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 <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 11:05:22AM +1300, LizR wrote: >> > On 6 February 2014 10:41, Russell Standish >> > <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > But where Edgar went wrong was to suggest that this implies that all >> > > points along a path traced out an object moving through space time >> > > >> > >> > Objects don't move through space-time, only through space :-) >> > >> > This is one of Edgar's many misunderstandings, please don't give him any >> > more! >> > >> >> Actually, technically it is a 1p viewpoint that moves through spacetime, >> not objects (as these are in fact worldlines). So I stand >> corrected. I was being sloppy :). >> > > Weeeeeeell..........I don't like to correct you, Russell, because you are > obviously very knowledgeable in these matters, but... > > ....I'm going to do it again, anyway. Apologies in advance! :) > > Even 1p viewpoints don't move through space-time. That was Hermann Weyl's > mistake, or at least sloppy phrasing, which seems to have led to > generations of people thinking that their minds are "moving through > space-time" like the man squeezed between two plates on a train in "The > Sirens of Titan" (if I remember correctly). But, at least according to SR, > nothing moves through space-time, not even minds. This is where the > "capsule theory of identity" come in. We have the impression that our minds > move through time (or that time flows) because we only have memories of the > past - but that's all there is to it, at least according to SR. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
