tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post482255177945157698..comments2023-10-29T13:33:18.452+00:00Comments on Anthony Peake's Cheating The Ferryman Blog Page: The Mystery of the Photon (02)Anthony Peakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199138770925114308noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-87937202650913939472009-05-17T14:53:00.000+01:002009-05-17T14:53:00.000+01:00FORUM: Time and The Photon [by Tony]Phew! Where to...<A HREF="http://www.anthonypeake.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=640£" REL="nofollow"><B>FORUM: Time and The Photon </B>[by Tony]</A>Phew! Where to start!!!<br />*smile*<br /><br />"<I>.....from the viewpoint of a photon there is no time. At the speed of light time ceases to flow. So for a photon it is still the moment of the Big Bang!</I>"<br /><br />Hmmm, not quite! A photon has similar properties to an electron in that, conceivably, one incorporates the whole in that each is fully understanding and indeed counter-dependent on the state of all others, being simply a subjectively observed snapshot of an objective continuum. This means that a photon would indeed be outside of linear or Minkowskian Time but that itself would mean the idea of a "<I>moment</I>" to be contradictory.<br /><br />"<I>Indeed there are even stranger conclusions that can be drawn from this timeless state experienced by a photon. If I am right in my interpretation then it means that they can travel backwards and forwards in time. We do not have to create exotic super-luminal (faster than light) particles such a tachyons to suggest possible time travel. The humble photon does it all the time (pun unintended). It is known that Space (and, I assume Space-Time) is curved. As such if an object travels for long enough it will arrive back at its initial location. This is like somebody circumnavigating the Earth. This line is technically known as a geodesic. This will apply to a photon.</I>"<br /><br />While Space-Time may well be curved, in order for anything to travel back to its initial location, this curvature would have to be cyclical to Euclidean geometry, by which I mean, in essence, circular. Simple curvature of Space-Time would not mean a photon could travel around the universe back to its original location (<I>either via conventional geometry or via Mobius effects</I>), only a perfectly circular curvature would allow such, and this would contradict the isotropic measurements of the universe from Cosmology somewhat wouldn't it? <br /><br />"<I>Now what is important for me is that light, as a photon or as a wave, is the medium by which we perceive most of the world, and universe, around us. Without light we would quite literally, exist in complete darkness. Light is the medium by which we communicate with the world outside of consciousness. It carries information and yet this medium is mysterious in the extreme. It exists in a timeless place beyond our understanding. Indeed without electromagnetic radiation such as heat, life would not exist and the universe would be a cold, dead place.</I>"<br /><br />Subjectively I would agree but don't forget certain paradoxes as <B>Olber's Paradox</B>, which I know you are aware of having discussed it with you once in relation to my CtCw.<br /><br />"<I>The Gnostic Mystic Mani called matter "Bottled Light". Could this be the real secret regarding the nature of reality? That light, matter and thought are all related in some deep, meaningful way? Could this be a clue to the "Implicate Order" suggested by David Bohm. Could light be the building blocks of my Bohmian IMAX?</I>"<br /><br />Mani's "<I>Bottled Light</I>" concept works if we consider all matter to be merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, thus Light (<I>as with matter itself</I>) is thus bottled (<I>or quantized</I>) energy, to varying degrees. This is yet more evidence to the dynamic cohension of the universe, incorporating Consciousness as a fundamental property of everything.Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.com