Addendum


 I've had discussions where some people have misunderstood what is indisputable via a direct observation, therefore I've added this addendum. Anyone can question an interpretation, or what might be considered beyond what is directly observable. In this addendum I whish to add some clarity and insights to the observable physical functions I discussed.

 For the Earths rotation, the pendulum swing of a grandfather clock, the oscillation of a quartz crystal, etc., they are all observable physical processes that happen in time and are used to define a unit of time. That observable process is not disputable, it is that they change position at a relatively consistent speed per distance. We equate that physical process to a unit of time.

 What is absolute for distance to have any physical relevance is also indisputable however, I’ve known this aspect to be more difficult to recognize. While I stated it requires in some form a change of position of energy, perhaps that might be clearer if I flip it to ask… Can anyone come up with any possible example how a distance has physical relevance without the change of position of any energy in any form?

 The two indisputable facts above merely confirm that on an empirical level space(distance) and time are one inseparable phenomenon.

 Lastly in connecting all changes that we measure and define with time, that occur in our observable Universe, I only hinted at a connection to the physical aspects I discussed. Whether we look at the change for, atoms combining into molecules, protons being smashed to component particles, planets or galaxies movements, our own aging, etc., the common underlying process for all of this change is a change of position of energies. That is coincidentally, the same underlying physical process that is inherent in how we directly observe and ascribe a unit of time. At the most fundamental level it is a defined change of position of energy (a time unit) compared to another change of position of energy. 

* This addendum is in reference to the following posts:

    1.      https://acopais.blogspot.com/2025/08/before-i-start-with-main-topic-i-should.html

    2.      https://acopais.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-want-to-demonstrate-that-both-time.htm

    3.      https://acopais.blogspot.com/2025/08/for-accurate-context-and-explanation.html


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Context and Basis

  Before I discuss how space, and time are empirically inclusive as only a single physical function, I want to give some context and make some disclosures regarding this blog. One reason I wrote it is human nature; it's our nature to stick with what we know, and continue believing what we thought we already knew. We tend to build on it no matter what, if there were existing errors that can compound them. Scientist too are not immune. I think it’s a reason why Newtons laws of motion stood strong for over 200 years in spite of being troublesome for electromagnetism , and other physical observations it couldn’t exactly explain for a long while before Einstein. While there are a few things I brought up that are outside this next context. Consider when I refer to "physical", as that which can be seen and verified in a direct observation or experiment.   While we tend to  believe contrary, in reality most of us have a hard time completely removing pre-existing bias and ...
Read more

Space Physically being the same Phenomenon as Time

  For an accurate context and explanation please read the posts in order starting with the first 1st:    https://acopais.blogspot.com/2025/08/before-i-start-with-main-topic-i-should.html 2nd:   https://acopais.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-want-to-demonstrate-that-both-time.html For this third post I want to demonstrate how space/distance [1] is the same physical phenomenon as time, why they are inseparable and a single phenomenon. Due to how I perceived the world, and what I was taught, the singular physical aspect of distance that is also time was much more difficult to recognize.   As explained in the second post, if time is the change of position of energy [2] then distance must be the same phenomenon if that phenomenon is to be singular and they are inseparable. That might be, if most of you are like me, at first perplexing to see how it is possible. At first glance space or separation other than being malleable due to relative motion and gravity, is not a phy...
Read more

Time as an Observable Empirical Function

For a accurate context and explanation please read the posts in order starting with the first 1st:    https://acopais.blogspot.com/2025/08/before-i-start-with-main-topic-i-should.html I want the reader to see that when directly observed both time and space individually in any physical sense exists only as a single phenomenon. While imaginations and mathematics can separate them, as a physical function the observable is only one phenomenon. Physically, they only have relevance as a single function.   For me it was easier to first to recognize the physical function of time. To better understand time I started to look more closely at various types of clocks and the ways we measure it. The rotation of the Earth as a day, our orbit around the Sun being a year, mechanical clocks, quartz oscillators (the most common time device used today), and atomic clocks (specifically cesium-133 based atomic clocks), our most precise measurements of time [1] . Anyone can easily see the c...
Read more