Dear Russell, I agree, this has been pointed out by many. The Schroedinger's equation uses the classical concept of time. The Wheeler-de Witt equation sums over all possible universes and leads to a vanishing of the classical concept of time. I have pointed to a very nice paper by Kitada and Fletcher <http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9408027> that discusses this in detail.
I am trying to not get stuck on the classical notion of time and instead focus on what the concept is trying to denote: 1) a sequence of events 2) a transition from one event to another. A theory of time that does not explain how events are ordered into sequences in a way that does not violate empirical evidence and what is the nature of the transition effect are, IMHO, doomed. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 03:53:46PM -0500, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > > > Not at all! A block universe is a static 4 dimensional object. Am I > > mistaken in this belief? A "block multiverse" is a word salad, IMHO. > > > > Not at all! The solution of Schroedinger's equation \psi(t) given > initial conditions \psi(0) is a block multiverse. > > Even a solution to the Wheeler-de Witt equation (which is time > independent) could be said to be a block multiverse. > > Cheers > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/TBc_y2MZV5c/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- Kindest Regards, Stephen Paul King Senior Researcher Mobile: (864) 567-3099 [email protected] http://www.provensecure.us/ "This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, notify sender immediately and delete this message immediately." -- 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.
