Comments on: Time Does Not Exist

By: Bob Widner, a twilight man

Bob Widner, a twilight man — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:53:41 +0000

moody – my knowledge of physics is too lacking to enter debate with you, but I feel I didn’t explain my idea clearly. Bear with me on this further explanation: To me, Einstein’s formula E=mcc shows Energy and matter are equivalent forms of the same thing and the constant used, speed of light times itself makes it immediately apparent that there is one hell of a lot of energy in matter. To clarify, plug in some numbers for E=mcc. Energy in ergs= matter in gram-mass times the speed of light multiplied by itself. Speed of light is 300million meters per second; times itself = 9×10 to the 16th power. If we use 1 gram of mass for matter, that gram of matter is the equivalent of 90,000,000,000,000,000 ergs of energy. The erg may be a tiny force, but that many of them add up to a wallop. That’s why the Hiroshima bomb did what it did by converting only 0.6 gram of the 140 pounds of its fissionable Uranium warhead into energy. Imagine, a sliver of Uranium the size of a small paper clip packed enough heat, light and other radiation to bring down a city.
But I digress. In my imaginary universe of one hydrogen atom, complete conversion of the mass of its matter would not leave it matter-less. Einstein’s formula would then be M=e/cc, I think. But I never took a physics course so I wouldn’t bet on it.

By: moody

moody — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:26:59 +0000

Bob. Very interesting and creative thinking. But remember E = mc2. Without mass there is no energy. Unbound or otherwise. E=C2 alone is not possible in the universe we’re living, so you need mass (m) as well. But your thoughts remind me of John Wheelers “one electron theory” which states that all the electrons in the universe are really one and the same particle, simply bouncing back and forth in time. This offers a neat explanation for why all electrons appear to be identical. There’s only one electron!!!
There’s a whole article somewhere online, but can’t find right now.

By: Bob Widner

Bob Widner — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:08:09 +0000

Very interesting reading. I like exploring ideas like you present. I have thought long and hard about matter/energy and spacetime and need to share one idea I have.
Imagine a universe consisting of only one hydrogen atom with the small, matter/energy packet we call an electron at one end and the larger, positively charged packet we call proton at the other end. No matter the distance between them, they will “feel” each other and begin closing that distance, with the smaller electron moving more rapidly. They are both in motion but the electron will take a larger curve through space than the proton, never quite reaching the proton but attaining an orbit where centrifugal force stabilizes the attractive force. Enter space/time: If time is a product of matter moving through space, as I believe it is, then what would happen to the matter/energy packets if you stopped the electron’s orbital motion? Would the electron fall into the proton satisfying the attractive force and converting both from matter into pure, unbound energy; no more matter, no more time.
So, is matter originally bound energy created from free energy by the process of a big bang?