The heraclitean nature of time in the platform for life and its relationship with parmenidean reality

Abstract

Any phenomenon which can artificially change the rate at which time passes must describe natural statistical variations truly and to the altered time-scale. These necessary criteria are specified here in terms of correlation coefficients. The strange nature of Heraclitean time is examined further. Accepting the limited present scientific knowledge available, it seems reasonable that quantum decoherence can explain the development of Heraclitean time from Parmenidean true reality with regard to present and future time. However, past-time is far more mysterious and alternative possible suggestions are considered. Experimental clarification of these would be expensive and difficult. This depends on our ability to extend the coherence time of the wave function in Schrödinger's equation in the present instant. It seems that this is the only feature of time available to us for experimental examination. It also seems that the best way to achieve experimental success is to exploit present-day developments in qubit design in quantum computer research which faces the same basic technical problem.

Fundamental Energy-Physics and Planet Earth’s Platform for Life

“…This suggests a mechanism whereby the Second Law of Thermodynamics comes into our World of existence. All this would seem to explain away much of the puzzling problems [6] we have experienced concerning the nature of our strange Universe. In this earlier paper [6] it was surmised by the author, and also by other researchers, that forward-moving time might result from quantum decoherence.…”

“…All this would seem to explain away much of the puzzling problems [6] we have experienced concerning the nature of our strange Universe. In this earlier paper [6] it was surmised by the author, and also by other researchers, that forward-moving time might result from quantum decoherence. However, the present author has made no progress at all with this concept.…”

“…If this can be shown to be confirmed by future experiments, it is merely a physical effect deriving from the behaviour of matter. Its fundamental purpose was presumed in an earlier paper [6] to create a world in which life forms can develop. The fundamental effect of forward moving time is also conditional upon the necessary asymmetric nature of the Universe in which we live.…”

“…Yet it seems that we can suggest, from the following scientific reasoning, that an alternative universe which is symmetrical might also be able to support a different kind of life-form. The model of time development was illustrated in Figure 1 in the paper [6] and is reproduced here as Figure 1 for convenience. In this diagram the wavy section E is the universe in which we live.…”

“…This is because it represents the tiny increment of time in which we exist from moment to moment. Figure 1 was also deliberately drawn originally in a vectorially-incorrect manner with the increment of time being illustrated as stationary so that it could be examined in this earlier paper [6]. From moment to moment, E changes and in reality, it can be considered to move to the right as time moves forward leaving the past (P * and M1 etc.)…”