On 11 Oct 2012, at 16:09, Richard Ruquist wrote:
Craig & Roger,
Here is a possible middle ground. Just like quantum waves may be
virtual and not physical,
dimensions may be virtual, including the multiple dimensions of string
theory. So the particles of compactified dimensions would be virtual
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:09:12 AM UTC-4, yanniru wrote:
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> Craig & Roger,
>
> Here is a possible middle ground. Just like quantum waves may be
> virtual and not physical,
> dimensions may be virtual, including the multiple dimensions of string
> theory. So the particles of compactifi
Craig & Roger,
Here is a possible middle ground. Just like quantum waves may be
virtual and not physical,
dimensions may be virtual, including the multiple dimensions of string
theory. So the particles of compactified dimensions would be virtual
and spacetime would be virtual as well.
Spacetime s
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:26:03 AM UTC-4, yanniru wrote:
> Craig,
> I think Roger has an incorrect interpretation the physics of Leibniz
> and Einstein.
>
I'm not sure. Spacetime can be warped, just as the cost of living can
'rise'. If Einstein understands that spacetime is the rela
Craig,
I think Roger has an incorrect interpretation the physics of Leibniz
and Einstein.
I also think this discussion has reached beyond diminishing returns.
I will stick with the conventional definition of space and time.
Richard
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
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On Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:03:15 AM UTC-4, yanniru wrote:
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> Roger: So neither space and time nor spacetime
> physically exist.
>
> Richard: That is unscientific. Physics could be entirely wrong.
> But I will bet on physics being correct and you and Craig being incorrect.
> But you are
Roger: So neither space and time nor spacetime
physically exist.
Richard: That is unscientific. Physics could be entirely wrong.
But I will bet on physics being correct and you and Craig being incorrect.
But you are entitled to your opinion however absolute you make it sound like.
On Thu, Oct 11,
Hi Richard,
Somewhow I seem to have lost my reply to your criticism
of my (and Leibniz's) philosophical concept of space.
I believe with Einstein that space consists only of
relative distances, not absolute ones, and also with him
that space and time only exist as spacetime, whose
increment i
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