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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:08:14 GMT -6
The Higgs Scalar Boson is the only 'known' elementary particle which does not have a spin. With no spin, It exists outside of/beyond time.
Using this picture, Every other elementary particle has a spin rate. In the static state of time, no particle spins at all. The state change which defines time (change of state) occurs as the particles begin to spin. Up until the moment movement occurs, it is still a static state. As it moves, it moves to a new static state.
This is where it blows my mind... The movement from one static state to the next static state requires an infinity of movement of lesser and lesser value as the frame of reference changes.
Imagine a ruler marked at 1 milimeter. Between zero and 1mm the spin moves to its next static state. However, if you use a microscope and gain a closer look at the 1mm range you would see a series of state changes. Move in closer, yet another series of state changes. So a a chage in state from a frozen state to the next frozen state indicates a series of frozen states along the way, all the way to an infinity of changes from state to state. Each resulting in a different state. So minute is the change it makes particle spin look like a speeding train. It all blurs together into a smooth sustained movement of time.
There is no known science able to detect this change of state so time and the mechanisms which govern it are all speculative.
So, as you age, the particles which make up the reality in which you exist age with you. The flow of time is the flow of changes from static states. Each static state a reality frozen in that state.
The idea is extremely complicated but as I progress in how I understand it, it does make sense, to me.
Time is relative to the observer. Observations can be misleading when facts are missing. I don't know the scale of the effect. The infinite conditions make the ramifications exciting to me. For instance, what if the Universe as we know it is but a small sectional view of the state changfe range of change. The 1 mm view, with all the views within it the decreasing views ranging downward. That our 13.7 billion years are just a moment in the scale of time. That beyond our ability to fathom lies an entire universe with movemet scale just as encompassing as we have. That beyond our universe is a movement scale jast as encopassin as this one.
There is no elementary time frame/particle/effect as far as anyone knows. Its like looking at a pebble then finding a compound then finding an atom then finding a proton then finding a quark then finding something and so on.
Time and size is relative to the observer. Dimensions are also relative to the observer.
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:08:32 GMT -6
Time travel: True time travel is impossible in this Universe.
True time travel to the past would require duplicating the state of the entire Universe at all scales to a state which no longer exists.
True Time travel to the future would require creating a state of the entire Universe as it will be after cause and effect establish a line of specific state changes.
The time travel experiments hypothesized by science at the quantum level are an information plant to a similar state of the Universe in a relatively very short time from the observation point. Not truly a time travel because the information resulted in state changes to become information and moving to a point before those changes happened would require changing the entire Universe. Not really time travel at all, but a directed state change resulting in a different outcome.
What science fiction gets wrong is the time travel which someone or something moves to a different time and lands on Earth. The Earth is moving, the Sun is moving, The galaxy is moving, the galactic super-cluster is moving and... the Universe is moving. All moving at different rates, speeds and directions. The Earth will NEVER be in this spot ever again as it is right now. It will never be accessible without calculating every single state change in the Universe with exacting precision. A single error in calculation could put the poor fellow in the center of the Earth or far out in space. If an error is made all subsequent calculations would also be wrong. I doubt even an AI the size of the planet would be able to do the calculations. So the T-800 of Terminator could not happen.
Then you have the whole cause and effect change of states which would unravel reality creating a different reality. Which would generate a different dimension of which there could be no return.
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:09:05 GMT -6
The only thing which actually exists is the present. Problem is, the present isn't what we think. It has to do with the speed of perception. We can't detect the lag because we are conditioned to it. Much like being in a bath of tepid water and you no longer feel the water.
The human body is covered in sensors which sense different stimuli and sends that information to the brain for processing. Time elapses from the time the stimuli is sensed till the time the brain processes it and registers a change.
What we experience is a constantly changing past of a present which has already changed. We can't detect the lag and think we are experiencing the present because the time span is too short for us to detect.
A ramped up example is the time it takes for light to reach the Earth from the Sun or a star. About 7 minutes from the Sun to the Earth. We see the Sun as it was 7 minutes ago. We sense the present as it was a moment ago with the moment being an infinitesimally small fraction of a second. But.. It is the past.
In a way, our memory records and stores fragments of the ever changing states of the present, which we define as the past. We use those memories to predict a future based on the patterns of past present states. The closer to the present, the more accurate the predictions.
The Universe is not a static state. It is constantly changing. The past does not exist because the Universe has changed. Since we are part of the Universe as a whole and one thing affects the other and cause and effect occur, the Universe will never be as it was even a moment ago. Likewise, due to cause and effect and the chaotic nature of reality, no specific future can be predicted beyond a small range of time (an infinitesimally small fraction of a second).
We can take an educated guess of future events and locally they may be accurate, to a degree. However, without knowing everything about everything, everywhere at all times, we can't know for sure what changes occurred which actually led to the future prediction being accurate. But, humans have the ability to recognize patterns in nature. Its what sets us apart from the other life we know.
Its safe to assume Time is not a separate dimension. But, as I said before, time as we know it might be relative to the observer. The detection of the pace of time could be relative to scale as well. No matter the dimension, the movement of state changes defines Time itself.
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:09:47 GMT -6
Many people don't have the capacity for imagination or creativity and they sometimes see people who are thinkers as wasting their time or worse, are jealous of them and try to get them to adopt their numb to life ways. I couldn't think that slow if I wanted to try. I'm not wired that way. If you want to think like a stump so you can fit in with your friends, you might want to think about getting more exciting friends instead. Why change yourself to something lesser just because someone else is telling you to do so?
Then you think a lot for long periods you get fatigued (headache). This is because a thought is a chemical-electrical reaction inside your brain at the axon-dendrite synapse. Just like exercising your muscles to build stamina and endurance, thinking intensely builds stamina and endurance in your brain. Just as your muscles might ache after a long severe workout, your brain can ache after a long period of intense thinking. Someone not conditioned to an long, intense workout may not want to do it. Likewise, someone not conditioned to intense thinking may not want to do it.
The thing to take away from this Always be yourself, It's your life.
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:10:33 GMT -6
The mechanics of time is the universal change in state from one to the next in the entire Universe. The perception of the rate of state change is relative to the scale of the observer but the fact there is a state change is not.
Since state change is universal (encompassing the entire Universe), time travel would require 'backing up' or predicting and changing the entire Universe to exactly the previous target state or a predicted target state.
To be able to do so would require an intelligence and capacity which is far beyond comprehension. In a religious frame of view...God. From a science fiction frame of view, perhaps a civilization which has existed for more than ten billion years might have that capacity but even then, I seriously doubt it.
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:12:14 GMT -6
The brain is engaged even when we are not actively thinking about something. Even when we're dreaming, we are thinking. The mechanism of thought, the axon-dendrite synapse continues as long as we are alive. The only exceptions are partial suspension under anesthesia or in a coma and during a vegetative state. Some people live their entire lives, from birth to death with no interruption of brain activity.
Even instinct and reaction is a thinking process. The brain is a complex and still very mysterious organ. Humans are slowly uncovering its mysteries but progress is rather slow.
Its possible we may sense other dimensions but not realize it. I read a book years ago, can't recall the name or author at this moment, which dealt with a man existing in a different dimension with a different series of events when he dreamed. He had a different name, different family, different job and so on. It was an interesting tale of the unknown possibilities of the human mind.
We are surrounded by sounds and sights and sensations daily which we learn to ignore. Right now, I am ignoring the sound of traffic outside my window. Its there, but I don't focus on it until I do. Then I hear it. I'm aware of it, but I ignore it. Ignoring it requires a concentration. I don't 'think' about ignoring it, I just do. I don't think about talking louder because of the traffic, I just do. Its a mental process but not an active thought but if I were not thinking about it, I couldn't adjust to its variations.
Perhaps we exist in multiple dimensions at once and focus on the specific dimension of our own choice, without making that choice actively? Yet at some level, our mental process is thinking about it and making the choice? If we are existing in multiple dimensions who could prove it if each of us exists in the dimension of our own making? Kinda like; I see the color blue. You see the color blue. The guy on the other side of the world sees the color blue but each sees blue according to how they see it and the commonality of the color blue is just the individual representation of blue in different dimensions which dictate the conditions which make the color blue. Where in reality, the baseline dimension, the actual color blue is some other color entirely.
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:13:43 GMT -6
This is just an observation. I make no judgement.
To me, all holidays are just another day. I've worked many in my lifetime and spend many alone. Even my birthday is nothing special, just another day.
But for much the same reason I wear a mask in public during the covid, I greet people with traditional holiday greetings. It doesn't matter which holiday it is. My greetings tend to focus on the day at hand and during Christmas time, its a well wish that spans weeks. I also well-wish to veterans on Veteran's Day and thank them for their service to our country.
Its a learned social etiquette which has been 'programmed' into me over a lifetime. Almost automatic. While I have removed religion from my life some of the traditions have lingered on. Since I am not against other's religions and I have a sense of Christianity and how Christmas is for them, I well-wish according to my programmed tradition.
When I was younger, people actually well-wished Merry Christmas/Happy New Year. The Happy Holidays well-wishing was a social trend which to me was new and rude. It feels cold to me.
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:14:14 GMT -6
The way I've always seen it, the Christmas season starts as soon as you start actively buying presents, decorating and preparing for the holiday.
I think it goes back to my youth when there was snow on the ground and the shops were all decorated and people hustled about shopping for those gifts and making preparations. When the trees start appearing in the windows, lights adorn yards and porches, streets are decorated by the city and people generally have Christmas on their minds.
Then came the Black Friday sales the day after Thanksgiving. The wrapping of presents and putting up the tree. Egg nog, hot coco and lots of cookies. Christmas was never about the day or the eve, It was about the mindset of Peace on Earth/Good Will Toward Men. It was about tinsel and bells and ornaments and lights. It was about family, sermons and celebrations, volunteering, singing and rejoicing. Cooking and feasting. School plays and special parades.
Its a happy time, cause for celebration and smiling. Time to forget about the little things and fill your heart with love for all.
Now, its PC to not display joy openly. People have become stingy with their love for the common man. Their 'Me, Me, Me' attitude isolates them into their own little pockets of personal relationships. The general public has become...Scrooged!
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:15:19 GMT -6
In my mail WITH my water bill, the city sent me a form which "Must Be Filled Out". The paper asked a series of questions as follows. I added my answers exactly as I responded.
Account Number__________________ (Already on my bill, so you already have it) Name On Account_________________(Obviously, already on the bill you sent to me) Billing Contact_____________________(Same person who signed the check you cashed) Service Address____________________(Same address as it has been for the last 8 years) Mailing Address____________________(Obviously you already have it since I know what to pay by when) Email Address______________________(You Don't Need It) Phone Number_____________________(You Don't Need It) Cell Phone__________________________(You Don't Need It) Secondary Contact________________(You Don't Need It) Secondary Phone__________________(You Don't Need It)
The address, account name & number and the billing address are already on the bill. This information is readily available to them and has been since I had the service turned on when I moved in. My bill is always paid on time, in full and I pay in person, face to face. I have proof of every payment in my records including a copy of their register receipt. The office where I pay has cameras so they even have my likeness they can match to my paid reciept timestamp.
There is absolutely no reason why they need my email information. I don't need city generated advertisements. I'm not interested in special deals or services. Its a freakin water bill. I'm not interested in getting offers from their 'partners'. I don't want them calling me. I don't want my number available to their partners to offer me special deals during dinner or when I first wake in the morning. I don't want them at all. There is absolutely no reason they need a secondary contact. Its not a medical system or life insurance. Its the water company. I don't need to be notified there isn't water service, I can figure that out on my own when I turn on the taps.
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Post by tomishereagain on Dec 8, 2020 13:15:38 GMT -6
Last week I received a letter from the VA billing dept. They said they suspended billing during the spring to help people with the pandemic because they care about the veterans. I never got a single bill but in that letter they say they are resuming billing on the first of the year. They also noted any late charges and penalties will also resume. That I can get a jump on the billing if I want to pay my balance in full now. They then listed the total charges since the spring that I am responsible for.
1. I didn't ask them to do this. If they wanted to do something for Vets, bill them but give them a choice to pay or defer. Suspend late charges and penalties. At least send them a running tally. 2. Its funny that they did this for us vets to help with the pandemic but its the end of the year and they want to balance their books so I guess the pandemic is over? Guess what, other people would also like to balance their books by the end of the year but a lot of people are still out of work! 3. I'm on fixed income. I pay my bills every month. Most of the time there is little left over for other things but since I always pay my bills first, I know exactly how much cashflow is available. Without a bill not only do I not have a list of the charges, I have no idea the charges or running total. I paid their lump sum because I had some savings set aside for a car. Many vets do not have that cushion. Many live week to week or month to month.
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