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Re: How is time really organized

From The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: How is time really organized
Date 2026-08-06 22:49 -0700
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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Thomas Heger wrote:
> >
> > Am Montag000003, 03.08.2026 um 10:03 schrieb The Starmaker:
> > > On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:24:14 +0200, Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Am Mittwoch000029, 29.07.2026 um 08:14 schrieb The Starmaker:
> > >>> Thomas Heger wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Am Montag000027, 27.07.2026 um 06:00 schrieb The Starmaker:
> > >>>>> Thomas Heger wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Am Samstag000025, 25.07.2026 um 08:05 schrieb The Starmaker:
> > >>>>>>> The Starmaker wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> The Starmaker wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> The Starmaker wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> The Starmaker wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> The Starmaker wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Thomas Heger wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Am Samstag000018, 18.07.2026 um 00:40 schrieb Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Natividad Åšlusarski wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maciej Woźniak wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2026-07-10 14:32:12.000000000 UTC.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is time.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no it's not; it's a event stamp regarding an unachievable reference of the
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> past. Time is something completely else.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In physics, there is such such thing as an "event stamp".
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> An event is a point of (a) spacetime: it has a location in space and a time.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>       The date above lacks a location, so it is just _a_ time (based on a time
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> standard, UTC) -- but not time itself, which is a physical quantity.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> No, spacetime is 'coordinates free'.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> You need an 'anchor point' to define space and time, because points do
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> not carry labels or calendars.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Somethings you always have as reference is your own position and some
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> time called 'now'.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> So, most of the time some 'here-and-now-systems' are used.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> But those system are quite arbitrary, because you could possibly be
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> somewhere else.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> TH
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Well, guys say here and now...and girls say this and that.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> So, I tell girls, you see this here, well I want that now!
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> I was over here, and now I'm over here.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Now, here is the REAL here and Now...
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Here is here is here..
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Now is very very far away apart from here.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Now is everywhere
> > >>>>>>>>>> Here is right here.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Where?
> > >>>>>>>>>> remove the letter 'W'
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> There??
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> remove the letter 'T'
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> It's all Here!
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> What about Now?
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Now is like...WOW!
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> I mean, how do you measure here from here to over there...Now?
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Where?
> > >>>>>>>>> There.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Now...all the way to the edige of the universe...Now. It's Now now.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Where?
> > >>>>>>>>> over there!
> > >>>>>>>>> It's now now.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> over here it is the same now  as over there.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Where?
> > >>>>>>>>> over there!
> > >>>>>>>>> It's now now.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> What time is it now?
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> If you have to look at your watch...you got the wrong time.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> The time now is...NOW!
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> What time is it now? Yes.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> The time is Now!
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Where?
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Everywhere!!
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> The problem of course is...where does Here begin?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Here or over there?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Where?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Over here.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> What time is it now at the edge of the universe? Of course, it's Now.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> The hypersheet of the present is actually invisible, because we need
> > >>>>>> light so see something and that needs time to travel.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> So, in effect we can't see the hypersheet of the present, but see along
> > >>>>>> our own past-light-cone.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> THAT cone HAS borders, because the past begins at the (alleged) big-bang.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> So: no, the time at the borders of what you call 'universe' (which is
> > >>>>>> actually your own past light cone) is, of course, not 'now'!
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> It would require to define the 'hypersheet of the present' and show,
> > >>>>>> that THAT would have borders.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> But, unfortunately, you cannot know whether or not it has borders,
> > >>>>>> because you can't see in that direction.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> TH
> > >>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The "cone" is incorrect and misinformation/madeup information.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Before the big bang (proto-universe), Time had no seconds no years. It
> > >>>>> was eternal time.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The big bang created time in...seconds.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'm not a big fan of 'big-bang theory' and personally think, this theory
> > >>>> is garbage.
> > >>>
> > >>> I use the term "the big bang" because you guys don't like the word
> > >>> "created" either.
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I think, that 'the universe' isn't universe at all, but what we call
> > >>>> 'universe' is actually our own past light cone.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> That 'universe' is also 'stacked in time', what would make the entire
> > >>>> picture unreal.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> What we see in the night sky does not refelct some sort of reality, but
> > >>>> is composed of pictures from the past, which have different ages.
> > >>>
> > >>> I believe one can invent a camera that takes pictures of the past, like
> > >>> 10 hours agao, or two days ago..which can be used to idenify a 'crime
> > >>> scene'
> > >>> as it took place then.
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It is very difficult, to artificially correct this error, because the
> > >>>> universe is so large. And to know what is happening now in -say- 1
> > >>>> billion light years distance would require to wait for 1 billion years
> > >>>> (what we can't).
> > >>>
> > >>> You can make a phone call with a quantum phone that the signal jumps
> > >>> a billion light years away, and when the phone rings, and somebody picks
> > >>> up their phone a billion light years away...You say, "I'm calling from
> > >>> Earth."
> > >>> and they will say..."How did you get this number?"
> > >>
> > >> Possibly...
> > >>
> > >> But usual cosmology doesn't use 'quantum phones'.
> > >>
> > >> Instead cosmologists peep through telescopes and gace at distant stars
> > >> and galaxies.
> > >>
> > >> What is seen in a telescope isn't real and never was and never will be,
> > >> because the picture is 'layered in time'.
> > >>
> > >> To see the content of the real 'hypersheet of the present' isn't easy,
> > >> because you can't do that with light.
> > >>
> > >> Possibly there exist other means, which allow to see into the invisible.
> > >>
> > >> But apparently those are classified, if they exist, or they don't exist
> > >> at all.
> > >>
> > >> It is therefore kind of nonsense to discuss 'big-bang', the existence of
> > >> black holes or how fast gravity propagates, if much simpler questions
> > >> cannot be solved.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> TH
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Invisible"???? do you mean like ...hiding from us?
> > >
> > > Nature does not hide.
> >
> > Sure, nature hides lots of things.
> >
> > What you call 'visible' (from the Latin word 'visio' - 'I see') is
> > depending on your eyes and your point of view.
> >
> > Both aspects restrict the visibility of real things greatly.
> >
> > It is therefore nonsense to require visibility, if you want to call
> > something 'real'.
> >
> > Visibility is obviously restricted by the frequency of the received waves.
> >
> > Human eyes are quite picky in respect to that and respond only to a very
> > narrow spectrum.
> >
> > Also the locations would matter, if you want to see something.
> >
> > E.g. you cannot see the 'backside' of the Moon, if you stand on planet
> > Earth, even if that side of the Moon is oviously real.
> >
> > Than we have restrictions of the kind of interaction, because our eyes
> > do not respond to anything else than em-radiation.
> >
> > E.g. longitudinal waves or particle beams cannot be seen, even if they
> > exist.
> >
> > Next nasty thing is time:
> >
> > you cannot look into the past nor into the future, for instance.
> >
> > TH
> 
> I look at your...response and I seem to see a lot of...hot air.


Of course, they say air is invisible...

is water invisible to a fish?


> 
> >
> > ..
> >
> > > And you keep bringing up 'distant'...
> > >
> > > it is not a question of what ISN'T there anymore...
> > >
> > > but what is there...NOW...in the distant.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > and they will say..."How did you get this number?"
> 
> --
> The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> and challenge the unchallengeable.

-- 
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to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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