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Originally Posted by drjd
My humble explanation to Solitaire1:
If all our common-sense notions about the universe were correct, then science would have solved the secrets of the universe thousands of years ago. The purpose of science is to peel back the layer of the appearance of objects to reveal their underlying nature. In fact, if appearance and essence were the same thing, there would be no need for science. Perhaps the most deeply entrenched common-sense notion about our world is that it is three dimensional. It goes without saying that length, width, and breadth suffice to describe all objects in our visible universe.
If we include time as another dimension, then four dimensions are sufficient to record all events in the universe. No matter where our instruments have probed, from deep within the atom to the farthest reaches of the galactic cluster, we have only found evidence of these four dimensions.
To claim otherwise publicly, that other dimensions might exist or that our universe may coexist with others, is to invite certain scorn. To understand how adding higher dimensions can simplify physical problems, consider the following example: To the ancient Egyptians, the weather was a complete mystery. What caused the seasons? Why did it get warmer as they traveled south? Why did the winds generally blow in one direction? The weather was impossible to explain from the limited vantage point of the ancient Egyptians, to whom the earth appeared flat, like a two-dimensional plane. But now imagine sending the Egyptians in a rocket into outer space, where they can see the earth as simple and whole in its orbit around the sun. Suddenly, the answers to these questions become obvious.
Traditionally, scientists have held a dim opinion of anyone who raised the question of time travel. Causality, the notion that every effect is preceded, not followed, by a cause, is firmly enshrined in the foundations of modern science. However, in the physics of wormholes, "acausal" effects show up repeatedly. In fact, we have to make strong assumptions in order to prevent time travel from taking place. The main problem is that wormholes may connect not only two distant points in space, but also the future with the past.
Like a plain statement similar to somewhat : "I won, I win and I will win!" shall stand correct in all the tenses and all the parallel universes connected through wormholes!
PS : and I'm not in .mojo jodo mode.   |
Since you didn't put ".mojo jojo mode one" at the beginning of the post it was clear that the post wasn't in that mode. I wonder what would have resulted it it had been written while in ".mojo mode" (Could the thread contains that many words?)?
Interesting conjectures about the nature of the universe itself. Concerning time travel it is likely that it is not possible because if it was it would have already been used. But, loophole to that is the possibility that time travel has been discovered but, as illustrated in the book
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold, when you travel through time you actually split the timeline and you disappear from your original timelime, never to return.
I guess I will just have to content myself to win right here, right now.