Thoughts for 2003
1/28/03
The problem is
that we don't yet see Time for what it really is, a fourth
dimension of space, just like length, width, and depth. We make a
big deal of it because it seems to be the only dimension that
"moves," but what my theory proposes is that all the
dimensions are "moving" because they are expanding
outwards. So Einstein was always careful to say
"Space/Time," when just the one word "Space"
should suffice. If space is curved by the attraction of mass,
then Time, as one of its dimensions, is also curved. And if my
theory is valid, the expansion of space is also affected by the
attraction of mass.
1/29/03
Question: Does our
expansion through the dimension of time have a physical
consequence of any type? Thought experiment: I'm looking at a
solid gold bowling ball. OK, you can look at an ordinary one if
you want, but this is my thought experiment and it
doesn't cost anything to make the bowling ball solid gold.
Following my theory that the ball is expanding outwards in all
directions, which is the dimension of time, we have all this mass
"moving" in a manner of speaking. Is anything left
behind? The ball exists now. Now becomes "then" when
the ball expands even the tiniest amount into the future. But is
any part of the ball - mass or energy- left behind in the ball's
"wake?" If so, how would we measure it or detect it?
The "direction" of that past moment is not only
"inward" but in some other x,y, or z coordinate as
well, taking into account the rotation of the earth, the orbit
around the sun, and orbit of the solar system around the center
of the galaxy, etc. Where/when would we look? What kind of
phenomenon can we predict that we should be searching for? Lots
of questions right now, with no answers in sight.
7/11/03
It's been quite a
while since I updated this site. In the meantime, I have been
working on a couple of very important parts of the theory and
gotten stuck in a quagmire of antiquated math. Some time last
February, I decided that I needed a new way to look at Einstein's
equation, as I was attempting to modify it. I was still not happy
with simply squaring C and multiplying it by an unknown expansion
factor (a). I decided that I would back up a bit and reduce the
equation to E = mC. Then I invented a new symbol to represent
space-time. I used the ankh, with the little hole at the top
representing "space" and the T beneath it representing
Time. OK, so now I have a new symbol that will represent
space-time and this releases me from thinking about C squared.
The bad part of this symbol is that it is not represented
anywhere on a computer keyboard on in the character map. †
is about as close as I can come to it. Now my simplified equation
looks like this: E = mC†
So what is †
and how is it different from C? For one thing, it is a constantly
incrementing number. It is always increasing by one quintillionth
of a second, assuming that a quintillionth of a second is the
smallest unit of Time as is currently believed. This will not
make mathematicians happy because they can't pin down the actual
number for † at any given moment. I can say C = 186,000
miles per second, but I can't say the same about † so it
gets away from the C squared simplicity of Einstein's
"out" and it gets rid of the (a) that I added earlier
to account for the expansion of space-time.
On the other hand,
if you count all the quintillionth of a second's from the big
bang until now, you will see that it is a really, really big
number and gets bigger every quintillionth of a second. † =
† + 1 quintillionth of a second.
Reverse the clock
to the moment of the Big Bang, when E was actually equal to m and
nothing more. It was Time that changed all that. The birth of the
universe was simultaneously the birth of space-time. If we think
of Energy as being the motion of Mass in the three dimensions of
space, then expand space outward by the dimension of Time, then
that first quintillionth of a second is what started it all
flowing.
11/12/03
I have been recently working on
establishing a connection between my revised version of
Einstein's equation with other physics equations. I am beginning
to think that Einstein's equation is actually the theory of
everything. Take Ohm's law, for instance. V = IR, where V =
electrical voltage, I = amperes of current or electrical
pressure, and R = resistance. One would think this has little to
do with E = mc2, much less with my version of E =
mC†. But everything exists in space/time and if, as I
theorize, all of space/time is expanding in the direction of
time(the future), then everything is affected by that fact,
including Ohm's law.
I was at the pizza parlor doodling on a napkin
and I happened to line up the two equations, looking for the
connection:
V = IR
E = mC†
I began to equate voltage with energy,
resistance with mass, and that left current to be compared to
expanding space/time. I rearranged Ohm's law to make the two
equations line up better:
V = RI
E = mC†
I had a beautiful thought-picture of mass
resisting the conversion into energy by means of its
gravitational (electro-magnetic) attraction of atoms, while space
time provides the pressure (current).
12/11/03
Is it possible that the red shift observation of
distant galaxies, which was Hubble's way of proving that all the
galaxies are moving away from one another at an accelerated rate,
is instead an indicator of time differences between our galaxies?
If we can accept the idea that time is relative
to our local surroundings, then one is looking at a time
differential when observing objects not within our own loacl
area. Just what is local? Probably the planet earth is truly
local, with everything else away from the earth not local, but
not measurable either, until one gets to another galaxy. It may
be that the expansion of space/time is responsible for the red
shift effect, rather than any movement of the galaxy away from us
(or maybe a combination of both). The clue would be to carefully
observe and measure different objects within a distant galaxy. If
all objects have the exact same red shift, then my theory is
probably incorrect and a vast movement of the entire galaxy is
probably the cause for an even red shift across the entire
galaxy. But if a time differential is the cause of the red shift,
then there would be noticable variations in the red shift, and
there might even be some blue shifting going on at the center of
the galaxy where my theory predicts the main black hole is trying
very hard to stay still in the expansion of space/time. It would
hardly make sense to conclude that the black hole is moving
towards us while the rest of its galaxy is moving away from us.
There seems to be a conclusion by Einstein that massive gravity
could cause a red shift, but if one agrees with my explanation
that space/time expansion is the cause of the force we call
gravity, then space/time expansion would also be the cause of any
red shifting attributed to it.
12/29/03
Each planet has its own expansion rate,
therefore, its own time. Earth time is different from Jupiter
time, yet not noticably so to any inhabitants of this Solar
System which also has its own time. The Milky Way Galaxy has its
own time, as does each distant galaxy we see. The expansion rate
of space/time in the vacuum between galaxies is much faster than
the expansion rate of space time within the confines of the
"gravity well" of the galaxy, or of each component of a
galaxy like solar systems, planets and moons.
It is this time differential that is causing the
galaxies to expand away from every other massive gravity well.
Let us say that the expansion rate of space/time
in the vacuum of deep space is tied to the speed of light in a
vacuum, our only known indicator of the rate of space/time
expansion. Each atto second, every point of space/time in that
vacuum expands "outward" for a distance of one Planck
constant. However, closer in towards earth, that expansion rate
might be decreased to, for example (not having any way to make
measurements) one nano second for a distance of one Planck
constant. Keep in mind that the size of a Plank constant is
continually expanding as well, but that it remains proportional
to the time rate and so seems to be a constant to those of us
expanding along with it.
Each object within a more massive object's
"gravity well" shares the space/time expansion rate of
the more massive object. So we share the earth's time rate while
on earth, and share the Solar System/Milky Way Galazy's time rate
when traveling between planets, then share the planet (for
example) Mar's time rate while on that planet, and so on. All of
this difference is meaningless to our everyday lives, but might
become very important when traveling between stars, or
communicating with intelligent beings from other star systems or
galaxies.
On to 2004 notes:
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