Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Re: Let us be positive and find solutions

Yes friends,

Thank you for the responses.

Of course it is to do with my fundamental beliefs and ideas and goes towards
proving them.

Universe could be endless and limitless as anything which tries to
physically bound an Euclidean straight line has [if it is real] to fall in
the space which otherwise could be the extension of the same 'straight line'
it is trying to limit.

And the universe could be origin-less too. Unlike mortal beings.

Now, I do understand the virtues of negative and imaginary numbers, but they
all play with respect to some real thing . Or else they all become
non-existent.

So, all these negative and imaginary numbers, or dimensions are to be
considered only in a relative way [for calculation and recasting] but never
amount to any substance.

You can't say 'x' number of [ x = pure imaginary or negative number] grams ,
second or meters some mass,occurrence or spacial volume and be serious about
it unless your statement is in relation to some true existence.

So, let us take the obvious case of mass.

Can you tell me what you understand by a non-positive mass.

I wonder how even Einstein got carried away into believing about 'Time
Travel'.

So, let me make my patented statement.

There is nothing called going back in time; except in one's imagination.

Researcher

"dlzc" <dlzc1@cox.net> wrote in message
news:1159885113.637120.12390@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Dear donstockbauer:
>
> donstockbauer@hotmail.com wrote:
> > N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:
> > > Dear Researcher:
> > >
> > > "Researcher" <notmy@email.com> wrote in message
> > > news:4521cdea$0$19702$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Let me explain what I mean.
> > > >
> > > > Consider this : None of the fundamental dimensions can
> > > > ever be negative.
> > >
> > > Dimensions are an abstraction. Each degree of freedom can be
> > > described by any real number.
> > >
> > > > Mass, Length and Time can never be negative.
> > >
> > > Why? Because it allows *relative* measurement?
> > >
> > > > Nothing can exist with a negative mass or a sub-zero
> > > > length or be able to go back in Time.
> > > >
> > > > Once this is understood and applied in all calculations
> > > > we [humans] stand to find real solutions and reach
> > > > understanding in all that is boggling us so far.
> > >
> > > Actually no. By artificially limiting ourselves because *you*
> > > don't like negative numbers is a step backwards.
> > >
> > > Just look at what the imaginary numbers gave us... among
> > > other things sin and cos. And imagnary numbers are
> > > based on negative numbers.
> >
> > Sounds like Researcher is getting at that constructivistic
> > methods should be adhered to and we'd avoid the
> > Spiellberg-level Fairyland that physics has become,
> > encouraging endless debate.
>
> Researcher's point is similar to one I made long ago. If the Universe
> is finite, why do we use an infinite number set to represent it? An
> answer is, a tape measure is usually "longer" than the things we ask it
> to measure. It still works.
>
> As to the "Fairyland", that is where the advances in Science come
> from... the bleeding edge of fantasy. Because Newton doesn't get us to
> the stars. Nor does Einstein... well there was this manhole cover...
> http://www.strangehorizons.com/2002/20021021/manhole.shtml
>
> As to debate, Don nothing would stop you from debating, would it? If
> we don't debate, Science becomes static... an anchor, rather than a
> sail.
>
> David A. Smith
>

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