Re: Real science versus interpretations of science

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
which makes one suspect they are as much faith based as based in reason. But thankfully you seem to be the happy exception here. Much appreciated! Best, Edgar On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 6:29:59 PM UTC-5, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 7:13:02 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
:41:56 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, Come on now. The well established fact that it is impossible to always establish CLOCKTIME simultaneity of distant events does NOT require or even imply block time

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote The question is why when A gets to the center of the galaxy and stops That's the key point to remember, A comes to a stop. And during the deceleration process things would no longer be symmetrical, A would see B's clock

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, February 3, 2014 11:00:49 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Liz, Talk about confirmation bias! It's SOP when a person can't come up with a real objective scientific rebuttal to an argument that they just flame

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, and anyone else since Brent is not answering my more difficult questions, Take this example: Consider A on the earth and B in geosynchronous orbit directly overhead. By definition there is NO relative motion whatsoever. Nevertheless A's clock runs slower than B's and both A and B

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Correct. Yes, plenty of things are not relative. And any notion of a cosmological spacetime is just a useful approximation. Penrose's 'Road to Reality' points out that properly speaking all dimensional world views exist as observer centered individual 'manifolds', and these are not

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: both A and B experience the exact same 1g acceleration for the entire trip. Not if A comes to his destination AND STOPS. A's watch doesn't suddenly spring back thousands of year in the second he finally cuts off his acceleration

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
observers in the universe argument follow to prove this present moment is common and universal. Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 12:31:50 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, I didn't answer these 3 because you

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
:40:41 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, A couple of points in response: 1. Even WITHOUT my present moment, the well established fact of a 4-d universe does NOT imply block time nor require it. Clock time

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, February 5, 2014 1:40:41 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, A couple of points in response: 1. Even WITHOUT my present moment, the well established fact of a 4-d universe does NOT imply block time nor require

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, Let me ask you this simple question. You agree that there is a same point in spacetime that both twin meet at and in which their clock times are different. How does your theory, or relativity, account

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, Sure, and that means there is an infinite stack of turtles, each with one more dimension than the one above! Edga On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 3:25:25 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 6 February 2014 08:49, Jesse Mazer laser...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: The point is, you aren't just

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, This is just outrageously wrong. Block time implies the most magical mystical miraculous creation event of all times, of the entire universe from beginning to end, a creation event that makes the Biblical creation event look completely reasonable by comparison. That is the exact

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.aujavascript: wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 07:53:16AM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: In fact relativity itself conclusively falsifies block time as it requires everything to be at one and only one point in clock

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, Edgar L. Owen wrote: In fact relativity itself conclusively falsifies block time as it requires everything to be at one and only one point in clock time due to the fact that everything always travels at the speed of light through spacetime. I find it baffling that so many

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, February 5, 2014 4:41:33 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 04:21:47PM -0500, Jesse Mazer wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.aujavascript:wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 07:53:16AM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Russell, That's a block time interpretation, not as you imply anything proven. Certainly the equations themselves don't necessitate that... If you accept that you are faced with the intractable problem of explaining the source of that moving 1p viewpoint. And notice that strictly block time

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 02:21:13PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, No, I never claimed that this means that all points along a path traced out an object moving through space time have exactly the same clock time, because everything travels at c. as you

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, Liz understanding of block time is correct here. I just pointed that same error out to Russell. Even so block time is wrong for the many reasons I've explained. Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 5:42:43 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 6 February 2014 11:34, Russell Standish

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
hadn't used it first. Something about glass houses comes to mind Cheers! :-) Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 5:42:11 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 02:21:13PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, No, I never claimed that this means that all points

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
than calculating it from the initial conditions as I asked. Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 2:54:39 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, Let me ask you this simple question. You agree that there is a same

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
of this lattice to predict the the twins start from the same point in spacetime and end up at another same point in spacetime with different clock times. Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:00:43 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
. A few googles of orders simpler if I may say so! And I suspect Occam would agree Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:06:20 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, This is just outrageously wrong. Block time

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
that the flow of time is an actual observable fact, an empirical observation of the same status as all the other empirical observations science is anchored in. Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:10:40 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Russell, If it's not intractable, then what's the explanation? Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:17:59 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 02:43:32PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, That's a block time interpretation, not as you imply anything proven

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, 2014 6:17:59 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 02:43:32PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, That's a block time interpretation, not as you imply anything proven. Certainly the equations themselves don't necessitate that... If you accept that you

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
a difference. So time is necessary in order to compare two things in one's mind. (Page 63 of my book, Theory of Nothing). Cheers On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 03:40:11PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, If it's not intractable, then what's the explanation? Edgar

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
05, 2014 at 03:31:30PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Jesse, The fact that the entire universe from start to finish including every even that ever happened and will happen actually somehow exists doesn't imply a creation event?? Come on now Jesse. Let's get real here. Yes

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Russell, Well thankfully a BU does not exist and consciousness CAN be described. That's an advantage of my theory over the BU. Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:16:15 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 03:58:17PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, I

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, Obviously none since it never happened! Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:16:23 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 6 February 2014 12:06, Jesse Mazer laser...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
...@hpcoders.com.aujavascript: wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 03:05:54PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, Now that both Liz and I have corrected your misunderstanding of block time What was my misunderstanding of block time (more usually known as block universe) again? Just a bit of sloppy

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
: On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, That's possible but it's only one quote and considering the circumstances it could have just been an attempt to provide comfort to the grieving family. Also Einstein is known to have spoken

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
-time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietdijk-Putnam_argument [image: Inline images 1] On 4 February 2014 16:34, Jesse Mazer laser...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, That's possible but it's only one

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Ghibbsa, The implications of block time for individual lives are very clear. It means you are a zombie with no free will in a mindless dead universe in which nothing actually happens and your miserable life and death are already written. Of course it's not true, but that's what it means.

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
says block time is a BS theory. Edgar On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 2:12:02 AM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 4 February 2014 17:11, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 12:19:42 AM UTC, Liz R wrote: On 4 February 2014 12:44, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.net wrote: Liz

Real science versus interpretations of science

2014-02-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, 1. In my view real science means only the equations that actually work to predict events and the logical framework in which those equations are meaningfully applied. In a more restrictive sense real science is only the ACTUAL computations that actually compute the actual state of reality.

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
get an answer and I'll be a believer in block time too! :-) Best, Edgar On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 10:14:43 AM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, I agree that the evidence is that Einstein very probably believed

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Come on now. The well established fact that it is impossible to always establish CLOCKTIME simultaneity of distant events does NOT require or even imply block time. What it actually implies is that everything is MOVING in clock time and if things actually move in clock time that is

Re: Real science versus interpretations of science

2014-02-04 Thread Edgar L. Owen
that gets done. Edgar On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:52:06 AM UTC-5, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 2:33:42 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: All, 1. In my view real science means only the equations that actually work to predict events and the logical framework in which

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
against anyone that might speak against it! Edgar On Sunday, February 2, 2014 5:20:00 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 3 February 2014 00:04, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comjavascript: wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Hi Telmo

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
at 1:25 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: I stated that A began his trip from earth ORBIT, not from blasting off from earth's surface, so A's acceleration is 1g for the ENTIRE trip. Then each would see the others clock as running slower than his own. You might think

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, First thanks for recommending Epstein's book Relativity Visualized. It turns out though that I seem to have independently invented 'Epstein diagrams' myself since I use them both in my book and in my 1997 paper. However I always thought the concept was obvious and never even thought of

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
for the whole trip. So now what's your answer to my original question? Edgar On Monday, February 3, 2014 5:42:48 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 4 February 2014 09:29, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.net javascript:wrote: John, A couple of points in response. Yes, I agree that both A and B see each other's

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, You keep repeating your UNSUBSTANTIATED claim that both Newton and Einstein believed in block time. I've repeatedly asked you to substantiate this claim with some actual quotes from them but you have been unable to do so. Please provide quotes substantiating this or withdraw the claim.

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
. It really couldn't be any simpler... Edgar On Monday, February 3, 2014 7:19:42 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 4 February 2014 12:44, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.net javascript:wrote: Liz, You keep repeating your UNSUBSTANTIATED claim that both Newton and Einstein believed in block time

Newton's Bucket and Mach's Principle - A proposed solution..

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, Mach's Principle (to explain Newton's Bucket) is an important principle that has profound implications. I provide a novel theory in my book on Reality (available on Amazon under my name) which I think is convincing. It's a consequence of a fairly detailed theory explaining how spacetime

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
? Edgar On Monday, February 3, 2014 7:37:44 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Liz, You keep repeating your UNSUBSTANTIATED claim that both Newton and Einstein believed in block time. I've repeatedly asked you

The habitable epoch of the early universe

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All FYI only, Edgar Abraham Loeb, 2014. The habitable epoch of the early universe. arXiv:1312.0613v2 [6pp]. ABSTRACT. In the redshift range 100(1+z)137, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) had a temperature of 273-373K (0-100 degrees Celsius), allowing early rocky planets (if any existed) to

Re: Block Universes

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
nonsense. I'll let you get on with scoring imaginary points, and stick with people who have something meaningful to say. On 4 February 2014 13:50, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.net javascript:wrote: Liz, Liz, Liz! OK, now you ADMIT that neither Newton or Einstein believed in block time

Re: Newton's Bucket and Mach's Principle - A proposed solution..

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, 2014 8:21:41 PM UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: All, Mach's Principle (to explain Newton's Bucket) is an important principle that has profound implications. I provide a novel theory in my book on Reality (available on Amazon under my name) which I think is convincing. It's a consequence

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
On Saturday, February 1, 2014 8:51:28 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 2/1/2014 9:46 AM, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: One might think it was the acceleration that slowed time on A's clock, BUT the point is that A's

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-02 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, Feb 1, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: One might think it was the acceleration that slowed time on A's clock, BUT the point is that A's acceleration was only 1g throughout the entire trip which was exactly EQUAL to B's gravitational acceleration back

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
trip how could A's acceleration slow time but B's not slow time by the same amount? Edgar On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:59:59 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: A is traveling at near light speed most of the trip

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Everything is geometry Yet time does slow... So aren't those 2 statements contradictory? Edgar On Friday, January 31, 2014 8:25:33 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 1/31/2014 10:59 AM, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: A is traveling at near light speed most of the trip. That's why B sees A's clock slow Yes. And from A's point of view he's standing still and B is traveling at near light speed, so A sees B's clock running slow. Both would see the others

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
explain in PLAIN ENGLISH rather than your usual cryptic notations and (undefined in the context) terminology.. Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 3:27:08 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 31 Jan 2014, at 13:13, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Liz, Your mouth sure has to move a lot to tell us it's

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
with it in your previous post! Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 8:45:40 AM UTC-5, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:35:49 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Dear Ghibbsa, Thanks for stepping in. And quite pleased to see you accept the obvious fact that the twins

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
experience every moment of their lives... All I can conclude is that your comment above was not objective but unfortunately based on some personal antipathy... Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 10:53:06 AM UTC-5, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:00:16 PM UTC, Edgar L

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: And of course it is OBVIOUS that the twins share a common present moment when they compare clocks. Otherwise they couldn't compare clocks now could they? The fact that they can compare clocks, and agree for example

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
please? The t value of that point obviously can't be the clock time t values of that point because they are different. Thanks, Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 11:30:26 AM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
is rotating. So how does any change in the direction of acceleration of A have an effect but the continual change in direction of B's acceleration does not? Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 12:46:17 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, February 1, 2014 1:21:41 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, Yes, that being at the same point in spacetime is CALLED the present moment that I'm talking about. But your present moment goes beyond that and says

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
with NO problem at all. Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:33:43 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Feb 2014, at 14:39, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Bruno, You have a very strange view of arithmetic if you think it is full of processor cycles. It is the standard understanding of computer science

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
? Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:45:17 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, Not correct. My present moment does NOT say that there is an objective common present moment for events that are *not* at the same

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
for sure :) Cheers Telmo. Best, Edgar On Friday, January 31, 2014 8:08:32 AM UTC-5, telmo_menezes wrote: Hi Edgar, On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.net wrote: Liz, Your mouth sure has to move a lot to tell us it's not moving

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, Not correct. My present moment does NOT say that there is an objective common present moment for events that are *not* at the same point in spaceTIME (my emphasis). My theory says that there is a common universal

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, February 1, 2014 5:18:38 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, PS: If coordinate time is just saying that when the twins meet up again they are actually at the SAME point in spacetime, but we don't know (can't

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
that is not clock time, and is not any single coordinate time. Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 7:23:19 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, You already told us that the twins ARE at the same point in spacetime when

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, Feb 01, 2014 at 03:46:37PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: c. Therefore during the trip there must always be a one to one correspondence between those actual present moments even though the clock times are not in synch. Because they both begin and end in that present moment and never leave

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
7:23:19 PM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, You already told us that the twins ARE at the same point in spacetime when they meet up again. Is that not an OBJECTIVE fact? Do we not actually KNOW that? The twins

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-01-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, Your mouth sure has to move a lot to tell us it's not moving! The problem is not that static equations DESCRIBE aspects of reality. The problem is that you are denying the flow of time. For equations to compute (not just describe) reality, there must be active processor cycles. There is

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-01-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, So what you are saying is that because everything travels through spacetime at the speed of light in all frames (my STc Principle) and A's path through SPACE is much longer than B's (which is zero) that A's path through time must be correspondingly shorter

Questions on red shift and accelerating Hubble expansion

2014-01-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, It seems to me there are some somewhat questionable assumptions here based on a very restricted data set. First, the presumed acceleration of the Hubble expansion is based on the varying redshifts of standard candles such as type 1a supernovas with distance and time. The basic problem

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-01-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
to tell me it isn't moving! Best, Edgar On Friday, January 31, 2014 8:08:32 AM UTC-5, telmo_menezes wrote: Hi Edgar, On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Liz, Your mouth sure has to move a lot to tell us it's not moving! The problem

Re: Questions on red shift and accelerating Hubble expansion

2014-01-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, 2014 8:19:41 AM UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: All, It seems to me there are some somewhat questionable assumptions here based on a very restricted data set. First, the presumed acceleration of the Hubble expansion is based on the varying redshifts of standard candles such as type 1a

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-01-31 Thread Edgar L. Owen
-time by these computations. Hope that makes it clearer Edgar On Friday, January 31, 2014 11:03:30 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 30 Jan 2014, at 16:13, Edgar L. Owen wrote: David, Bruno's 'comp' has 2 intractable fundamental problems that I see. 1

The Big Bang Never Happened - Eric Lerner

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, More FYI for discussion, not because I believe it. Best, Edgar *Eric Lerner* *Big Bang Never Happened* http://bigbangneverhappened.org/ *Home Page and Summary* In 1991, my book, the Big Bang Never Happened(Vintage), presented evidence that the Big Bang theory was contradicted by

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, January 27, 2014 5:34:04 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, January 27, 2014 4:12:00 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, I'm sorry to say I don't follow your alternative gravity effect here and see no source for the effect and thus it seems entirely

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, and the future doesn't exist at all. Edgar On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:11:45 PM UTC-5, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:17:56 AM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, But the twins DO AGREE on whose clock ran slower. So I don't see your point if you use the twins

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
. The past is simply the now nonexistent previous computational trace of the present, and the future doesn't exist at all. Edgar On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:11:45 PM UTC-5, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:17:56 AM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
, January 30, 2014 9:48:20 AM UTC-5, yanniru wrote: Edgar, dark matter space warping as you call it is amenable to model mathematically. I think that is something we would all like to see. Richard. On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Ghibbsa, Yes

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:50:40 AM UTC-5, yanniru wrote: Edgar, Please specify the mathematical relationship between p-time and coordinate time. Richard On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Dear Ghibbsa, Thanks for stepping

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
David, Bruno's 'comp' has 2 intractable fundamental problems that I see. 1. There is absolutely no way for a static arithmetical Plantonia to generate any happening whatsoever. Bruno's theory that all happening is a 1p perspective of human observers implies nothing happened in the entire

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
David, Boy, O Boy! You deliberately snipped the part of my post that you then accused me of not providing! Sorry for trying to help! :-) Edgar On Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:55:00 AM UTC-5, David Nyman wrote: On 30 January 2014 15:13, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.net javascript:wrote

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
5:19 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, Here's another relativity question I'd like to get your explanation for if I may... In Thorne's 'Black Holes and Time Warps' he gives the following example. Two observers A and B. A leaves earth orbit to travel to the center of the galaxy, 30,100

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
in the ordinary sense of hyperspherical geometry so some sort of initial conversion of Omega needs to be made first and I don't know what that must be... Edgar On Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:37:20 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 31 January 2014 04:03, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.net

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
which definition of simultaneity is the correct one? Jesse On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Liz, Good question. Give me the formula to get the radius of a 4-dimensional hypersphere from the curvature and I'll tell you. I asked

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, In my theory one possible explanation of inflation could be an initial vast difference in the rates of p-time and clock time. I'm not saying that is the only explanation but it is a consistent one in my theory. Thus it is meaningful to derive the radius of my proposed 4-dimensional

Re: Better Than the Chinese Room

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:54:07 PM UTC-5, David Nyman wrote: You may consider that repeated assertions of there is absolutely no way constitute a carefully reasoned argument, but I'm afraid I do not. David On 30 Jan 2014 16:18, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.net javascript: wrote: David

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-01-29 Thread Edgar L. Owen
:36 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, I did read the Wikipedia page, and frankly I don't buy your interpretation that proves 1. and 2. below though I'm trying to keep an open mind. It proves that no mass is *needed* inside a BH, that the gravity alone, in the absence of matter (you

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
gravitational effects), which I don't think anyone other than he believes. Mass is one of the few things BHs DO have Edgar On Monday, January 27, 2014 10:25:20 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 1/27/2014 4:03 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: I asked How does mass inside a BH produce an gravitational

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
? In academia or the corporate world? Best, Edgar On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:20:39 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 1/28/2014 4:20 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Liz, No, those are entirely different effects. You need to understand the difference. My proposed black hole effect is not as you

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
: On 1/28/2014 12:45 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, Perhaps I'm missing something but I read the Wikipedia article and several others (eg. http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/schwp.html) and reread Chapter 13: Inside Black Holes of 'Black Holes and Time Warps' by Kip Thorne and NONE

Big Bang Abandoned in New Model of the Universe

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
All, again a post FYI, not because I necessarily believe it. Edgar Big Bang Abandoned in New Model of the Universe A new cosmology successfully explains the accelerating expansion of the universe without dark energy; but only if the universe has no beginning and no end. As one of the few

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
it survives the hit)? This would have to be the case if A's and B's clocks were running at different rates as B plummets past A. Thanks, Edgar On Monday, January 27, 2014 2:25:21 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 1/27/2014 5:22 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, I don't think my statement is confused

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, But the twins DO AGREE on whose clock ran slower. So I don't see your point if you use the twins as evidence... Edgar On Monday, January 27, 2014 3:27:54 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 1/27/2014 7:48 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Jesse, First this doesn't have anything to do

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, PS: If geometry doesn't make clocks slow then what does? Edgar On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:17:56 PM UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, But the twins DO AGREE on whose clock ran slower. So I don't see your point if you use the twins as evidence... Edgar On Monday, January 27

Re: Discovery of quantum vibrations in brain microtubules confirms Hameroff/Penrose consciousness theory basis

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
BTW) Edgar On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:20:25 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 1/28/2014 3:36 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, I did read the Wikipedia page, and frankly I don't buy your interpretation that proves 1. and 2. below though I'm trying to keep an open mind. It proves

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent and Liz, It seems to me that the whole notion of the elephant being in two places at the SAME TIME presupposes a common present moment. Surely Liz and SA didn't mean that? That would be agreeing with Edgar's present moment of p-time! Remember that this elephant is in different moments of

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
are valid in the local context of that frame, but this doesn't invalidate my points above. Edgar On Monday, January 27, 2014 8:36:53 AM UTC-5, jessem wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Brent, I don't think my statement is confused. Your

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