theses motions which are quite random in and of them selves, but are very predictable and stable as a compilation.

    Hi Georgina,

    I also, wanted to respond to the materialist perspective. Yes, no past or future. It keeps things grounded. Past and future can only exist as representation or memory.

      Hi David,

      Everything is in motion including at the Quantum level.

      Are you arguing that time somehow generates a particular type of motion? Or, would you agrees that time has nothing to do with creating any kind of time?

      Are you saying time exists or not?

      SO . . . if it's motion, not time, then what happens if we replace time with motion? One thing that would change is space-time, it would be space-motion instead.

      When I explored time I felt I needed to look at relativity (includung space-time) because it seems to me to be the best argument for time existing. If time does not exist then why would clocks, muons, etc. changes in a uniform way with speed or proximity to mass? As I see it, there is a good reason.

      The theory I bumped into says that motion-space-mass are one thing, not space-time. And this, much to my surprise, explains a lot about many cosmic quandaries including relativity and how things shift and why they shift.

      More at Medium

        Are you saying the role of Quantum motion is the cause of our intuitive sense of time existing? Rather than the Earth`s rotational motion causing our confusion about the nature of time?

        Hi Jim George

        Sorry if wasn't clear, I'm saying that time does not exist (except as a perception in our brain). Everything we see as time can be seen much more accurately as motion instead. I do leave room for the possibility that time is a spin off of motion in some way, but I think that it is unlikely and unnecessary..

          Hi Jim George,

          And . . . I'm saying both, earth's motion is absolutely part of our DNA and our sense of time and clearly the basis for clock and calendar time. AND I am also struck by how quantum motion has the same qualities as our sense of time, as well.

            When there are towns on both sides of the Moon, there will be travel between those towns. After facing 125 below and dark skies, people will want to hit the beaches on the sunny side.

            Sun bathing under UV Glass.

            Latest paper loaded to viXra. This is different as I've set it out in logical steps from the 3 premises. All the new terminology is defined in a dedicated section.

            https://vixra.org/abs/2112.0057 The Relationships of Material Existence, Time and Experienced or Experience-Able Reality.

            The Relationships of Material Existence, Time and Experienced or Experience-Able Reality

              Hi David,

              Thank you for responding. Clearly you find this subject exciting too.

              "Everything we see as time can be seen much more accurately as motion instead." I do not agree. Motion is taken as time, there is no quibbling about it.

              The Earth`s rotational motion is the fundamental physical mechanism causing our confusion about the nature of time.

              Why would quantum motion be different? I`m sure you agree that there are motions in the Quantum Realm.