2014/1/24 Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> > Liz, > > Stephen is correct here and you are wrong. As Stephen says "block time" is > a BS theory. This is true for all sorts of reasons, a couple of which > Stephen has just presented to you. > > All the advocates of block time just keep repeating that something fixed > and static somehow moves (without actually ever telling us how) but it > simply can't. it simply can't explain the obvious observable fact that time > flows. It's not just a BS theory, it's a total BS theory that rightfully > should have been laughed into oblivion as soon as it was proposed.... > > And you still keep repeating your misunderstanding of p-time, that it is > somehow falsified by relativity. It isn't. It is entirely compatible with > relativity, and in fact the whole notion of a present moment is a direct > consequence of SR. >
and blablabla... of course it is a direct consequence of SR... because when we show you it's not... you're simply singing lalalalala and ignore it... the truth is, the only real bullshit theory (or should I say) "theories", are yours. Quentin > > Edgar > > On Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:08:43 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > >> On 24 January 2014 14:56, Stephen Paul King <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear LizR, >>> >>> I don't know how I could explain it any better.... Sorry. :_( >>> >>> Then sadly it seems to be falling into Edgar-land. He can't grasp how >> relativity makes his idea of p-time a non-starter, and you can't grasp how >> physics operates in a block universe. IMHO you're both operating from the >> basis that if you don't understand something, it can't be true, and >> spending a lot of energy trying to solve problems that don't need to be >> solved. >> >> Both relativity and block universes work fine, or at least they do as far >> as anyone who makes use of them for calculations and predictions knows. So >> perhaps the fault, my dear, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves... >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
