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Re: How is time really organized

From Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: How is time really organized
Date 2026-08-08 08:13 +0200
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Am Samstag000008, 08.08.2026 um 00:44 schrieb The Starmaker:
> Thomas Heger wrote:
>>
>> Am Freitag000007, 07.08.2026 um 07:49 schrieb The Starmaker:
>>> 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?
>> most likely the fish 'thinks' he's flying.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> TH
> 
> 
> Air is visible. The color of air is Blue.
> 
>  From space it is a Blue Dot.
> 
> You can look up and it's blue.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You're walking on air...
> 
> Actually, you are standing on the bottom of the blue ocean called...air.
> 
> Get off my blue dot.
> 
Sure, but the question was slightly different:

"is water invisible to a fish?"

And since you are not a fish, you don't know, whether or not fish would 
see water as blue.

To me it would make some sense, if the brain of a fish would filter the 
water out.

TH

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