This article proposes that time is absolute and a universal constant unaffected by speed or gravity, and that the motion of light, not geometry or variable clocks, is the proper foundation of time.
Einstein's mathematics in Special Relativity seems to be correct because it relies on clocks ticking perfectly in any situation. In his mind experiments, imaginary clocks are observed by imaginary observations.
The math measures time and distance from the observer's frame of reference. Hence, it’s called Relativity. However, a scientist must reach the level of reality and observation, but in 1905, it was only a mathematical concept.
Einstein's 1905 theory rests on these postulates:
- The laws of physics are the same in all inertial (non-accelerating) frames.
- The speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all observers, regardless of their motion.
- Let's add more postulates that are required for his math. All clocks ticking in a frame of reference tick at the same rate.
- The clocks and observers are not affected by any force acting upon them.
- Clocks can measure time, and sticks measure distance.
Some of my questions about Relativity are: Do the Lorentz Transformations work even at the speed of light? The 4th dimension is said to be time. Does it possess spatial properties related to motion, such as speed and distance?
Einstein's Mind Experiments Lack Reality.
My questions are relevant to Einstein because he employed mental experiments to explain physical phenomena. This mental activity plays a crucial role in discovering new scientific insights. However, the scientist must use these thoughts to reach the next level of reality and observation.
I suggest that Einstein didn't go to the next level. Instead, he turned imaginary thinking into manipulating math to prove what only exists as a concept. We can not use “time” in mind experiments because clocks do not display the correct time when used in space or imaginary experiments. Clocks are accurate only on Earth.
Humans are so egotistical that they believe the universe operates according to the rate at which their clocks tick. For example, we think we can measure the speed of light in space by using clocks on Earth.
The famous mind experiment at a train station illustrates the phenomenon of time dilation. A passenger sees simultaneous lightning flashes hit the front and back of a fast-moving train. The observer on the train platform sees the two flashes at different times. Each observer sees the other’s clock ticking more slowly, and a Lorentz transformation verifies that one light flash occurs after the first one.
To make time visible and measurable, Einstein imagined a light clock with two perfect mirrors bouncing a photon, so each round-trip defines a "tick" of time. However, the "tick" is not related to a physical clock's tick.
In the passenger’s frame, the light bounces straight up and down, and in the moving train, the mirrors are moving sideways, so the light looks like it's moving sideways.
That could mean the light travels a longer path during one "tick." So, for the speed of light to remain the same, the moving clock takes a longer duration for each tick, and that's called Time dilation.
However, the mathematics claims it’s not a physical slowing of time itself; instead, it’s about how motion warps time when you demand that the speed of light stays constant. What?…
Mathematical Flaws Happen
Let's use critical thinking to unpack the experimental concepts. A mathematical system cannot prove its operation without referring to something outside of itself. My issue is using Lorentz transformation diagrams with the speed of light. I suspect that geometry shouldn't be used for the speed of light, which is invariant. Einstein postulates that the speed of light is constant in all inertial reference frames.
Therefore, it doesn’t matter how fast the train or a spaceship is moving, a photon will always bounce up and down the same distance in the same time period. The duration of time itself can't change; thus, I claim the clock shows a wrong result.
If light is invariant, then why introduce distortions in geometry? Isn’t the straight-line motion of light more fundamental than redefining clocks and rulers? I propose that time doesn’t slow down, but clocks malfunction due to physical forces. The up and down motion in the light clock doesn’t change, so something happens to the measuring tools.
Lorentz transformations should be viewed as geometry descriptions in two dimensions, rather than as a description of reality itself. Light’s motion defines absolute geometry (always up and down), and Time is universal and absolute.
What appears to be time dilation is actually due to physical forces causing delays in clocks, indicating that motion affects matter, not time itself.
In the train example of Special Relativity. The lightning strikes the front and rear of the train simultaneously, but the platform observer sees the flashes at different times, as shown by a Lorentz diagram.
However, if the flashes occur simultaneously at the train, then they must be viewed by the platform observer simultaneously, since they are not part of the train.
It doesn’t matter how fast the train moves, since the light flashes are not stuck on the train because light is non-physical, so the instant the flashes occur, they are viewed simultaneously by both observers.
In part three of my evaluations, we will examine General Relativity and the postulates that pertain to physical forces affecting motion. The math seems to correctly describe the precession of Mercury's perihelion using General Relativity. Or was it orchestrated to show the correct result, which was previously known? Hmmm…
Shocking Statement! Did you know most people think time makes them old?
Here’s the problem: most people live with the time they have and don't understand what time is. They will struggle to know how the subconscious works and why time is relative to your thoughts.
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