Spirit Quest

Seeking Veracity

baut0@greytrek.com

A Non-spatial Continuum . . . . . . . .

(Events occur in irreversible succession)

An interval (of "time") separating two points on this continuum . . . . . . measured by selecting a regularly recurring event, and counting the number of occurrences during the interval.

1.  A continuous extent, . . . . . . . . , no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division.

The universe consists of the ball, the chair, the floor and a gravitational field with acceleration = g.  The temperature is at zero degrees Kelvin.  There is no atmosphere.  In #1, the ball is at rest, the universe has no motion.  As long as the ball remains in place, there is no such thing as time since there are no events.  However, the universe is not totally dead!  It still has some energy left . . . . . . . potential energy.  If a little demon who occupies another place normally pushes the ball a little to the left with his imaginary hand, the ball begins to fall to the floor.  The potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.  The ball sequentially moves from position #1 to #2, then from #2 to #3 and from #3 to #4.  The ball has lost all its potential energy to ball velocity, deformation, and resiliency so I=t bounces up to position #5 and then finally to position #6 . . . . . . . the final resting place of the ball . . . . ."time" now ends because events have ceased.  Conclusions:

1.      So-called "time" must be initiated by an extra-universal influence.

2.      "Time" is meaningless without events, and an event requires motion reflecting a change of state.