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Part 7 - Selfproof (cont) |
SELFPROOF 0115
- TIME
CURRENT COSMOLOGY MODEL
Time
is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare
the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to
quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects. The temporal
position of events with respect to the transitory present is
continually changing: events happen, then are located further and
further in the past. (Wikipedia 23 Mar 2012)
Two contrasting viewpoints on time divide
many prominent philosophers. One view is that time is part of the
fundamental structure of the universe - a dimension independent of
events in which events occur in sequence. Sir Isaac Newton subscribed
to this realist view, and hence it is sometimes referred to as
"Newtonian time". The opposing view is that time does not refer to any
kind of "container" that events and objects "move through", nor to any
entity that "flows, but that it is instead part of a fundamental
intellectual structure (together with space and number) within which
humans sequence and compare events. This second view, in the tradition
of Leibniz and Kant, holds that time is neither an event nor a thing,
and thus is not itself measurable nor can it be travelled.
(Wikipedia 07 Aug 2014)
In non-relativistic classical
mechanics, the use of Euclidean space instead of space time is
appropriate, as time is treated as universal and constant, being
independent of the state of motion of an observer. In relativistic
contexts, time cannot be separated from the three dimensions of space
because the observed rate at which time passes for an object depends on
the object's velocity relative to the observer and also on the strength
of gravitational fields, which can slow the passage of time for an
object as seen by an observer outside the field. (Wikipedia29 Jul 2014)
MALTA COSMOLOGY TEMPLATE
- The Universe consists of space and teels. (see Argument 0119)
- Teels are subject to the passage of time. (see Argument 0123)
- The Universe is subject to the passage of time because it is made out of teels. (see Argument 0124)
COMMENTARY
In the
Current Model, time is a continuum with space with a rate of passing that can
accelerate or decelerate according to conditions.
In the Malta Template time is a nothingness. Time will pass, and at a steady
rate, but there is no way to measure the rate of its passage
without one or more points of reference. At the fundamental level,
the passage of time is measured by the movement of teels. At higher
levels, it is measured by the rate at which processes and
mechanisms progress.
The difference between the two descriptions stems
from the way they have been compiled. The description in the
Current
Model is devolutionary in that it is rooted in phenomena seen by
human-scale observers which has then been generalised. The
description in the Malta Template is evolutionary in that it
is rooted in the fundamental behaviour of teels which is then
evolved to toward a point of selfproof.
Time
passes because teels have duration. The Universe has
duration because the teels out of which it is made have duration.
Measuring the rate at which time passes requires the establishment
of tempora.
Many tempora are already in use (GMT, three score
years and ten, MPH, lightspeed, and so on). However, these are all
relative
tempora. There is an absolute, tempora - the rate at
which time passes for an isolated teel - which is the tempora
against
which all other tempora can be related. What the absolute tempora is
has not yet been established and it may well be impossible to do
so with certainty.
Relative tempora are established by measuring the
operation of mechanisms and/or processes from one identifiable
moment to another. Any change in one relative tempora is detected
by relating it to another (eg: the Earth takes 24 hours to rotate
once enabling us to measure the lengthening/shortening of the daylight
hours).
The
rate at which mechanisms and
processes operate can be accelerated and decelerated, with a
corresponding acceleration/deceleration in their tempora when compared
to other tempora. For example, the teels in an unpowered
object moving toward a gravity source will accelerate and,
consequently,
so will any mechanisms and processes within the object. This equates to
a shortening of the object's tempora. Conversely, an unpowered object
moving away from a gravity source will decelerate, decelerating its
mechanisms and processes, and lengthening its tempora.
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GLOSSARY
- TEMPORA:
A measure of the rate at which time passes for an object, a
mechanism, or a process. There is one absolute tempora - the rate at
which times passes for an isolated teel. All other tempora are relative
and are established by relating one tempora to another.
- TIME: Time
passes. The passage of time can only be measured against events
involving teels or objects made of teels.
- SPACE: Space
is nothingness, having no properties independent of the properties of
teels.
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