Hello everyone,

Last week Doctor Dick suggested the following website “just for fun” –

http://home1.gte.net/res02khr/crackpots/notorious.htm

When he said ‘just for fun,’ I thought he was poking fun at Alex. But no! He shares the view with Alex that time is not a dimension!

How bizarre! More than one physicist, with the same antiquated view of time, post on the same, relatively unknown and relatively vacant web site (no offense, webmaster).

For those of us who aren’t per se physicists, but well-read enough to understand a few things, this may seem like a strange coincidence [and might tend to make one think some of these 'folks' are simply different names used by one person ;) ].

Worse, if you’re not well-read (or intelligent) enough to realize their outmoded notion of time is wrong, you might actually read some of the material in here and think, ”there’s a sweeping revolution in physics, and I’ve got a front-row seat at this web site!!”

But I have a simpler explanation.

Consider:
(1) Dick listed the web site, but it reflects Alex’s views as well.
(2) Some of what Alex posts in here are direct quotes from the above-mentioned website.
(3) When Alex insults someone who disagrees with his views on time, he accuses them of watching too much Star Trek
(4) The web site accuses people who disagree with their views of time of watching too much Star Trek

So, either {a} we are witnessing the world of physics quietly experiencing a major upheaval, and time is indeed not a dimension (despite the opinions of Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking, Kip Thorne, John Wheeler… etc. – most of which are listed as “crackpots” on the above mentioned website), or {b} a couple of nutjobs have come to astronomy.net to disgorge their obtuseness.

Ain’t Occam’s razor neat?

-LH

• Quote from the Crackpottery website - luis_hamburgh - November 15, 2001 - 03:09 UTC
  • You let me down Luis! - doctordick - November 15, 2001 - 13:50 UTC
    • I'm relieved - aurino - November 15, 2001 - 14:26 UTC
      • Nice to see you back! - doctordick - November 15, 2001 - 14:48 UTC
        • Thanks Dick... - smartguy - November 15, 2001 - 18:20 UTC
          • Mark, logic (=math) does NOT need to "be started" by anyone. - alexander - November 15, 2001 - 21:28 UTC
            • Why the heck would he ever do that? - smartguy - November 15, 2001 - 21:38 UTC
            • More of the same - harvey1 - November 15, 2001 - 22:08 UTC
              • Harvey, do you mean that if something exists - alexander - November 15, 2001 - 23:01 UTC
                • You can do whatever you want to do - harvey1 - November 15, 2001 - 23:16 UTC
                  • Existence is logic, thus math. - alexander - November 17, 2001 - 02:01 UTC
                    • Which is it? I thought you said logic comes from existence? - harvey1 - November 17, 2001 - 02:34 UTC
            • Alex: All there IS is what there is! - dolphin - November 16, 2001 - 08:52 UTC
              • Alan, only primitive thinkers assign nature human traits. - alexander - November 17, 2001 - 01:22 UTC
                • Some may be assigning mechanical traits? - dolphin - November 17, 2001 - 04:16 UTC
      • Cowards feel "relieved" when they have back-up - luis_hamburgh - November 16, 2001 - 00:56 UTC
        • Can't we all just... get along? - stormcrow - November 16, 2001 - 01:30 UTC
          • Quite an impression! - luis_hamburgh - November 16, 2001 - 04:08 UTC
    • Transparent Psychology - luis_hamburgh - November 16, 2001 - 00:40 UTC
  • We need a new physics based entirely on fields - yanniru - November 15, 2001 - 14:08 UTC
    • I am afraid I strongly disagree with you there! - doctordick - November 15, 2001 - 14:27 UTC
      • Mistake to quantize fields - yanniru - November 15, 2001 - 14:55 UTC
        • Are we discussing opinions or facts? - doctordick - November 15, 2001 - 15:47 UTC
          • '..if you really thought the problem out carfully..' - bruce - November 15, 2001 - 20:09 UTC
            • You apparently do not comprehend the idea of careful thought! - doctordick - November 15, 2001 - 21:33 UTC
              • You are the one who doesn't comprehend.. - bruce - November 15, 2001 - 22:02 UTC
                • Break the issues down to smaller steps - dolphin - November 16, 2001 - 09:21 UTC
• No revolution, just clarification. Glad people pay attention. - alexander - November 15, 2001 - 15:11 UTC
  • How about you clarifying what you mean.. - bruce - November 15, 2001 - 22:27 UTC
    • Which method of "time travel" do you mean? - alexander - November 15, 2001 - 23:05 UTC
      • This is self explanatory... - bruce - November 16, 2001 - 01:33 UTC