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SPACE-TIME
8.1 The MOQ describes an evolutionary process which appears to take
place
within fixed parameters of space and time, yet we know from physics that
space-time is not fixed in this way.
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It would appear to me that under the MoQ there are at least six broad
catagories under which concepts of space and time could be discussed.
And while these catagories are in some ways interrelated they are are
also mostly discrete in as much as applying rules of one catagory to
another may lead to much misunderstanding.
Take time for instance:
1 There are many physical concepts of time. One of the oldest and most
widely known is 'day', the time it takes this planet to make one
revolution on it's axis. One of the newest is 'quantum' time which
appears to eliminate or reverse 'time'.
2. There is biological time. A time to be born, a time to die. Plant'n
time, harvest timd. Dog days and cats lives. Tree rings. All those
'lithic' times.
3. There is social time. All the 'named' times; party time, weekends,
weekdays, birthdays, feastdays and priestdays.
4. Then there's idea time, which often steals time from party time,
weekends, weekday and nights.
5. Then there is 'real time' which it has already been noted is 'now'
which is over before can think of it.
Then there is 'Quality' time which is mostly only experienced under the
influence of mind altering, drugs or religions.
The point being that the above problem presupposes, or try to reduces,
or suggests that somehow the concept of evolution was and is determined
by the arcane mathematics of quantum mechanics, even though most the
pioneers quantum physics warned that applying results of their highly
specialised and narrowly focused experiences to any other experience was
at best inappropriate and at worst dangerous. Seventy or more years
later and even with work by people like Pirsig and Wilbur we still can't
seem to grok it.
The only connection between a quantum event and your birthday is when
all quantum events stop so do your birthdays. Other than that don't
plan to ride one from your 22nd birthday back to your 21st in your
lifeTIME.
3WD
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