I was recently presented with a challenge to invalidate the certainty of time and space. I hate being wrong worse than I hate when men cut their sideburns completely off so i obviously undertook the unsuspecting person's innocent provocation. Like any great problem solver, I poured a whiskey drink and this is what I came up with: space and time are social constructs utilized by humans to helplessly attempt to fathom their being.
Take a globe and spin it in a counterclockwise direction. Assume for the sake of argument the earth on which the globe exists is spinning clockwise. Any logical person assumed to be standing on the globe would conclude that he/she/it is spinning counterclockwise (with the globe). The breadth of said person's perspective conceals the reality that they are spinning clockwise in the grander scheme of things (with the earth). Our person in question is part of something more than what is tangible to their actuality.
Now, lets pretend you kept your hand on the globe (so that the globe spins about your finger; like a basketball player spinning a basketball). Some genius person on the globe uses shadows and such to conclude that the globe he resides on is spinning about the axis of your finger (the sun). The classic 'we're obviously spinning counterclockwise about this dude's finger' but 'we're really spinning clockwise when you take a step back' mistake.
What the hell did I just say? Humans have limited perspective. Just because brilliant scientists claim something to be true doesn't make it actually true. Just look at history. We used to believe the world was flat. We used to believe witches sank. We believe Tupac died. Fucked those up now didn't we.
Are we so narcissistically arrogant as to imply "oh we were wrong before, but now we're absolutely right about everything"?
There is an infinite amount of "space" from your face to your computer screen. The whole if you walk half way to the wall over and over again you theoretically would never touch the wall. Is it possible to be limited by something infinite? My vote is no, rather we are limited by perspective. We use physics to try to make sense of what our limited perspective allows us to. You must take note that the most critical words in any physics text are "if X conditions apply, then....some law". This is quite the debilitating condition if you ask me. If the Patriots play the Chargers at Foxboro stadium at 8pm on a saturday when it snows in december, then the patriots will win. Yea, the statement may predict the correct outcome every time it has ever occurred (the stipulations required to be met to be considered a law in physics' terms) but in reality these conditions (8pm, snow, saturday, Foxboro, december) hold little basis on the outcome (who wins). Laws of physics apply only to a narrow set of circumstances with a very narrow perspective.
As for time... put 9 dudes in 9 separate rooms and instruct each of them to sit down when they feel 2 hours 5 minutes and 23 seconds have passed. Guarantee you get 9 different perspectives. Can humans be limited by variables that are not perceived the same by all? Again my vote is no. "Time" was created to put everyone on the same page...or try to anyways.
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