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From: Hayek on 27 Jul 2010 11:18 Daryl McCullough wrote: > Hayek says... > >> Then, what is time ? >> >> To me, time emerges from motion. > > That doesn't make sense. How do you define "motion"? > I would define motion as "change of position as a function > of time". In the latest Now, every object has a velocity, setting direction and speed. Caused by inertia. I suppose you could say that "time is a function of change of position". If this change of position is hindered by greater inertia, then time slows. Test it with chemistry : lower the speed of the molecules (by lowering temperature) and it takes longer for the specific reaction to complete or reach equilibrium. Note that you could also lower the speed by increasing inertia. "Thus, the task is, not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees." --Erwin Schr�dinger You know that in chemistry lowering temperature lengthens reaction time, now apply David Hume's principles and see. Uwe Hayek. > >> And motion is influenced by inertia. If the inertia is higher >> then the quartz in your clock moves slower. You do not notice it, >> but because at 37 centigrade body temperature, the >> molecules in your body also move slower. I claim that >> the only difference between inertial frames with >> different gamma is the strength of the inertia. > > gamma is not associated with an inertial frame, it is > associated with a *pair* of inertial frames. Gamma, like > velocity, is relative. > > -- > Daryl McCullough > Ithaca, NY > -- We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion : the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history. -- Ayn Rand I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. -- Thomas Jefferson. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill.
From: Hayek on 27 Jul 2010 11:38 PD wrote: > On Jul 27, 9:37 am, Hayek <haye...(a)nospam.xs4all.nl> > wrote: >> PD wrote: >>> On Jul 27, 6:02 am, Hayek >>> <haye...(a)nospam.xs4all.nl> wrote: >>>> With instantaneous communication, and a correct >>>> definition of time, and there is no such thing >>>> anymore as relativity of simultaneity. >>> I don't know why a definition of time would be >>> more correct >> Any definition of time will be welcome. Then we can >> argue the pros and cons. >> >>> if you presuppose a phenomenon that is >>> specifically and unilaterally excluded in our >>> universe. >> Hold your horses. Are you certain this does not >> happen under uncertainty ? > > I don't see any evidence whatsoever of ftl > communication under any aspect of quantum mechanics. So you are certain that under uncertainty c always hold as a maximum. Then it is not so uncertain anymore. I differ. What you cannot measure can have any speed. > There is indeed evidence for lack of strict > time-ordering, but that is different than ftl > communication. You *assume* c=max, then continue to conclude it is about time ordering, or some even say about multiple universes. I do not assume that, I say that QM is not local, so I do not have any problem about time ordering or multiverses, but only a problem with c=max. Dropping c as max is to me easier than time travel or multiple universes. But anyway, prove me time travel or show me a parallel universe, and I will believe you. I will show you an example of c being greater dan cmax : Look horizontally, see light travel at c. Look one meter higher and see light travel at more than you first c. Because you are one meter up in the gravitational field of the Earth. Now suppose there exist a zone were all the gravitation of the universe has no influence. Compared to our c, that c would be infinite. I claim that uncertainty does just that, there is the zone of no gravitational field, which I prefer to call inertial field (actually gravitation is the gradient of the IF). Quantum computing claims to eventually have instantaneous results, how will they do that without exceeding c ? > Nor did I say that we had time all figured out (see > Tegmark's list below). That doesn't mean that we > haven't figured out ANYTHING about time. What have we figured out about time then ? Uwe Hayek. We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion : the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history. -- Ayn Rand I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. -- Thomas Jefferson. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill.
From: Hayek on 27 Jul 2010 11:54 PD wrote: > On Jul 27, 9:25 am, Hayek <haye...(a)nospam.xs4all.nl> > wrote: >> Daryl McCullough wrote: >>> Hayek says... >>>> I find a lot of flaws in these "gedanken". For >>>> instance, Einstein assumes that the event only >>>> takes place if you see the lightflash of the >>>> event in your frame of reference. >>> He makes no such assumption. >>>> Light to me, is only an imperfect carrier of >>>> information, just as sound is. With >>>> instantaneous communication, and a correct >>>> definition of time, and there is no such thing >>>> anymore as relativity of simultaneity. >>> That's exactly right. Relativity of simultaneity >>> is a consequence of there being an upper bound >>> to communication speed. If there is no upper >>> bound, then relativity is wrong. >> Brilliant remark. >> >> But suppose that someone finds a way to send >> instantaneous messages, by means of Quantum >> effects. This is not even far fetched, as the >> Aspect experiment, now even some 10 miles apart, >> indicate that entangled photons seem to send >> information about their polarization across that >> distance. But let's not start that discussion >> again. > > I do think it's worth starting that discussion again. > > > > > There is a DISTINCT difference between ftl > communication and quantum entanglement. > > FTL communication in a two-particle system DEMANDS > the principle of locality, which says that two > particles in a state are separable in their > properties and that any change in one particle cannot > influence the state of the other particle except for > a signal transmission from one to the other. An > Aspect-like result would then imply FTL > communication. Exactly. And the result *were* Aspect like, and not Bell-like. [..] > The hyperbolic structure of spacetime, which by the > way has enormous implications which all agree with > experiment, rules out FTL. But the whole of spacetime does not mention uncertainty, nor any other qm effect. [..] >> Suppose we have instant messaging, what about >> relativity would be wrong ? Time would still >> dilate, rods shrink, and even RoS would still apply >> if you only used light as communication. > > No. Rods do not shrink because of light > communication. I did not say that. Why do you always exploit semantics to disprove something that is not there? A conversation requires intelligence on both sides. Try reading the sentence in the following way : (Time would still dilate, rods shrink ) AND (even RoS would still apply if you only used light as communication) I did not say that time dilates and rod shrink because of light communication, I meant that part only for RoS. > [..] Uwe Hayek. -- We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion : the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history. -- Ayn Rand I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. -- Thomas Jefferson. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill.
From: Hayek on 27 Jul 2010 11:57 whoever wrote: > "Hayek" wrote in message news:4c4eb5c4$0$22944$e4fe514c(a)news.xs4all.nl... >> Inertial wrote: >>> "Hayek" wrote in message >>>> where the clock's of both twins run slow, and they >>>> are in a different timescape. Then it is even >>>> impossible to talk about simultaneity. >>> >>> Of course it is .. it is all well defined in SR >> >> Davies tells a different story. > > Then it sounds like you misunderstood what he said then What did he say then ? >.. Einstein very > clearly and unambiguously defines simultaneity. > >>>> I think the situations of the one twin traveling >>>> and the one hovering near a black hole, are exactly >>>> the same, except for the distance between them, of >>>> course. >>> >>> Nope .. other than you end up with a difference in >>> time in both cases. But not for the same reasons or >>> worked out with the same math. >> >> So you are saying that the time difference has a >> different cause, > > Yes. The measured mutual time dilation of SR is not the same as the > non-mutual changes in time due to differences in gravitational potential > of GR. Of course, GR also include the SR effects. You learned your lesson well. >> and that it matters by which math it is >> worked out ? > > Yes. The ,most apppropriate math for the scenario is always best. Stop thinking and calculaten ? Uwe Hayek. -- We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion : the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history. -- Ayn Rand I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. -- Thomas Jefferson. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill.
From: PD on 27 Jul 2010 12:25
On Jul 27, 10:54 am, Hayek <haye...(a)nospam.xs4all.nl> wrote: > PD wrote: > > On Jul 27, 9:25 am, Hayek <haye...(a)nospam.xs4all.nl> > > wrote: > >> Daryl McCullough wrote: > >>> Hayek says... > >>>> I find a lot of flaws in these "gedanken". For > >>>> instance, Einstein assumes that the event only > >>>> takes place if you see the lightflash of the > >>>> event in your frame of reference. > >>> He makes no such assumption. > >>>> Light to me, is only an imperfect carrier of > >>>> information, just as sound is. With > >>>> instantaneous communication, and a correct > >>>> definition of time, and there is no such thing > >>>> anymore as relativity of simultaneity. > >>> That's exactly right. Relativity of simultaneity > >>> is a consequence of there being an upper bound > >>> to communication speed. If there is no upper > >>> bound, then relativity is wrong. > >> Brilliant remark. > > >> But suppose that someone finds a way to send > >> instantaneous messages, by means of Quantum > >> effects. This is not even far fetched, as the > >> Aspect experiment, now even some 10 miles apart, > >> indicate that entangled photons seem to send > >> information about their polarization across that > >> distance. But let's not start that discussion > >> again. > > > I do think it's worth starting that discussion again. > > > There is a DISTINCT difference between ftl > > communication and quantum entanglement. > > > FTL communication in a two-particle system DEMANDS > > the principle of locality, which says that two > > particles in a state are separable in their > > properties and that any change in one particle cannot > > influence the state of the other particle except for > > a signal transmission from one to the other. An > > Aspect-like result would then imply FTL > > communication. > > Exactly. And the result *were* Aspect like, and not > Bell-like. I'm sorry, you may be under some misapprehension about what Bell's theorem says. Bell's theorem was of the sort: "If quantum mechanics is right, then you will see this measurement with quantity X. If local hidden variables are in play, then you will this same measurement with quantity Y." > > [..] > > > The hyperbolic structure of spacetime, which by the > > way has enormous implications which all agree with > > experiment, rules out FTL. > > But the whole of spacetime does not mention uncertainty, > nor any other qm effect. And that's just flat wrong. Starting with Dirac, but certainly including just about any relativistic quantum field theory you can name (QED, QCD, electroweak, etc.), there is a full reconciliation of spacetime geometry with quantum mechanics. Just because it did not appear in the FIRST FEW papers about spacetime does not mean that work has not been done since then. > > [..] > > >> Suppose we have instant messaging, what about > >> relativity would be wrong ? Time would still > >> dilate, rods shrink, and even RoS would still apply > >> if you only used light as communication. > > > No. Rods do not shrink because of light > > communication. > > I did not say that. Why do you always exploit semantics > to disprove something that is not there? A conversation > requires intelligence on both sides. Try reading the > sentence in the following way : > (Time would still dilate, rods shrink ) > AND > (even RoS would still apply > if you only used light as communication) > > I did not say that time dilates and rod shrink because > of light communication, I meant that part only for RoS. And the same is true for RoS. It is not reliant on light communication. The first time its plausibility was explained, that explanation involved light, but that is incidental. > > > [..] > > Uwe Hayek. > > -- > We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate > inversion : the stage where the government is free to do > anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by > permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of > human history. -- Ayn Rand > > I predict future happiness for Americans if they can > prevent the government from wasting the labors of the > people under the pretense of taking care of them. -- > Thomas Jefferson. > > Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of > ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue > is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - |