tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11278247.post113072393154321633..comments2012-05-08T16:18:56.876+10:00Comments on A Man and his Rant: Time... and stuff.Justin Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995847102962013980noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11278247.post-1130800002451684782005-11-01T10:06:00.000+11:002005-11-01T10:06:00.000+11:00I'm in the Matrix(TM)???? OMG!!!!! This is cool!Th...I'm <I>in</I> the Matrix(TM)???? OMG!!!!! This is cool!<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of Nathan's idea about "how do we know we're not just a brain floating in a vat and being fed stimulus"? All we can say is "I think therefore I am", and appeal to the spiritual world for meaning and identity.<BR/><BR/>Also, with the simulations of the past - they'll only ever be models that approximate the reality to a certain degree - it would never be quite right, because we weren't there and we don't truly know exactly how things were in the past. Even if we were there we still wouldn't know <I>exactly</I> where all the molecules were sitting...<BR/><BR/>I agree that when you start asking questions about the nature of time, the origins of the universe itself, and the absolutes of the physical world - well, it starts to point to God. (not saying we should close our eyes to scientific investigation and say "it's just the way it is, and God did it, and we don't need to understand it").<BR/><BR/>I vaguely remember a couple of years ago, some guys broke headlines because they were able to transmit data faster than the speed of light. Not sure how it worked... probably tweaked a flux capacitor or something. :)Monkeytreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731428503863624868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11278247.post-1130727819687734662005-10-31T14:03:00.000+11:002005-10-31T14:03:00.000+11:00I understand that at this point in time scientists...I understand that at this point in time scientists are stating: "This is how fast an object can travel. This is the limit." But haven't grand narratives such as this been stated throughout history? Then when someone with a greater understanding comes along it's proven to be false? <BR/>Probably I'm questioning it as a result of being taught to deconstruct the grand narratives set out before me in order to become a properly functional academic in this (supposed) post modernist world?<BR/>Very well thought out post and possibly valid in the scale of reality. Raises many issues which people struggle with in this day and age. Though it does show that anything is possible when you put your mind to it. <BR/>I once read a letter in a newspaper which used a similar theory to question the big bang occurence. Since I have almost no scientific knowledge I can't vouch for its correctness, though it questioned how the universe could be created by an explosion as the matter would have to move faster than light, and nothing can go faster than light. <BR/>Maybe this issue is where humans have reached the limit of their own understandings and capabilities, though I suspect humans will carry on, testing their own limitations. <BR/>If it is proven will the big bang theory become verified? Possibly, though I would like to think that I shall remain an ingnorant creationist minded being ;)mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336161794247063945noreply@blogger.com