[net.philosophy] Time as a dimension

williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) (06/19/85)

	Time is orthagonal. With our intrinsic structure, our observation
of time as an " absolute " dimension aids in describing behavour in
an independent coordinate system. This corresponds with the idea that
time travels perpendicular to the inertial frame, at least our perception
of it. If the inertial frame was to move, then our minds would percieve
time to be orthagonal to the objects around us.

	The key is is that our minds analyze phenomena using time as an
orthagonal unit of measurement. While percieving time as being absolute
is intuitively correct, it is absolutely wrong. This exception was only
recently discovered with the michaelson-morley experiment which shows
that background lighting hits the earth at c from all sides, regardless
of our " absolute " velocity relative to the universe.

						John.