| Re: Time is not a separate dimension -
04-17-2008, 05:11 PM
Time is a measurement based on a reference to a repetitive motion event. Since motion of the time measuring device (clock) is influence by motion, errors occur and must be compensated for by the use of Relativity. Time is NOT AN ENTITY; it is a method of communicating motion. The volume of an object (or space)only requires 3 dimensions of distance measurements to define it; if that object changes its spatial position then it requires the forth dimension of time to communicate that displacement. Space-time is nothing more than a mathematical methodology to define the subjective interpretation of the geometry of space based on the velocity of light producing the same numerical value in all reference frames of motion.
I always liked the comment made in the movie “Josie Wales”; "don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining". The embellishment of time is nothing more than an expression in scientific terms of the “Emperors New Cloths” and as the story goes, only fools can see the cloths. David |