Ik had vanochtend een brainfart en heb hierover even een blog entry gemaakt.
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Seeing something that does not exist
published by Darksand on Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:28
Today I want to write something about the cosmological argument. Let me first explain this argument.
The cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of a First Cause (or instead, an Uncaused cause) to the universe, and by extension is often used as an argument for the existence of an "unconditioned" or "supreme" being, usually then identified as God.
The basic premise of all of these is that something caused the Universe to exist, and this First Cause is what we call God.
-Wikipedia
Now, I don’t want to discuss the conclusions, I just want to answer this argument.
My understanding of this argument is: “Who or what created the big bang” or “What happened first in the absolute beginning”.
The problem with this question is, that it presupposes something. Both questions presupposes that everyone and everything “knows” time. Or let me describe it better. “everything experiences the effects of time.”
Philosophical arguments, that nothing can be if it does not experience time, are wrong. There is something out there that does not experience time on a fundamental level.
When something travels at the speed of light, for it, time will stop. It can go on indefinitely but it will not experience time. It can fly billions of times around the complete universe, visit every star in the universe and it can all do this in 0 seconds.
I hear you say: “We know that it takes years for something to go to a place that is light-years away when it flies at the speed of light.”
Well, this is true for us who watch something that travels at 100% the speed of light, but for the object itself it takes 0 seconds. How is this possible? Relativity! Something traveling at the speed of light can go everywhere and beyond in 0 seconds. Objects at speed experience the effect called time dilation. The faster something goes, the more dilation of time will occur. When you reach 100% the speed of light, time completely stops.
You could say: “But nothing can go the speed of light.”
Well this isn’t completely true, is it? Light travels at the speed of light. So light does not experience time at all.
You could say: “But wait, we know light from distant stars has traveled for billions of years to reach us. We know that the light we see from these distant stars is billions of years old.”
The first thing is true. For us, the outside observers, light takes billions of years to reach us, but the second part is false. This light isn’t billions of years old. It is exactly 0 seconds old. Because it travels at the speed of light and therefore it does not experience time at all.
So we have accomplished that something can go at the speed of light, we know it does not experience time and we can add to this that it still affects us. Light does things, we can use it, we wouldn’t even survive without it and yet, it does not experience time.
So why can’t something else “before” (yes, between quotes) the big bang affect us? Something that does not experience the effects of time? Light can, and it does not understand the concept of time.
You could say: “But light still has a cause. It still does not answer the question about the first cause.”
The first part is absolutely true. But the effect of light does not have a cause because it does not know time. It does not know when it affects us. The moment when light is created and the moment it affects us are the same moment.
Our human mind has evolved on earth in this universe. The Concept of time is the root of our existence. It is hard for us to imagine something that does not know this concept and still exists.
If something does not experience time, like something “before” the big bang or light, can we say it exists? Lets test this. Suppose I would go the speed of light my entire life, meaning my life ends the moment I stop going light speed, will I experience time? Can I experience it? I can’t. At the speed of light my time stops, the moment I stop going light speed I die. Conclusion, 0 seconds have past for me. This means I existed 0 seconds meaning, not at all, never, no time.
Now let me try to answer your question about the first cause.
The first cause presupposes time. Something did something first. And first means at the beginning of time. But we know now, something can cause something without using time for itself. Light. It is true light had a cause and something that does experience time made this light, but that is not the point.
For us, light does things, but for itself, it exists for 0 seconds, it does not exist as we know it.
The real point is. Something that does not know the concept of time and exists for 0 seconds, does create causes. Something could “exist” outside of concepts we dearly hold. And these things can influence us!
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In het kort.
Licht gaat met de snelheid van het licht. Iets wat met deze snelheid gaat kent geen tijd. Iets wat geen tijd kent, bestaat niet.
voor ons bestaat licht, het heeft effecten op ons. echter het kent zelf geen tijd. Ik vond dit een leuk voorbeeld om te gebruiken tegen de Cosmological Argument.
Ik zou er hier graag nog even over willen discussieren. is dit een goed voorbeeld van iets uit het niets of gevolgen uit iets wat zelf het concept tijd niet kent en in die betekenis dus niet bestaat?
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Seeing something that does not exist
published by Darksand on Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:28
Today I want to write something about the cosmological argument. Let me first explain this argument.
The cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of a First Cause (or instead, an Uncaused cause) to the universe, and by extension is often used as an argument for the existence of an "unconditioned" or "supreme" being, usually then identified as God.
The basic premise of all of these is that something caused the Universe to exist, and this First Cause is what we call God.
-Wikipedia
Now, I don’t want to discuss the conclusions, I just want to answer this argument.
My understanding of this argument is: “Who or what created the big bang” or “What happened first in the absolute beginning”.
The problem with this question is, that it presupposes something. Both questions presupposes that everyone and everything “knows” time. Or let me describe it better. “everything experiences the effects of time.”
Philosophical arguments, that nothing can be if it does not experience time, are wrong. There is something out there that does not experience time on a fundamental level.
When something travels at the speed of light, for it, time will stop. It can go on indefinitely but it will not experience time. It can fly billions of times around the complete universe, visit every star in the universe and it can all do this in 0 seconds.
I hear you say: “We know that it takes years for something to go to a place that is light-years away when it flies at the speed of light.”
Well, this is true for us who watch something that travels at 100% the speed of light, but for the object itself it takes 0 seconds. How is this possible? Relativity! Something traveling at the speed of light can go everywhere and beyond in 0 seconds. Objects at speed experience the effect called time dilation. The faster something goes, the more dilation of time will occur. When you reach 100% the speed of light, time completely stops.
You could say: “But nothing can go the speed of light.”
Well this isn’t completely true, is it? Light travels at the speed of light. So light does not experience time at all.
You could say: “But wait, we know light from distant stars has traveled for billions of years to reach us. We know that the light we see from these distant stars is billions of years old.”
The first thing is true. For us, the outside observers, light takes billions of years to reach us, but the second part is false. This light isn’t billions of years old. It is exactly 0 seconds old. Because it travels at the speed of light and therefore it does not experience time at all.
So we have accomplished that something can go at the speed of light, we know it does not experience time and we can add to this that it still affects us. Light does things, we can use it, we wouldn’t even survive without it and yet, it does not experience time.
So why can’t something else “before” (yes, between quotes) the big bang affect us? Something that does not experience the effects of time? Light can, and it does not understand the concept of time.
You could say: “But light still has a cause. It still does not answer the question about the first cause.”
The first part is absolutely true. But the effect of light does not have a cause because it does not know time. It does not know when it affects us. The moment when light is created and the moment it affects us are the same moment.
Our human mind has evolved on earth in this universe. The Concept of time is the root of our existence. It is hard for us to imagine something that does not know this concept and still exists.
If something does not experience time, like something “before” the big bang or light, can we say it exists? Lets test this. Suppose I would go the speed of light my entire life, meaning my life ends the moment I stop going light speed, will I experience time? Can I experience it? I can’t. At the speed of light my time stops, the moment I stop going light speed I die. Conclusion, 0 seconds have past for me. This means I existed 0 seconds meaning, not at all, never, no time.
Now let me try to answer your question about the first cause.
The first cause presupposes time. Something did something first. And first means at the beginning of time. But we know now, something can cause something without using time for itself. Light. It is true light had a cause and something that does experience time made this light, but that is not the point.
For us, light does things, but for itself, it exists for 0 seconds, it does not exist as we know it.
The real point is. Something that does not know the concept of time and exists for 0 seconds, does create causes. Something could “exist” outside of concepts we dearly hold. And these things can influence us!
____Snip
In het kort.
Licht gaat met de snelheid van het licht. Iets wat met deze snelheid gaat kent geen tijd. Iets wat geen tijd kent, bestaat niet.
voor ons bestaat licht, het heeft effecten op ons. echter het kent zelf geen tijd. Ik vond dit een leuk voorbeeld om te gebruiken tegen de Cosmological Argument.
Ik zou er hier graag nog even over willen discussieren. is dit een goed voorbeeld van iets uit het niets of gevolgen uit iets wat zelf het concept tijd niet kent en in die betekenis dus niet bestaat?
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