Dear Rod,
Thank you for your clarification. I must agree that, to the best of my
knowledge, light does travel at a constant range of speed that is at least
equal to or greater than zero mps but no greater than 186,000 mps.
Regarding Time moving forward, IMHO, the absolute truth is that time was,
is, and will be. It seems, however that assigning such locators as forward,
backward, right, left, up, or down is flawed as these concepts vary in
meaning based on the perspective of the observer. Such locators are quite
useful in linear abstractions, but have very little to do with the reality
of a poly-dimensional Universe.
The Bard
----- Original Message -----
From: Rod <ramrod@madasafish.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: MD Pirsig on Science
> Dear The Bard
>
> Time moving forward is not affected by anything you might say!!!!
>
> Yes read the article , thought I'd try it it out myself, So I opened the
> nearest manhole cover shone a torch down and whaddayaknow, the light was
> stopped dead in it's tracks at the bottom of the manhole!!
>
> Amazing Not!!
>
> But to be serious you've missed the point the laser pulse moved away from
> the laser at the speed of light C, that it was slowed down after this, is
> neither here nor there.
>
>
> Rod
>
>
>
>
> on 2/24/02 4:15 AM, Thracian Bard at ThracianBard@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>
> > Dear Rod,
> >
> > Since you invite a counter,
> >
> > First, I must defer on your allegation that time moves forward. As an
> > "eternalist", any statement that I make would be an "apples to oranges"
> > response to applying any direction to the movement of time.
> >
> >
> > However regarding light, I wish to direct your attention to recent
> > experiments that have proven that light can be stopped. Does this mean
that
> > your constant can be zero? Please clarify! See
> > http://www.sciam.com/news/011901/1.html
> >
> > Regards,
> > The Bard
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Rod <ramrod@madasafish.com>
> > To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 6:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: MD Pirsig on Science
> >
> >
> >> Horse
> >>
> >> I have to take task with you on this and I find myself aligning with
> > Platt,
> >> there are absolutes (truths)
> >>
> >> For example:-
> >>
> >> 1. time always moves forward
> >>
> >> 2. light moves away from an object at C - the speed of light, C (the
> >> constant) may change , but light will still move away from an object at
C
> >>
> >> 3. each dimension in the universe runs at an equal angle away from all
> >> others
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd like to see anyone counter these
> >>
> >> Rod
> >>
> >
>
>
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