Speculations 1

Speculations 1: Simultaneity, timepoints, the universal m/e configuration, the continuum of universal time, 3D holograms, causality, causal relationship v coincidental relationship, determinism, causality/determinism sequence, If P, Then Q logical arguments, temporal measurement not causal, spatial measurement not causal, time not a causal component of spacetime, space not a causal component of spacetime, therefore spacetime is not comprised of space or time, and, therefore, spacetime can only be comprised of m/e, which is causal.

Simultaneity in physics is defined as two or more events occurring at the same timepoint (instant, moment, etc.).

At each timepoint there is a corresponding configuration of the matter/energy (m/e) of the universe.

From a chosen timepoint which functions as an origin for a time coordinate, the past would consist of a series of timepoints and m/e configurations extending from the origin in such a way that negative numbers could be used to designate past timepoints, e.g., from an origin of T0, which would represent the NOW, the past timepoints could be designated T-1, T-2, etc., and the future would consist of a series of timepoints and m/e configurations extending from the origin in such a way that positive numbers could be used to designate future timepoints, e.g. T+1, T+2, etc.

A Continuum of Universal Time (Universal Timeline) could be designated thus:

Past Infinity T-n <- ... <- T-2 <- T-1 <- T0 -> T+1 -> T+2 -> T+3 ... -> T+n Future Infinity

Implicit in this Continuum of Universal Time is the requirement that the durations between the timepoints be equal, so the duration between T0 and T-1 is the same as the duration between T0 and T+1, etc.

This requirement of equal durations between timepoints would require the use of a timepiece (clock, watch, etc.) that would have a steady, uniform, invariable time-initerval that would generate a steady/uniform/invariable timerate, set of timepoints, tiimeline, and timecount, which would require a timepiece to be "independent of the state of motion of the body of reference" [Einstein, Relativity, 1961 edition, p. 27], the same type of timepiece that could be used for determining the absolute simultaneity of events in multiple as well as single reference frames and that could be used for measuring absolute time.

Whereas timepieces are either distortable, non-adjustable, because their time-intervals, timerates, timepoints, timelines, and timecounts vary with accelerations and decelerations, or are non-distortable, adjustable, because their timerates are adjusted to conserve and thereby maintain their original time-intervals, timepoints, timelines, and timecounts regardless of accelerations and decelerations.

Therefore, for the Continuum of Universal Time, the Universal Timeline, the ideal timepiece would be an absolute time clock (ATC), or invariable time-interval clock (ITIC), or adjustable clock.

Non-distortable/adjustable clocks exist as radio clocks, wherein a master clock is used to send adjustment/correction signals via radio signals to control the timerates of slave
clocks, and as inertial clocks, wherein accelerometers are used to detect accelerations and decelerations and computers are used to adjust the timerates to conserve and maintain their original time-intervals, timepoints, timelines, and timecounts.

PROBLEM: For the past, the present and the future to coexist simultaneously, at the same timepoint, T0, the past, and future timepoints and the m/e configuration for each timepoint would have to exist, and the past and future timepoints and m/e configurations would have to coexist with the present NOW timepoint, T0, and the present/NOW m/e configuration, all of which would require not a single universal m/e whose configuration changes for each timepoint but whose sum total remains a constant but instead would require all possible m/e configurations, which would mean that the sum total of the past, present and future m/e configurations would mathematically and physically be much larger than the sum total of the single universal m/e present at the one-and-only NOW/T0.

If we could take 3D holograms of the universal m/e configuration as it is at each timepoint on the Continuum of Universal Time, then the sum total of the universal m/e would always be the same at each timepoint, i.e. the universal m/e would have a one-and-only configuration and sum total at each timepoint but would undergo changes of its configuration without a change in its sum total so that although a 3D hologram would serve as a recording of the m/e configuration at each timepoint the m/e configuration itself would actually exist only at the present timepoint, the T0/NOW timepoint, e.g. the actual sum total of the universal m/e would exist only at the T0/NOW present timepoint.

For determining determinism, the changes of the physical states of entities comprised of m/e could be tracked as sequences of changes through a chosen series of holograms, and those forms of m/e which through physical contact with entities cause the effects of changes of the physical states of the entities would be recognized to be forces.

Inre inertial states, physical states of being at-rest or in-motion, the observations of changes of the inertial states, motions, velocities (combinations of speed and direction) would be recognized to be determinative forces, either push-forces, which cause entities to move away from the force sources, or pull-forces, which cause entities to move towards the force sources.

Thus, the observation of a chosen series of holograms would enable us to observe those events which are the changes of the physical and inertial states of entities comprised of m/e and thereby determine the sequence of events, the simultaneity of events, and the causality, or determinism, of those events.

Causality, determinism, would be conceptualizable as a sequence of events in which precise causes are observed to be present at one timepoint and precise effects, changes of the physical and/or inertial states of entities, are observed to be present at a subsequent timepoint.

In a general sense, causality is causes causing effects, e.g. entities comprised of m/e as causes causing as effects (A) changes of pre-existing entities or (B) new entities from pre-existing m/e.

Throughout causality there is a continuous physical contact between causes and effects; without physical contact there is no causality, e.g. forms of m/e which are forces have to be in physical contact with entities to cause changes in the entities' physical and/or inertial states.

Thus a causal relationship is a contact relationship wherein entities comprised of m/e contact and thereby change the physical and/or inertial states of other entities also comprised of m/e and there are no distances between the causal and consequential entities in contrast to a coincidental relationship wherein entities have distances between them but no contact.

The difference between a causal relationship and a coincidental relationship is observable inre the necessary causal contact of causal and consequential entities for causality to occur without distances between them in contrast with the coincidental proximities of entities which are the distances without contact between them.

This difference between causal and coincidental relationships inre entities can be conceptualized as a continuous change of the physical/inertial states of causal and consequential entities and a distance without contact between entities.

Thus, there is a contiguity factor (contact factor) inre causality/determinism wherein causes and effects have continuous contact during the causal sequence.

Casuality Sequence (Determinism Sequence): (1) T1 + ME1 -> (2) T2 + ME2.

A cause is a condition, or a set of conditions, which could be labeled P; an effect is a consequence, or a set of consequences, which could be labeled Q.

A causal/deterministic sequence could be set up in an If P, Then Q logical argument.

Premise #1: If P, Then Q.
Premise #2: P.
Conclusion: Q.

In words, if P is present at one timepoint and at another timepoint Q is present and if there is contiguity, continuous contact, between the P and the Q, then whenever P is present Q will follow.

Inre spacetime, there has to be P present to cause the Q which is a change of trajectory of an entity.

Thus, inre determinism and spacetime, changes of the trajectories of entities, Qs, cannot occur unless there are Ps.

Whereas Ps and Qs are comprised of m/e, the determinism/causality inre spacetime is a result of the interactions of forms of m/e, some as causes, others as effects.

Therefore, because causality/determinism is a function of m/e, if (P1) spacetime is causal then (Q1) spacetime would have to be comprised of m/e.

If (P2) neither space nor time are comprised of m/e, then (Q2) what has been called spacetime is in reality only m/e.

Thus, if (P3) Q2 is true, then (Q3) spacetime is NOT a causal reality.

Q: Are space and time comprised of m/e?
A: No!

Time is the measurement of durations, and although a physical timepiece, a clock or watch comprised of m/e, is used for measurement of durations, the measurement process, if done correctly, is not causal because the process does not cause any changes of the physical/inertial states of the entities and events whose durations are being measured.

If (P4) time (temporal measurement) is not causal, then (Q4) time is not comprised of m/e.

If (P5) time is not comprised of m/e and is therefore not causal, and if spacetime is causal because it is comprised of m/e, then (Q5) time is not a component of spacetime.

If (P6) spacetime is a combination of space and time, and time is not a component of spacetime, then (Q6) spacetime is not a reality.

Either space = m/e or space ≠ m/e. (Laws of Logic: #1: A = A {space = m/e}; #2: A ≠ B {space ≠ m/e}; #3: A ≠ A + B {space ≠ m/e + not-m/e}.)

If (P7) space ≠ m/e, then (Q7) space is not a causal component of spacetime.

We have observed m/e to comprise entities and causalities (causal events, entities comprised of m/e causing {A} changes of entities also comprised of m/e or {B} new entities from pre-existing m/e—other entities) and we have observed m/e to be continuously present (contiguously present) when causalities are occurring; we have observed no requirement for m/e to be present between entities when causalities are not observed—instead, what we have observed is distance, space, between non-causal entities (coincidental entities, entities which are separated by distances). We are thereby justified in concluding that there are areas of space, subvolumes of space, in which non-causal m/e is present, and, thereby, we are justified in concluding that not all of space is causal/deterministic and that, instead, there is something present in some areas of space which is causal, and that causal something is m/e, causal m/e, the m/e of causality, and, thereby, we are justified in concluding that space is not a causal component of spacetime.

A vacuum is a volume devoid of m/e.

In fact, if (P8) we could eliminate m/e from space, then (Q8) we would observe that space is a volume which is a vacuum.

The observation that space is a vacuum is not 100% necessary for the determination that space is not causal inre spacetime and therefore spacetime is not a reality. The fact that non-causal m/e could be present between non-causal entities and events which are separated by distances proves that it is not space which is causal but something-in-space which is causal, and that something-in-space-which-is-causal can only be and therefore is causal m/e, and, therefore, space itself is non-causal, which suggests that space is not comprised of m/e of any kind but is a vacuum, and therefore space is not causal inre spacetime and therefore spacetime is not a reality.

If (P9) Q5 (time is not a component of spacetime) and Q7 (space is not a causal component of spacetime) are true, then (Q9) spacetime is not a causal reality/deterministic reality.