Re: Tao Te Einstein.

On Dec 26, 7:54 am, Jeff☠Relf <Jeff_R...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Einstein took a very old idea ( i.e. universal causality )
and used it to model gravitational fields;
so now we can use GPS systems instead of sun dials.

Quoting the Tao Te Ching:
“ There is a thing inherent and natural,
  which existed before heaven and earth.

  --> Motionless <-- and fathomless,
  It stands alone and --> never changes <-- ;

  It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted.
  It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe.

  I do not know its name. If I am forced to give it a name,
  I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme. ”
  -- 老子 Lǎozi ( c. 4th century B.C. )

Quoting Einstein:

“ But this ether [ i.e. Relativity ] may not be thought of as
  endowed with the quality characteristic of ponderable media,
  as consisting of parts which may be tracked through time.

  --> The idea of motion may not be applied to it. <-- ”.

  -- “ Ether and the Theory of Relativity ” ( 1920 )
     http://TUHH.DE/rzt/rzt/it/Ether.html

Einstein:

“ But the scientist is possessed by
  the sense of --> universal causation <-- .

  The future, to him,
  is every whit as necessary and determined as the past. ”.

  -- " The World As I See It " ( 1949 ):
     http://EinsteinAndReligion.COM/sciencereligious.html

Quoting Petkov:

“ This paper pursues two aims.

  First, to show that the block universe view, regarding the universe as
  a timelessly existing four-dimensional world,
  is the only one that is consistent with special relativity.

  Second, to argue that special relativity alone can resolve
  the debate on whether the world is
  three-dimensional or four-dimensional.

  The argument advanced in the paper is that
  if the world were three-dimensional

  the kinematic consequences of special relativity and more importantly
  the experiments confirming them would be impossible. ”.

  -- “ Is There an Alternative to the Block Universe View ? ”
     http://Philsci-Archive.Pitt.EDU/archive/00002408/

Dear Jeff: To try to appear smart, Einstein read learned things, and
memorized things that he could repeat when an occasion arose. That is
why it took him so long to answer simple questions—he was trying to
figure which memorized statements to repeat.

The Universe has only three dimensions. Note: A 'dimension' isn't the
same as a variable. Time is a variable that can be plotted relative
to many things, but 3D space never changes. Only the ‘units’ of-the-
moment that are used to measure distances, and thus space, change.
The Universe may indeed have 10 or 11 variables, but only three are
spatial. Time isn't one of them. — NoEinstein —
.

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