Title: TIME
1TIME
Physical and Eternal
- by
- Atso A. Eerikäinen
- Th.D.
- Metasciences Academy
- Tokyo
2Time as Metaphysical Problem
- Is time something physical
- changing, measurable, countable (a posteriori)?
- Time is a flux or perpetual change
(Heraclitus)
- Time as variable of causality seems to be
- asymmetric, deterministic, and continuous
- ? Time is the modal becoming from the
possibility to the necessary
- Is time something eternal
- unchanging, immeasurable, uncountable (a
priori)?
? Time is non-existing (Parmenides, McTaggart)
? Time is timeless or unreal (Leibniz)
? Time is scalar quantity measure of motion
(Aristotle)
? Time is a pure form of intuition (Kant)
3Time as Macrophysical Problem
- In Classical Mechanics (CM)
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- Two kinds of time and geometry
- In Newtonian-Laplacian mechanics
- -Time is absolute and universal calculus.
- -The universe is a gigantic clock-mechanism.
- -Newtonian geometry is Euclidean.
- In Einsteinian relativity theories
- -Time is flexible and inseparable from space.
- -SR There is time of the observers depending on
how they are moving through Euclidean space. - -GR time-space as a Riemannian metric field
depends on motion of mass and energy on it. -
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4Time as Microphysical Problem
- In Quantum Mechanics (QM)
- One kind of time and geometry
- -Time is Newtonian absolute time.
- -Geometry of QM is Euclidean.
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- -QM describes phenomena according to one special
time coordinate the state f(t) of a system
follows Schrödingers equation - df/dt(t) iHf(t) 0, f(0) g,
- (where H is Hamiltonian, g the initial state,
and t is time of the system). - -Even if clock-time in QM is absolute, there is
no absolute clocks because of quantum
uncertainty. -
- -One can have a well defined position or a well
defined velocity but not both at the same time.
5What is Now?
- (1) Is the now (only) something physical
- changing, measurable, countable, and
computable? - - Local time (LT) by Hitoshi Kitada
- - NOW TIME of Rhythm Based Time (RBT) by Peter
Beamish - (2) Is the now (only) something eternal
- unchanging, immeasurable, uncountable, and
incomputable? - - Now in the pure time-form of intuition in
Kants transcendental idealism - - Immeasurable nows in Julian Barbours theory
of time-capsules. - (3) Is the now something both physical and
eternal? - - Relative Now of the secondary
becoming or process (G) - - Absolute Now of the primary becoming or
transition (W) - of Karl Heims dimensional theory (HDT)
6Local Time (LT)by Hitoshi Kitada
- Problems behind the unification
- of GR and QM
- The conflict between Euclidean and Riemannian
geometries associated with Newtonian absolute
time and Einsteinian relative time. - Time is supposed to exist as an independent
entity separated from the minds reading it on a
clock. -
- Solution of Kitada
- Local systems are inner systems equipped with
Euclidean geometry and QM associated to each
point on the Riemannian manifold of GR. - Time is equivalent to the quantum mechanical
evolution of a local system. -
7Axioms of LT
- Axiom 1. The universe as totality is of
infinite and eternal (timeless) nature. The wave
function F of the universe satisfies with respect
to the total Hamiltonian. Htotal F ?F, for
some non-positive real number ? 0.
- Axiom 2. The local system is of finite
nature, having its own origins of position x and
momentum p, independent of the others origins
and inside worlds. The inside world of a local
system is of infinite nature.
- Axiom 3. The oscillating nature of the
locality is expressed by a local Hamiltonian
exp(-2pitH/h), known in QM as the evolution
operator of the local system. It is the local
clock of the system.
- Axiom 4. General Principle of Relativity
physical worlds or physical laws are the same for
all local observers.
- Axiom 5. Principle of Equivalence for any
gravitational force, we can choose a coordinate
system as a function of time t, where the effect
of gravitation vanishes.
8Rhythm Based Time (RBT)by Peter Beamish
- KT RBT as expi(/-2p)Ht/h,
- where i is neutrino rotation vector, /- 2p is
neutrino spin vector, H is a local quantum
mechanical Hamiltonian, t is conventional time,
and h is Planck's constant. - TIME NOW TIME KT ct,
- where KT is cyclic, bidirectional, and
orthogonal Time, - and ct is linear conventional Einsteinian
clock-time. - KT and ct are both scalar quantities and
scalar tags, - which are links between a local clock, where
they are created, and a mind, where they are
absorbed, interpreted, and used. - KT ct as Mental Vector Protocols (MVPs) is
- NOW TIME of a mind
- One can measure linear ct as a timetag
difference ON a clock, - and mentally read orthogonal KT as a Timetag
difference OF a clock.
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10The Dimensional Theory (HDT)by Karl Heim
- Time is defined ontologically
- HDT is based on
- - Kants transcendental idealism
- - Schellings ideal-realism
- - Heideggers existentialism
- - SR and GR of Einstein
- - QM
- From the view-point of metaphysics, it unifies
- - Heraclitian and Parmenidian times
- - Phenomenalism (idealism) and physicalism
(realism) - From the view-point of physics, it unifies
- - Newtonian absolute and Einsteinian relative
times - - GR and QM
11The Basic Concepts of HDT
- (A) SPACES are infinite or limitless
- (1) Objectifiable CONSCIOUSNESS-SPACES
- my-,your-, and our-space
- are computable and can be defined as well
founded sets. - - They construct the physical aspect of
reality G-reality. - - It is linear and relative physical
time-process, - where G gt 0.
- (2) Non-objectifiable MIND-SPACES
- I-, You-, and We-space
- are incomputable and cannot be defined as any
kind of sets. - - They construct the eternal aspect of reality
W-reality. - - It is nunc aeternum the vertical, eternal
time-transition within G-reality, - where W 0.
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- (B) Boundaries are limits between or within
spaces. - (1) Boundary of contents (n-1) within a
space (n). - (2) Boundary of dimensions between spaces
velocity of light (c).
12Polarity
- The law of double polarity is the law of
nature sui generis - A ltgtB ltgt AB (indifference condition)
absolute simultaneity. - -It unifies G- and W-realities.
- -The Boolean non-numerical, uncountable
duration of eternal time and the numerical,
countable duration of physical time are always
in the polar relationship - (?) 1 lt ? gt 2 lt ? gt 3 ...lt ? gt n (?) 0.
- The definition of time
- G W 0 and G x W 0
13Reality as a polar interaction of events and an
information exchange of physical and eternal time
- All polar spaces are limitless or infinite.
- The dimensional boundary the velocity of light
c prevails between
spaces. -
- Polarity
- Objectifiable reality G physical time
- Non-objectifiable reality W eternal time
14 Process and Transition of Time
NOW Past-Future HERE
NOW
Now
Now
Now
Now
Big bang W G 0
Big crunch? G W0
All happens successively in physical time and
at once in NOW-HERE of eternal time. Time is in
Eternity and Eternity is in Time.
15Who is sitting on the Chair?
If time is only physical No one, because the
chair is empty.
If time is also eternal I, because I cannot
see myself. I have entered into the picture,
like Alice into the Wonderland.