On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 1:37 PM Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > On 12/20/2018 2:09 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > How is it imaginary if they later confirm it? i.e., they wait 1 year, > > and compare their readings from telescopes of things 1 ly away from > > them, and when they compare notes each one confirms that indeed their > > presents contained a different set of objects on that day 1 year ago > > when they crossed paths. > > If there was an event one light year away in one of their's "present" at > the time they passed, the other will not agree that it was in his > "present" at that moment. But they will agree on the event and it's > causal relation to other events...which is why physicsts don't assign > any significance to these subjective "presents". > > I agree, there is no physical significance to any "present", which is I prefer the block-time view. It is the simplest theory consistent with observations. It is simply a belief in "spacetime" without the added assumption that "things come into existence and then cease existing". Jason -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
