I rather like Wheeler's comment: "Time is what prevents everything from happening at once".
Another way of putting it is that in order to perceive something, there needs to be a something with which to compare it. To get a bit of information, one needs 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 > > 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. > > > 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. > > > > > > > It doesn't seem particularly intractable to me, although it is related > > to the "hard question" of how qualia comes about, so perhaps you are > > alluding to that. > > > > > And notice that strictly block time says NOTHING moves, not even a 1p > > > viewpoint, > > > > Block time doesn't mention 1p at all. The subjective is not part of > > its explanatory reach. Perhaps you are trying to attribute too much > > explanatory power to the notion of block time? If you hold that block > > time is all that there is, then you are basically eliminatavist in > > your approach. Julian Barbour is in that camp, but I think that most > > denizens of this list are not, except perhaps John Clark who dismisses > > it as pee-pee. > > > > > that it's all a mysterious illusion of perspective that makes it > > > seem like something moves when nothing actually does, though of course > > no > > > one can explain why or how.... > > > > > > Edgar > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > > Principal, High Performance Coders > > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected]<javascript:> > > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.
