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[Profpat]

Dont do it Prof... probably there is some basic characteristic of neutrinos that we dont understand and it could unravel a lot of myths... stick to it chum.. dont give up..

OK Dipayankar;

Maybe together we can make some sense of the neutrino. What did you think about my thought that it could be a 1 dimensional entity and therefor little to no interaction ?

[dipayankar]

I just read an article in The Telegraph that maybe time is slowing down. Which means that to keep the equilibrium, space is accelerating. Hence the question of Dark energy can be eliminated.

If time can come into existance as a dimesnion during Big Bang, then it will also cease to exist one day, why cant it accelerate or slow down like a dimension of space? Just my thoughts here...

OK Dipayankar;

Maybe together we can make some sense of the neutrino. What did you think about my thought that it could be a 1 dimensional entity and therefor little to no interaction ?

[Profpat]

I just read an article in The Telegraph that maybe time is slowing down. Which means that to keep the equilibrium, space is accelerating. Hence the question of Dark energy can be eliminated.

If time can come into existance as a dimesnion during Big Bang, then it will also cease to exist one day, why cant it accelerate or slow down like a dimension of space? Just my thoughts here...

You may have something there Dipayankar. I forgot time is not linear, but curved, with the space/time fabric.

Moreover, Einstein postulated that time is not linear across the universe. It varies minutely but measurably depending on the speed and the perspective (the frame of reference) of an observer relative to the object that is being observed (in its frame of reference) and its speed.

There could indeed be the relationship of time slowing down as space acclerates, because they relate to each other. Only the interval between space/time is absolute.

BEST TO YOU,

PAT

[dipayankar]

Yes so there can we somehow fit in Quantum Mechanics??

You may have something there Dipayankar. I forgot time is not linear, but curved, with the space/time fabric.

Moreover, Einstein postulated that time is not linear across the universe. It varies minutely but measurably depending on the speed and the perspective (the frame of reference) of an observer relative to the object that is being observed (in its frame of reference) and its speed.

There could indeed be the relationship of time slowing down as space acclerates, because they relate to each other. Only the interval between space/time is absolute.

BEST TO YOU,

PAT

[Profpat]

Yes so there can we somehow fit in Quantum Mechanics??

Good question Dipayankar;

I guess the quanta of space would be plancks length, and the quanta of time would be plancks time. But there could be something smaller. In the void the entire void would be the quanta and there would be no time as there would be no movement. But space/time is made up of the ether, which would be E/M waves and perhaps gravitational waves.

Best,

Pat

[dipayankar]

You broke my heart there Prof... I was always hoping that probably we could quantize space time, however if it is made of EM and gravitational waves which would be continuous, how would we quantize space time??

Good question Dipayankar;

I guess the quanta of space would be plancks length, and the quanta of time would be plancks time. But there could be something smaller. In the void the entire void would be the quanta and there would be no time as there would be no movement. But space/time is made up of the ether, which would be E/M waves and perhaps gravitational waves.

Best,

Pat

[Profpat]

You broke my heart there Prof... I was always hoping that probably we could quantize space time, however if it is made of EM and gravitational waves which would be continuous, how would we quantize space time??

Well let me fix it, waves like light can be quantitized.
Remember a wave has length measured from amplitude to amplitude, thus a quanta. My guess is that strings and maybe neutrinos, if they are one dimensional, would still have quanta. My view is that space/time is like a grid and each little square or cube would be a quanta of space/time.

I hope this mends your broken heart Dipayankar.

Best to you my friend,

Pat

[N0B0DY]

Could the grid cubes be reduced infinitely, perhaps to the size of a string or further? I ask because if the grid were to extend infinitely, any cube would then be comparatively the same size as any other.

[Profpat]

Could the grid cubes be reduced infinitely, perhaps to the size of a string or further? I ask because if the grid were to extend infinitely, any cube would then be comparatively the same size as any other.

Thats a very intelligent question Nobody, and it would probably take someone equally as intelligent to answer it. I'll give you my thoughts on it however.

I view these grids ( cubes ) as being part of the space/time continuum. And so like space/time which can warp and stretch I imagine these cubes depending on gravity on other events could also warp, bend or stretch. The size could be smaller than plancks length but I have no way of knowing. They would have to have size however else we are back to the void.

What are your thoughts ?

Best to you,

Pat

[N0B0DY]

I'm still awaiting RP's explanation on warpable 4-D spacetime, Pat. As it stands I can't see it functioning universally outside of theoretical physics.

As for the size and the void, the way I interpret both is by how we need a zero-point beginning and ending for any and all measurements. For there to be size of say a meter, anything outside of this measurement must be exactly zero to render an accurate measurement - that zero-point would be the non-existent void; the meter would be the size.

If the universe can be stretched infinitely, however, the size of your body would be comparatively planck and would remain such reagardless of how much spacetime stretched.

It's very difficult to express though, I agree.