--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > Share, > > > > The physicist is making a bold statement there and she knows it. She's > > asking for a strong backlash when she said time existed even before the Big > > Bang. I can see the following questions coming up: Is Time the essence of > > God or vice-versa? Is there time in heaven or the unified field? Is there > > a prime mover or the cause of Time? What proof does she have to make such > > statements? > > > > JR > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > hey John I very much enjoyed this. Being a word person, was amazed to > > > learn that the word time is the noun that occurs most frequently. Also > > > her point about atomic clocks off earth running slower helped me > > > understand the role of gravity in relation to time. > > > > > > I wonder if there can be time if there is no one to perceive its > > > passage. Kind of like, if a tree falls in a forest empty of people, > > > does it make a sound. To that I say yes. Because of the physical > > > properties of trees and ground and sound waves. > > Although a falling object creates waves of energy that when they hit the ear > drum produce something we call "sound" I would have to say that if there are > no eardrums to receive the sound waves there is, in fact not sound. There is > only the potential for sound if there is the instrument (an ear drum) present > to have those waves impact it. There has to be a recipient in this case who > has the tools to transform waves into what he know as sound. (I think I just > repeated myself about three time. Does that mean there is an echo in here?)
Ann, If a tree fell in an earth-like exoplanet without any humans or humanoids, would it make a sound? IMO, the answer is yes because consciousness is everywhere in the universe, even in a piece of rock. Also, the laws of physics must be preserved so a sound of a falling tree will be produced even without humans or humanoids in the exoplanet. JR
