Is pride illogical?

ThePhanastasio · 12-12-2012, 09:27 PM

Pride is definitely logical. While there is no proof that free will exists, (or vice versa) taking pride in ones' work isn't irrational. It's human. We aspire, and that makes us human. When we achieve, that is the realization of some aspiration. Pride is not irrational. It's a way of seeing that we left a mark, however minute, based on our efforts.

Face · 12-13-2012, 10:24 AM

c is a constant, which is the "speed limit" of anything through space. Light just happens to reach this speed limit in a vacuum.

the reason the constant "c" acts as the speedlimit is because it is the magnitude of the vector of everything and anything through spacetime. It might be hard to explain without diagrams.

Think about travelling through three dimensions at a constant speed, lets just call that "f". Depending on your direction you will either travel faster in the X or Y or Z dimensions.

Time is just a fourth dimension. And everything has the same "speed" or magnitude travelling through spacetime, which was found to be c. So the more you travel in the "space" dimensions, the less you travel in the "time" dimension. Light's "direction" is aligned completely with the "space dimensions", so it reaches the maximum speed/magnitude of the vector within the space dimensions, so c is it's speed and it hardly "percieves" time.

However, we also have the magnitude of c through spacetime. But the proportion we travel through space is far less than light, so we travel more through time.

Moody · 12-13-2012, 11:22 AM

What is logical?

Face · 12-13-2012, 12:24 PM

When string theory actually applies to anything I might look into it, because for now from what I understand it's a complete hodgepodge with inconclusive equations and contradictory conclusions.

Like you said, things just GO, not that all time surrounds us or there are alternate dimensions.

Or maybe we need to define what we mean by linear time as well?

duga · 12-13-2012, 02:25 PM

At the VERY least, we should all be on the same page about time not being exactly how we perceive it. First, what I mean by linear is there are events in the past, we are in the present, and there are events that will happen in the future. We look back on the past, try to live in the present, and look forward to the future. In actuality, all that really matters is the present, but what is the present? What you are experiencing now? Even what we think we are currently perceiving is already a memory. It happened microseconds in the past because your brain has to process it before you can perceive it. We are NEVER perceiving the actual present. Read Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett if you want more on that. I think that fact alone is enough to get you thinking about what time actually means.

Face · 12-13-2012, 02:57 PM

Linear:

Things happened, they cannot be changed.
Each possibility is simply a possibility, not dimension spawning.
More things will happen.
The entire universe will never reach exactly the same state again.

I see the "does the present exist" question as somewhat removed from what we're talking about. Of course there's a delay before it reaches our senses, let alone before we perceive it. So we're always experiencing the past.

I suppose you could say (is this what you're saying?) all events are rigidly laid out on some level and that we are just experiencing a changing cross section of what IS there. But surely that goes against your standpoint on free will. And then I would say the cross section advances linearly across this...timescape anyway. And in effect it's no different really, it addresses more the predictability of events.

duga · 12-13-2012, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Face

Linear:

Things happened, they cannot be changed.
Each possibility is simply a possibility, not dimension spawning.
More things will happen.
The entire universe will never reach exactly the same state again.

That is not the definition of linear at all, even if it is your "personal" definition. Linear means a straight line, if you want the literal definition.

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Originally Posted by Face

I see the "does the present exist" question as somewhat removed from what we're talking about. Of course there's a delay before it reaches our senses, let alone before we perceive it. So we're always experiencing the past.

I suppose you could say (is this what you're saying?) all events are rigidly laid out on some level and that we are just experiencing a changing cross section of what IS there. But surely that goes against your standpoint on free will. And then I would say the cross section advances linearly across this...timescape anyway. And in effect it's no different really, it addresses more the predictability of events.

I wasn't meaning to go off on whether or not the present exists, I just wanted to point out how time is definitely not as we see it.

Read my posts about how I view the nature of free will again and you will see how everything being laid out as I said in my last post is perfectly in line with it.

Face · 12-13-2012, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

That is not the definition of linear at all, even if it is your "personal" definition. Linear means a straight line, if you want the literal definition.

Yes, but as it would apply to time.
A straight line, doesn't branch, doesn't loop, continues "straight" on, and there is a constant invariable instant between events, but not that it is absolute.

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I wasn't meaning to go off on whether or not the present exists, I just wanted to point out how time is definitely not as we see it.

Read my posts about how I view the nature of free will again and you will see how everything being laid out as I said in my last post is perfectly in line with it.

Of course it isn't exactly how we view it. We view it as completely separate from space. We can't perceive time warps on a sensual level so on and so forth.

If you don't want to elaborate that's fine. But I'd rather have a back and forth with someone than be referred to books on consciousness.

duga · 12-13-2012, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Face

Yes, but as it would apply to time.
A straight line, doesn't branch, doesn't loop, continues "straight" on, and there is a constant invariable instant between events, but not that it is absolute.

When talking about our perception of time you can clearly trace an event A to event B with a straight line...that is the linear perception of time.

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Originally Posted by Face

If you don't want to elaborate that's fine. But I'd rather have a back and forth with someone than be referred to books on consciousness.

A back and forth is exactly what I'm trying to have, but I include the book references because it's becoming clear I am not explaining myself lucidly enough. You guys keep asking me to repeat things I've already explained.

Neapolitan · 12-13-2012, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by duga

That is not the definition of linear at all, even if it is your "personal" definition. Linear means a straight line, if you want the literal definition.

I wasn't meaning to go off on whether or not the present exists, I just wanted to point out how time is definitely not as we see it.

Read my posts about how I view the nature of free will again and you will see how everything being laid out as I said in my last post is perfectly in line with it.

Time is just comparing two events that had happened or are taking place. The only thing there is really is stuff like matter and radiation etc (molecules, sub-atomic particles, photons) and the present. The past is information or history of events that happened and the future is predictable but unknown.

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Face Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: UK Posts: 306	c is a constant, which is the "speed limit" of anything through space. Light just happens to reach this speed limit in a vacuum. the reason the constant "c" acts as the speedlimit is because it is the magnitude of the vector of everything and anything through spacetime. It might be hard to explain without diagrams. Think about travelling through three dimensions at a constant speed, lets just call that "f". Depending on your direction you will either travel faster in the X or Y or Z dimensions. Time is just a fourth dimension. And everything has the same "speed" or magnitude travelling through spacetime, which was found to be c. So the more you travel in the "space" dimensions, the less you travel in the "time" dimension. Light's "direction" is aligned completely with the "space dimensions", so it reaches the maximum speed/magnitude of the vector within the space dimensions, so c is it's speed and it hardly "percieves" time. However, we also have the magnitude of c through spacetime. But the proportion we travel through space is far less than light, so we travel more through time. Last edited by Face; 12-13-2012 at 11:51 AM.

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	At the VERY least, we should all be on the same page about time not being exactly how we perceive it. First, what I mean by linear is there are events in the past, we are in the present, and there are events that will happen in the future. We look back on the past, try to live in the present, and look forward to the future. In actuality, all that really matters is the present, but what is the present? What you are experiencing now? Even what we think we are currently perceiving is already a memory. It happened microseconds in the past because your brain has to process it before you can perceive it. We are NEVER perceiving the actual present. Read Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett if you want more on that. I think that fact alone is enough to get you thinking about what time actually means. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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Face Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: UK Posts: 306	When string theory actually applies to anything I might look into it, because for now from what I understand it's a complete hodgepodge with inconclusive equations and contradictory conclusions. Like you said, things just GO, not that all time surrounds us or there are alternate dimensions. Or maybe we need to define what we mean by linear time as well?

12-13-2012, 02:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Face Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: UK Posts: 306	Linear: Things happened, they cannot be changed. Each possibility is simply a possibility, not dimension spawning. More things will happen. The entire universe will never reach exactly the same state again. I see the "does the present exist" question as somewhat removed from what we're talking about. Of course there's a delay before it reaches our senses, let alone before we perceive it. So we're always experiencing the past. I suppose you could say (is this what you're saying?) all events are rigidly laid out on some level and that we are just experiencing a changing cross section of what IS there. But surely that goes against your standpoint on free will. And then I would say the cross section advances linearly across this...timescape anyway. And in effect it's no different really, it addresses more the predictability of events.