Comments on: Time & Change http://atheology.com/2007/06/10/time-change/ n. against God or gods, anti-theology, the defense of naturalism Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:14:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rastaban http://atheology.com/2007/06/10/time-change/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Rastaban Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:35:06 +0000 http://atheology.com/2007/06/10/time-change/#comment-128 The 3rd element is necessary became "time" (as distinct from "change") is a <em>comparison</em> of one change to another (the first change serves as a "clock" by which to assign a time or duration to the second). This is another way of saying that time <em>requires</em> an observer because by its definition time results from the comparison of two or more observations of change. In other words, time is not independent of observers. This was one of Einstein's insights: that time measurements are dependent on each observer's own movement relative to the movement they are measuring. This is so because observations are physical events subject to a fixed rate of change, e.g. the speed of light. Objective time does not exist. Unlike time, change is not dependent on an observer, since it doesn't require subjective observations in order to be formulated. The 3rd element is necessary became “time” (as distinct from “change”) is a comparison of one change to another (the first change serves as a “clock” by which to assign a time or duration to the second). This is another way of saying that time requires an observer because by its definition time results from the comparison of two or more observations of change.

In other words, time is not independent of observers. This was one of Einstein’s insights: that time measurements are dependent on each observer’s own movement relative to the movement they are measuring. This is so because observations are physical events subject to a fixed rate of change, e.g. the speed of light. Objective time does not exist.

Unlike time, change is not dependent on an observer, since it doesn’t require subjective observations in order to be formulated.

]]> By: Matthew http://atheology.com/2007/06/10/time-change/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Matthew Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:38:10 +0000 http://atheology.com/2007/06/10/time-change/#comment-127 Sorry to be a bother, but I don't follow you. Why is the third element necessary? Sorry to be a bother, but I don’t follow you. Why is the third element necessary?

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