Space-Time Is Nonlinear? NO WAY!
Let me see if I understand this. A guy, named Itzhak Bars, thinks there are 2 “dimensions” of time, which would result in having to add another dimension of space to accommodate some weird equations only a few people in the world are aware of (that’s assuming that your general college physics class sticks to the whole 3-dimensional + gravity thing).
Wow. You’re a genius. Thanks for the observation Dr. Talksalot.
Didn’t Einstein say this years ago?
I’m not sure, but that name sounds Russian. I hear that in Russia they don’t have very good public access to books, outside of school, in a public library sense. Or at least they didn’t, maybe they do now. Anyways, that would explain a lot. Come, follow me backwards through time…
Books
Hasn’t humanity learned yet? The things we typically dream and create, on a science fiction/fantasy level, are more or less based on a present or future reality. I don’t know why, but that’s what happens. Asimov imagined little robots in human veins, Orwell created the modern day security system, Wells typified a robot extistence in the future, and others envisioned traveling to the moon and beyond. Any of those sound familiar? Let’s take a look at space-time throughout literature, and why this scientist guy is a little slow.
“Lord of the Rings” [approx. 1938]
Have you heard of these books? They’re not very popular, and semi-unknown, but they’re written by a guy named J.R.R. Tolkien a very long time ago. Before computers were even imagined. There are some characters in these books, called “elves”, and one of their main characteristics are their long life, which in fact is an immortal life. If you read these books closely, and maybe some of the associated ones that are even more unknown (like “The Rillanon” for example), you find that the elves do not believe in space-time as we know it… but rather that time is more akin to a circle. Additionally, the wizard “Gandalf” is very obviously seen playing with space-time when he magically reappears from being dead/falling-through-a-never-ending-hole-with-a-giant-demon-monster.
“WoW” is a blatant theft from Tolkien. Wow.
“Ender’s Game” [1985]
By Orson Scott Card, this is another book that is slightly underground. Few have heard of it, even fewer have read it. The main gist of the story is that there’s aliens attacking humanity, and we fight back via some pre-teens who have a higher IQ than anyone in the world. Towards the end of the book, the main character (”Ender”) communicates with the enemy of future-past through his dreams… and in doing so is not only communicating across thousands of light-years, but also time.
“Dune” [1965] (and the rest of the series)
Frank Herbert. A man with a vision that no-one reads. What a shame. Long story short (and without getting into many complicated details like unpronounceable character names), across many many books one of the main characters from the first turns himself into a god via some sand-based lifeforms. He then marries his sister. Odd things continue down this line until he becomes immortal. Eventually he dies. And then is reborn / goes into the past to change things. That’s really the best I can do in a few sentences.
Edit: Apparently I need to re-read Dune, “go back in time” doesn’t apply here. But he does live a really really long time. And the books are still awesome.
Whowhatnow?
I really don’t think I can make this any clearer without listing every popular and groundbreaking scifi/fantasy novel ever written: those of use of at least average intelligence have considered the possibility of space-time being non-linear… Hell, even Star Trek touched on it at least once a season. The scifi/fantasy community will be happy to know that you finally are able to prove what many of us have already believed in, but your ideas and concepts are by no means original. Even the Bible, “written” at some point 2000 years ago, has a space-time issue.
Nerds: “You depend on us … don’t fuck with us.”
I’m not trying to be harsh or mean, but instead I’m realistic. But when you discover how to travel through time or how to visualize/interact with the 4th dimension (quantum physics, anyone?), I will be truly excited.
And I bet many other nerds, geeks, dorks, and non-norms will be too.
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Thanks for helping me fix that.
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