Slashdot | There Is No Single Instant In Time (fwd)
http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/08/03/029213.shtml?tid=134 -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------
hi, http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-07/icc-gwi072703.php "Lynds says that the paradoxes arose because people assumed wrongly that objects in motion had determined positions at any instant in time, thus freezing the bodies motion static at that instant and enabling the impossible situation of the paradoxes to be derived. "There's no such thing as an instant in time or present moment in nature. It's something entirely subjective that we project onto the world around us. That is, it's the outcome of brain function and consciousness." Sounds like a purely philosophical debate and a pretty crazy article. Regards Sarath. --- Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com> wrote:
http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/08/03/029213.shtml?tid=134
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Sarad AV wrote:
Sounds like a purely philosophical debate and a pretty crazy article.
Hardly, it demonstrates a fundamental flaw in the current approach; the confusion of the model with that being modeled. The funny part is that it goes back to Newton. The impact should have some significant long term changes with regard to theories that rely on 'when/where' sorts of arguments. Such things as 'action at a distance' are involved (eg photon entanglement). Hardly 'purely philosophical', remote to any given individuals mundane world view perhaps but not with out some significant impact in the long term. -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------
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