http://www.toequest.com/forum/ For new and long-time members of the community. en Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:14:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.toequest.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.toequest.com/forum/ http://www.toequest.com/forum/introductions/5296-introduction-mr-rene-steinhauer.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:31:00 GMT Hello all, Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself to the members of this forum. Medicine is my life, science is my hobby. I work as a registered nurse and paramedic. I specialize in emergency, disaster and combat medicine. I have worked on all seven continents. But it is in those... Hello all,
Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself to the members of this forum. Medicine is my life, science is my hobby. I work as a registered nurse and paramedic. I specialize in emergency, disaster and combat medicine. I have worked on all seven continents. But it is in those moments when the adrenalin has finally stopped pumping and the all those who need care have been treated, that I find myself in another strange country and thinking about science. Specifically time.
I have read many books and I continue to find myself more and more interest in physics. But at 45 and with a full time job and frequently traveling, returning to school is just not an option. Besides, I cannot get past this one physics problem, and for me, there is no more important question. That is the question of time.
After much research and thought, it has occurred to me that time does not exist. More specifically, time is not a measurable property. I consider time as I consider love. My girlfriend and I can come to an understanding of what we agree love is, but it cannot be measured. It is not a physical property, it is a concept; and we do not measure concepts (we can leave that to the philosophers).
If time does not exist, then basic concepts such as velocity are really unknown, since velocity is equivalent to Time x Distance. If velocity is unknown, then do we really know the speed of light? Do we really know that mass increases with velocity if velocity does not exist? These simple concepts drive me crazy!
So I have joined this forum to explore these ideas with you all. I am here with a specific idea to explore with you all: the concept of a universe without time (no, not philosophy). What I would like to do is to see if you all can work with me to see if we can redefine velocity without the concept of time. Is that even possible?
So hopefully you all do not think I am crazy. I look forward to chatting with you all.
Sincerely,
Mr. Rene Steinhauer RN, NREMT-P ]]> Introductions medicrene http://www.toequest.com/forum/introductions/5296-introduction-mr-rene-steinhauer.html