RE: Time?

["Ramsey, Robert T (Space Systems)"]

Hello Rob,

I'm online with what you are saying.  Life is kind of like a film reel with
each event or frame permanent, without time or motion.  This film is like a
probability node but with only with one path.  When you watch a movie you
don't necessarily see every frame of the film because it happens so quickly.
The images moving on the screen aren't really moving.  You just think they
are because the frames fly by so fast. At least I think this analogy comes
close to what you are saying : )

Your Friend,

Rob Ramsey

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Robert L. Vaessen []
>  Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:53 PM
>  To: Ramsey, Robert T (Space Systems)
>  Subject: Re: Time?
>  
>  
>  Rob -
>  
>  You're way off the mark here. You need to go back and read the 
>  page again. I completely reject time, in all it's forms. Clocks 
>  don't tell 'Time' they have hands that move in a circle. That's 
>  it. Clocks don't fit the equation at all. Neither does jet-lag, 
>  or the international date line.
>  
>  I've been having a protracted discussion with a couple of other 
>  friends regarding the nature (or non-existence) of time. Here's 
>  the latest from that discussion. Maybe it'll help...
>  
>  We are consciousness, traveling down a probability path. 
>  Visiting nodes along the way. Each node is a static now. A fixed 
>  and unchanging (no such thing as motion) configuration of 
>  matter. An act never becomes a node. All acts are nodes. As your 
>  consciousness visits these nodes you experience them in a linear 
>  fashion (perceived as motion and time), because that's the only 
>  way you are capable of processing the experience. You create 
>  time and motion by processing the nodes your consciousness is 
>  visiting.
>  
>  I'll give you a call when I get down to the Springs. I leave on 
>  the 25th, class starts on the 26th. Will you two be busy on the 
>  evening of the 25th? It's a Monday. I'll probably be spending 
>  most of my weekends back here though.
>  
>  The counters on my web pages are provided by Geocities. You can 
>  get them with the free pages, but then you have to put up with 
>  the advertisement.  I pay for my Geocities services (GeoPlus). 
>  $4.95 a month isn't a bad deal for what I'm getting. I have 
>  different counters for every (almost every) page, and I do get 
>  statistics with the counters.
>  
>  - Robert
>  
>  
>  On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 09:57 , Ramsey, Robert T 
>  (Space Systems) wrote:
>  
>  > Hello Rob,
>  >
>  > I liked your essay on the existence of time.  Although, I'd 
>  > like to say that
>  > clocks don't necessarily tell time.  They simply move a device 
>  > per a set
>  > frequency.  The acceptance of clocks being a judge of time 
>  is simply
>  > interpretation.  Clocks aren't always correct, so if you read a 
>  > clock that
>  > is giving you the wrong time has your reality or sense of 
>  time changed;
>  > being that you consciously accept the incorrect time?  How does 
>  > jet-lag play
>  > into the equation?
>  >
>  > Anyways, I'm sure we'll enjoy a deep discussion or two while 
>  > you are at the
>  > NCO academy.  By the way, where did you get your counter?  
>  I'm using a
>  > counter from www.thecounter.com .  It used to be free but about 
>  > eight months
>  > ago they started charging for statistical data.  The counter 
>  > works but it
>  > has issues.  Can you access statistical data via your 
>  counter provider?
>  >
>  > Your Friend,
>  >
>  > Rob Ramsey
>  > kc8kpx
>  >
>  
>  
>  
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