Kent Wayne

Musings

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Whatever model of reality I examine—eastern/western religion, science, philosophy—futility and abstraction seem to pop up more and more the deeper I go.  (From my paltry understanding of physics, time is a construct and if you invoke cosmological instances where it doesn’t exist, the idea of causality falls apart as well, meaning that at the heart of existence, things may happen without a cause).

The only practical solution I’ve found to all this is to approach life as if it’s a deadly serious game, enjoy the wins and study the defeats, and then when I go to sleep, set all these possibly meaningless rules aside, and bask in the miraculous mystery of it all.

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  1. whenmarsmetsaturn Avatar
    whenmarsmetsaturn

    Physics measures only what it can see. Time is a practical construct to help study observable eons, but then erroneous to call these physical laws as immutable and universal. Dark matter just another name for the unknown to balance their equations… Expansion of the senses with new technology brings new light.

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Indeed. And at the beginning of the Universe, they aren’t sure if physics possessed the same laws, or if cause and effect was even present, due to the lack of time. I believe that in a black hole, this is also a concern.

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  2. whenmarsmetsaturn Avatar
    whenmarsmetsaturn

    I was just ruminating on that phrase in the brackets. I hope that was okay? I don’t seem to have understood that para. Understanding causality would depend on how much was observed and understood of the objects in study, singularities included. If the observations were wrong, causality would be misunderstood? Does that sound right? I have very basic understanding of the subject.

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      DirtySciFiBuddha

      You’re right, but I wasn’t referencing understanding causality. I was referencing the idea of causality being dependent on time—time allows for: conditions + interaction + result, which allows for causality. Without time, the idea of causality becomes questionable. This isn’t a new idea—both physicists and philosophers have brought it up before, so I am by no means a genius. 🙂

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      1. whenmarsmetsaturn Avatar
        whenmarsmetsaturn

        Ah, I misunderstood. I thought you were denying the existence of causality itself. I beg pardon 🙂

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      2. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
        DirtySciFiBuddha

        No problem! 🙂

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      3. whenmarsmetsaturn Avatar
        whenmarsmetsaturn

        Ah dang, I did it again. I meant the idea of causality, regardless to time. The idea of time may perhaps be the problem then.

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      4. whenmarsmetsaturn Avatar
        whenmarsmetsaturn

        I thank you for this musing and the edifying discussion that accompanied. Another mystery to use for balance when my thoughts start flying away from me 🙂

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      5. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
        DirtySciFiBuddha

        Thanks for the kind words! These musings are really just my mind vomit lol.

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        DirtySciFiBuddha

        From what I understand, the negation of time negates causality, or at the very least, fundamentally changes it. In regards to the existence of the Universe, physicists say before the big expansion, one could only say that conditions allowed for the universe, nothing caused it, as there was no time back then.

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  3. kimbroadie Avatar
    kimbroadie

    Heidegger said time is the horizon of Being. And yet, when I read about near death experiences, the reports come back about it being timeless. And it was more real than this world!!!

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Interesting. Some physicists say consciousness supersedes time, and some don’t. I have no idea.

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