Stathis, You completely miss my point.
First you are imagining a case which has no reality whatsoever. Your example with widely separated temporal selves somehow running sequentially doesn't even conform to block universe theory, much less to reality. Second you still have to RUN the sequence in time to get the effect of time flowing and motion. That requires the flowing time you deny. And you still haven't answered my question. What does block universe theory explain that flowing time doesn't? It doesn't even explain as much as flowing time, not more. Block universe theory was created on a MISunderstanding of time as a 4th dimension. Yes, relativity requires time as a 4th dimension, I certainly agree with that. But just as everything is at one and only one point in space so everything is at one and only one point in time as well - IN those 4 dimensions. Everything exists as a single POINT in that 4-dimensional universe, not as a worldline. The worldline is its history, not its real actual existence. This is the true picture that relativity paints. And obviously that worldline does NOT extend into the future. That's a completely crazy aspect of block universe theory to believe it does. The future does NOT exist. If you disagree then what does it explain that flowing time doesn't? Edgar On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 5:24:07 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > > On 26 February 2014 04:50, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Stathis, > > > > I understand your point but you don't understand my point. > > > > My point is that you try to prove time doesn't flow by giving me an > example > > is which time DOES flow (the running projector). The projector has to > run in > > time to give the motion of the frames. > > > > That kind of proof obviously doesn't work. Please give me a proof that > time > > DOES NOT flow without using something running in time. I say this is > > impossible. There is no way you can prove time does not flow without > using > > some FLOW of time, something running in time, to try to prove it. > > > > Therefore the notion that time doesn't flow cannot be proved. > > > > Do you see my point now? > > The computation occurs in two parts, separated across time and space. > They could even be done simultaneously, in reverse order, or in > different universes. The effect of continuous motion would be > maintained for the observer in the computation. If "running time" were > needed to connect them how could mangling it in this way have no > effect? > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > -- 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.
