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 intuition from our observations and thoughts.  As an example, I’ll pick on a few for Einstein such as, his greatest blunder, “god does not play dice with the universe”, and in 1939 he published “On a Stationary System with Spherical Symmetry Consisting of Many Gravitating Masses"; where he argued that in spite of being predicted by his theory, blackholes could not exists in reality. To me this doesn’t dilute the great contribution Einstein made to our scientific knowledge, I merely wish to reinforce human nature has an influence on our science that even our greatest minds are not immune to.

 As for me, I don’t claim to have the intelligence, physics knowledge, or mathematical prowess of people like Einstein. However, please remember per the description of the blog I am not proposing a theory or hypothesis. Those are for trained physicists to do. I am pointing out indisputable empirical observations of space and time that are irrefutable, at least when observable. I am good at recognizing my own intuitions and biases, understanding how they influence my own thoughts. Those thoughts got in the way for me too in seeing what is, not what I originally thought, or wanted . I’m certain if the reader makes the effort to consider what could be observed directly, at that level they will see the simple axiom I discuss. 

 To head off a possible misconception, I know space-time to be malleable and relative, that has been proven many times over in experiments and that is undisputed herein. While I can see how the physical aspects I discuss can be applied to the evidence (malleable spacetime) I am aware of, I mostly refrain from doing so. I want to focus on the undeniable physical aspects and mostly leave it to physicist  to postulate on the applications.

 I will discuss the empirical nature of space and time in the next post. I’d like to note for me it was easier seeing a physical nature of time as observed, space/distance being inseparable was more difficult. I attribute that to my own preconceptions and intuitions. Please, note that herein space is interchangeable with the word distance.

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