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Fine then I can substitute those terms with "is", "was" and "will be". Doesn't really change my point that those are the only senses in which I can un...
January 12, 2019 at 07:44
:brow: How so? What's so circular about them? What does "is" mean here? I take it that "is" means that it currently is, but then again, I'd think you ...
January 12, 2019 at 05:58
I'd imagine that alot of them would try to say that, but that leads to an incoherent view which in turn leads to confusion and mistakes. Confusion to ...
January 12, 2019 at 02:58
What I am saying is that first part of your sentence, that there is no "present" or "now" doesn't make sense. There is no meaning to the idea that the...
January 12, 2019 at 00:09
Well, what sort of non A-series terms are there? I actually think the attempt to remove A-series terms from a description of the B-series is what lead...
January 11, 2019 at 20:17
Thing is, you're arguing against the opposite of my position. I never advocated for the point continuum where everything is made up of an infinite num...
December 18, 2018 at 22:22
Just a series of events without any smallest units. Similarly space without points would simply be space without any fundamental composition. There is...
December 18, 2018 at 21:25
Who says the temporal continuum needs to contain instants? Likewise who says that the spatial continuum needs to be pointy? Perhaps the continuum has ...
December 18, 2018 at 18:53
I don't define the terms. I would've liked to refer to it as continuous, but there are also continuums that contain fundamental units in the form of d...
November 30, 2018 at 13:20
Means it doesn't have instants, no fundamental units. Gunky space has no points either if you're wondering.
November 30, 2018 at 12:13
The LNC can be expressed without instants of time just fine. Take the statement "I am happy during the interval of 1pm - 2pm". This statement is incom...
November 29, 2018 at 23:54
So far as I understand it, scientific theories consist solely of models which are used to make predictions about the world. These predictions are then...
October 28, 2018 at 01:40
Again, the paper suggests otherwise. Given that my expertise on the matter is not that deep, that your knowledge level on the issue appears to be simi...
September 18, 2018 at 02:36
I feel like you're being obtuse at this point. I see no ambiguity in the use of "time-ordered". It means that causes always precede their effects in t...
September 17, 2018 at 21:22
This just sounds like a bald assertion on my end. The issue of a preferred frame model is clearly addressed in the section that is titled as such. Aga...
September 17, 2018 at 04:27
Not sure why you feel the need to say that. If you're concerned about whether the author understands the before-before experiment or is knowledgeable ...
September 16, 2018 at 23:49
Okay, here's a separate link from another site. For the record, I'm using chrome so best start there. Um, no. My thoughts were mainly that I thought i...
September 16, 2018 at 18:23
It should be viewable without download in the link provided. Just scroll down. I wasn't disputing that. I understand that the definition of an "observ...
September 16, 2018 at 00:49
No worries. I won't be able to fully engage with it anyways at least until I get a proper education on these matters so we're mostly in the same boat ...
September 16, 2018 at 00:09
Actually, I had a look at the paper linked and it was just 7 pages long. I think you're mixing up the book with the paper. I was actually able to foll...
September 15, 2018 at 19:10
The representation would reflect reality as a dynamic succession of events. It would of course not reflect reality in the same way it would under the ...
September 15, 2018 at 07:02
Not really. The A-theory as I described it is meant to encompass all forms of the view, including the Moving-Spotlight and Growing Block views. If it ...
September 15, 2018 at 01:59
Bump.
September 14, 2018 at 17:14
Well, I think there's very little that we can know for certain. Apart from our own direct experience and existence that doesn't leave much for discuss...
July 27, 2018 at 23:22
This is actually one of the reasons why I'm partial to the idea of reincarnation. Basically everything in the world that we know about follows the law...
July 27, 2018 at 22:06
I was operating from SR at that point. In GR we don't have inertial frames, but there can be a preferred foliation, which serves the same function wit...
June 30, 2018 at 07:47
With the exception of the absolute frame measurements. Other than that, the rest will be distorted due to a certain degree and will have to be adjuste...
June 29, 2018 at 16:26
The equations are the equations. Whether they describe a 4D or 3D world is what is up to interpretation. Of course, if one assumes a preferred order o...
June 29, 2018 at 15:07
To be clear, both the 3D and 4D interpretation use the same mathematical equations, so one approach mathematically isn't any more or less complex than...
June 29, 2018 at 14:17
It's easy to make it consistent with relativity theory, though it has its costs. One could simply define a foliation of spacetime as being the preferr...
June 28, 2018 at 04:37
Does there need to be an explanation? That's what needs to be justified isn't it? You keep saying these things are impossible without giving a solid r...
June 19, 2018 at 22:45
Nothing. That's the idea. Is there any reason to believe that they can't exist? I see nothing to preclude the idea or require the introduction of a fi...
June 19, 2018 at 21:15
Not sure what "creation" could mean here since I've always understood it in a manner that involves time. Same with "causality". God is sometimes said ...
June 19, 2018 at 20:15
The act of "creating" time in itself sounds problematic since it is an action that requires time. You can't solve one logical problem with another one...
June 18, 2018 at 21:10
I suppose my position is the opposite of yours, @"Devans99". I don't understand what people mean when they talk about something or someone's being spa...
June 18, 2018 at 18:45
Why is the latter suspect? The fact that there is an alternate theory shouldn't make it doubtful any more than the existence of Scientology would make...
June 12, 2018 at 11:34
Whether or not you believe in the KK principle depends on your notion of knowledge as others have said, which can be tricky since the idea of what con...
May 29, 2018 at 18:25
Exactly. I never really got those definitions either. It just sounds alot more confusing and unnecessarily complicated, which is the exact opposite of...
May 12, 2018 at 04:37
I think a more specific question relevant to this thread is what significance such a view would have on arguments such as the Cogito. Would the streng...
April 17, 2018 at 03:35
I don't think that is exactly true. For one, given that we are not perfectly rational, then we are certainly capable of holding inconsistent or even c...
April 08, 2018 at 08:37
Then that would be a different scientific theory entirely. I was not talking about that. I am not asking about whether it is justified. I believe we h...
February 25, 2018 at 14:04
Sure, I can follow that. Would you likewise agree with me that SR as a scientific theory can be reconciled with a unique objective ordering of events?
February 25, 2018 at 13:44
It is a good criterion for determining what is impossible and what is possible. If we are going to say that something "can't happen", or that somethin...
February 25, 2018 at 13:33
Arbitrary, yes, but again, not impossible. There is a difference between the two. To be impossible means that it is in some sense logically contradict...
February 25, 2018 at 13:15
One can just simply treat one reference frame as being privileged over the others as the basis for absolute rest. Now, is it arbitrary to do so? Certa...
February 25, 2018 at 13:02
Maybe you can define what you mean by "relativity" for me cause I think we are using the term differently. To me, when I speak of "relativity" and "qu...
February 25, 2018 at 12:30
IMO, presentism explicitly rejects (2) cause it has to reject the relativity of simultaneity as you have noted. That doesn't mean that it rejects the ...
February 25, 2018 at 10:53
I wasn't referring to anything like that. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that relativity doesn't necessitate a 4D block universe. It is certainly...
February 22, 2018 at 22:44
It is certainly possible to interpret relativity in the context of a 3D world evolving through time. The only problem is that it isn't very elegant. F...
February 22, 2018 at 22:11
I've never heard of a case where circular reasoning was "virtuous" since circularity in general is considered fallacious. Can you provide any examples...
January 16, 2018 at 01:09