Re: Division by Zero in Nature, and Decomposition of Time.

From: Alex Hunsley (lard_at_tardis.ed.ac.molar.uk)
Date: 01/01/05 

Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 22:18:33 GMT

Lefty wrote:
> An example of division by zero in nature. Also, a justification of a
> multidimensional space, possible of non-integral dimension. The
> decomposition of time, and an approach to the fabric of spacetime.
>
> It's full of words, but they're all very simple, and the only math
> required is division.
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> Our understanding of time, and our ability to measure it is based on cycles
> in nature.
>
> You can build a clock out of the solar system, and maybe even some larger
> things. But at some point, things become so vast that their gross motion is
> zero or very near zero, relative to man. In other words, the universe is
> vast and nearly motionless relative to man.
>
> Earth spins on axis ~365.25 times per every revolution round the Sun.
> Basically, a 1 : 365 ratio.
>
> Moon goes round Earth 12 times per year. Essentially a 12 : 1 ratio.
>
> Now, lets see you build a clock out of the whole universe! There is a
> problem. It is so huge, that even if it has some gross, collective motion
> such as rotation, it is just so vast that we simply cannot observe such
> motions. They cant be measured with any instrument, and even if you could,
> they would be either zero or very near zero relative to everything else in
> the universe.
>
> So, you have a ratio which is basically 1 : 0 or something like that, and
> the universe simply cannot divide by zero. So, the only reasonable
> conclusion, and it's really very simple, is that 4 dimensional spacetime
> decomposes into 3 dimensional space as time becomes unobservable (relative
> to an observer).
>
> You cannot build a clock out of the the whole universe because the large
> scale motions are so close to zero, relative to us. Time is therefore
> unmeasurable, and unobservable, relative to us.

A complete non-sequitir. No matter what the universe as a whole is
currently doing, atoms are still vibrating, and there is a constant
speed of light (in a vacuum) and that is very handy for measuring time.

> And, if it is unmeasurable,
> and unobservable, then time ceases to exist on that scale, relative to us.
>
> The same must also be true of the quantum world. Things can become so small
> that they simply do not exist relative to an observer such as us.
>
> It seems that we are trapped between two worlds, the extremely large, and
> the extremely small. We are somewhere in the middle. Additionally, it seems
> that the fabric of 4D spacetime decomposes into a 3 dimensional state,
> possibly decomposing into a state which is nonexistent relative to an
> observer.

Have a look at special relativity...

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