williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) (09/13/84)
I am posting a response to a letter I received concerning one of my previous articles. I was not sure whether posting someone else's private message was ethical, so I left him anonymous. I also intend to post this to net.physics ( much as I try to avoid multiple postings ) to see if I can encourage some response. I don't think you will find this one of those `` first glance '' postings, and that it may require some thinking. It is based upon a theory of mine which I call Historical Relativity. It accounts for black holes, and how we may actually reside within something that was one prior to the big bang. Thus begins: >> I believe you are forgetting the definition that most people use >> for universe. There can be nothing "outside the universe" >> because there is no "outside the universe." The Big Bang (or >> start of the inflationary universe, depending on which theory you >> subscribe to) does not imply any "outside." The universe, when >> smaller, was not contained in a bigger somewhere; the universe >> con- tained all--by definition. As for god, if you are talking >> about a controlling, theistic god, you are creating more problems >> than you solve (except perhaps for certain per- sonality >> disorders :-). If god is outside the universe And there is >> nothing outside the universe god doesn't exist. > What do you propose we call that which is outside the > universe? OR . . . What do you propose we call that which is > contained within our event horizon? I will try to demonstrate a > finite yet unbounded entity to you. > Imagine a gravity field in space that is so strong, that > no particle may escape it. The amount of mass in this entity is > enormous ( billions 'n' billions <sagan> ). The escape velocity > for this mass exceeds the speed of light. The time dilation > effect makes the internal clock extremely slow. As a particle > moves from the center of the mass, it's time scale starts to > speed up. As it reaches it's apex, it is doing so much faster > relative to the center, and turns around to go in the other side > so that the amount of time it took relative to the center is > proportionate to the amount of time it might take if it had > simply disappeared and reappeared on the other side. The time > passes much more slowly inside one of these entities, so that > anything that occurs outside happens relatively much faster. > Inside, there would be no way of knowing where the center is, due > to the way the time dilation effects would alter your > observations. Assuming that matter has the same repulsive force > inside as that which caused the BIG BANG, this entity would be > exploding, but at a much slower rate, relatively, as to be > virtually unobservable. > What I have tried to explain to you is an unstable > quantum called a black hole. The comparison one can make with the > universe is compelling. It is possible that the characteristics > of stabile quanta are determined by the harmony of such unstable > quanta within gravity fields and being observed essentially from > outside. There is an inherent instability with the universe, > particles are waves, oscillations. What is inside a quanta can > never escape except in the presence of external influence. > Happy Digestion. > The universe works, somehow. > ----{ john williams}---- I am not sure whether this discussion belongs in net.philosophy, but I feel that it is important to note that something residing outside the `` universe '' is a strong possibility. It is interesting to consider what a finite, unbounded entity might look like to an outside observer. It is also interesting to consider what makes subatomic particles unstable. The idea of stable quanta ( or unstable, for that matter ) depends very strongly on relativity. Is it possible that time provides a sort of hysteresis between two opposing forces so they oscillate? One force would be gravity. What would the other force be? I subscribe to both net.philosophy -and- net.physics. Any responses are welcome. < man's greatest mistakes occur when he over estimates the privileges GOD has given him > ----{ john williams }---- (DEC E-NET) KIRK::WILLIAMS (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-kirk!williams (ARPA) williams%kirk.DEC@decwrl.ARPA williams%kirk.DEC@Purdue-Merlin.ARPA