Re: Nothing Can Move in Spacetime

Posted by Nemesis on April 10, 19101 at 18:32:53:

In Reply to: Re: Nothing Can Move in Spacetime posted by Davesears1 on April 10, 19101 at 07:02:59:

Davesears1 wrote:

> It kind of tickled my funny bone, when I read that
> nothing moves in space-time, as I wondered how a judge
> would react to the idea on a speeding ticket.

The only funny thing about the impossibility of motion in spacetime (and wormholes) is that it's true.

> On the other hand, your idea sounds remarkably like an
> idea developed by Julian Barbour, that posits that there
> is no time, just frozen snapshots of matter in different
> configurations.

Dr. Barbour wrote an entire book to demonstrate that there is no time dimension when it can be done in one sentence. Still his book is a good read and I would recommend it.

> I just bought his book, but have only gotten a little way
> in. Julian Barbour has an excellent website describing
> his idea, which I understand is taken very seriously by
> certain members of the physics community. In a way, his
> idea seems to parallel quantum physics concepts, and
> perhaps in the end will turn out to be right.

There is a new breed of physicists on the horizon and their work can be characterized with one word, 'background-free'. Dr. Joe Rosen, the former chair of the physics department ot the university of central Arkansas likes to use the terms 'nontemporality' and 'nonspatiality' to describe his world view. Everybody should read his article entitled "Time, c, nonlocality and a glimpse beneath the surface".

Nemesis

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