Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Finding True East

[Vaj]

On Jan 30, 2006, at 10:37 AM, doctor_gabby_savy wrote: Perhaps you can shed some light on the following: Peter claims that this precession changes the orientation of buildings over long of time -- that a building facing due east will be facing due west in 13,000 years due to precession (assuming it is still there (this is "thought" experiment -- useful for clarifying concepts.) And this thus makes SV quite releative to time, and makes invalid in the long run. Judy claims that the sun will still rise in the east in 13000 years. I suggest that if Judy is correct, a building correctly facing the sun per SV now will be correctly facing the sun in 13000 years. As long as the earth rotates in the direction it does it will continue to rise "relatively" east--but where on the horizon a particular celestial object rises at a specific time of year will change relative to the horizon. If Judy is not correct, and Peter is, the sun will be rising from the west in 13000, the building will be facing the wrong way. So who is right? Judy: the sun will still rise in the east in 13000 years. Relatively speaking it will. Peter: the sun will be rising from the west in 13000, the building will be facing the wrong way per SV. The postions are mutually exclusive. This is not a "Paradox of Brahman". Both statements cannot be true -- even if some psuedo-enlightened want to suggest that anyone who can't hold both as blissfully true will never be enlightened. :) We should consider there are two different phenomenon we're talking about--one is the precession of the equinoxes, another is how setting and rising positions of the planets and fixed stars change over time. Depending on your latitude, where the sun rises or sets is different, and it is different at different seasons. Across time these change also due to precession. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.