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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 2026-08-09 09:46 +0200
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Am Samstag000008, 08.08.2026 um 08:46 schrieb The Starmaker:
> Thomas Heger wrote:
>>
>> 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
> 
> 
> I didn't say the ocean where fish live is blue...
> 
> I wrote: "Actually, you are standing on the bottom of the blue ocean
> called...air."
> 
> 
> That means, on the ground where people are standing...all the way up to
> the sky is Blue...
> 
> you live in an ocean of Air.

Ok, that's nice very nice poetry, but doesn't cover the question, 
whether or not fish would see the water.

> 
>  From toe to all the way up is sky...the blue sky.
> 
> The SKY starts on the ground where you stand

Looks like, but ain't the case.

> The sky begins on the ground where you stand and goes all the way up to
> the end of sky.
> 
> If you have problem with simple terms...
> 
> atmosphere is sky.

That's wrong, because what we call 'sky' goes way beyond the atmosphere.

TH

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