Do the Gravity Probe B results provided by NASA from 2011 support and lean in favor of a 4-dimensional everyday world? The world you and I live in. Do the results argue for block time?
The place on Earth that I read about this concept was while sitting in front of my computer. Type in 'higgs boson and time travel' into a search engine and see what pops up-
Is this why I have seen some discussion on aspects of time travel in relation to the Higgs boson, in the sense that the past, present, and future are 'laid out' or existing in principle? Or, maybe it is better for me to ask: How does time travel relate the Higgs boson discovery, or is this...
I don't understand where the contradiction lies. Why shouldn't things be crisp and definite especially when we are talking about the macro world? Leaving QM aside, I think on the large scale most things and events are deterministic, maybe not predictable, but deterministic. So, where is this...
I have seen several responses here that claim the present is all that is real and true. I agree with this, but every state is a present state. So, more accurately I can't claim that this particular 'now' state is only real and true. When any state is in a physical form and in a specific set of...
I think it depends on when/where you ask the question. If I ask: "is this moment more real here at 12pm than all other times?". I may respond "yes, it is, because I am asking the question now". But, what if I ask the exact same question tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that? Is...
But, it seems the 'now' is all that is real. I am not agreeing with presentism. However, how can I not claim that every state has its own state of 'now'. If true, and all states are now states at their own unique times, then in principle, when they physically are present, they are real and...
I'm not sure that because things unfold in linear manner that there is a true and objective distinction between past, present, future states. It seems that to claim past and future states are objectively true is misleading. It seems there is a direction of how things unfold, but you can't pick...
But, the crux is not if the two events are simulataneous. They do not exist at the same physical times and locations, but they both exist equally at differing times and locations where one has no objective value or 'realness' over another in principle. If this is true and the 1pm event is as...
I agree with much of what you wrote, but I think the point is that just because we single out a point in time and then claim the past is the past and the future is out there waiting from this unique view point is incorrect. It seems this appears true from this view point in time, but objectively...
I agree. It seems the past is only the 'past' (12 pm) because I am viewing it from my present now state (1 pm). It seems that 1pm carries no more value in how 'real' it is, than that of 12pm. There is no past that exists, it is only a previous present state of 'now'. If the past is the past as...
But, 'real' meaning it is all laid out in principle, it is there and valid when I am not experiencing it as a 'now' state. As a 'flow' or as a movement, time is an illusion. But in its entire lay out, it is real and existing.
"Is time real?" :
I think asking what 'real' means is confusing. I think it comes down to the following question: if there are no inherent value differences between 'present/now' states, then how can I claim any single 'now' state is more in existence than any other? If 'real' equates to...