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Branching space-time

Nuel Belnap

Published Sep 1, 1992• 226 citations
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10.1007/bf00414289

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From the dawn of civilization Humans struggled to understand and explain their environment. The process of that struggle resulted in various branches of investigations and knowledge, which Humans denote as Science. Because the Human mind, which created this Science, is by itself composed of components which might be the same components that the environment is also composed of, Humans might be bound to never being able to understand and explain completely this environment, which is also denoted as the Existence, because one cannot explain an issue, if that explanation relies on this same issue. Nevertheless, Humans were still able to build a magnificent structure, of knowledge and explanations, which, as mentioned above, is denoted as Science which is still an ongoing endeavor, which continuously expands, reveals and explains more and more secrets embedded in the Existence. However, the nowadays Physics, which is the branch of Science which specifically focuses on understanding and explaining the Existence, is still composed of branches which are not fully compatible. One of these branches is the branch denoted as the Classic Physics, which focuses on understanding and explaining what is denoted as the Macroscopic Environment. Another such branch is the branch denoted as the Quantum Physics, which focuses on understanding and explaining what is denoted as the Microscopic Environment. And, as presented above, these two branches of Physics are not fully compatible, and Humans are still struggling, to expand the knowledge that might bridge the gap that still exists between these two branches of Physics. Moreover, even the branch of the Classic Physics itself, still embeds branches which are also not fully compatible, as for example, the Gravity and the Electromagnetism, and more must be done to bridge the gap that exists also between these two branches, which both belong, as stated above, to the branch of the Classic Physics. In the process of building the above-mentioned magnificent structure of Science, Humans detected in the Existence various components, and denoted these components as Entities, and used these Entities as the building blocks on which the Science of Physics was constructed. Two such Entities are the Entity of Space and the Entity of Time, which together were interweaved into one Entity, denoted as Einstein's four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity, by the Relativity Theories of Einstein. The branch of Classic Physics relates to the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity as a real component, that really exists in the environment, or the Existence. Moreover, the branch of Classic Physics states that the environment embeds just one single four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity which is a real component of the environment, that really exists in the environment. However, this paper argues, that the branch of Quantum Physics, might also imply that the above-mentioned four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity might not be a component that really exists in the environment, or the Existence. Moreover, this paper also argues, that although the nowadays branch of Classic Physics does state that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity is a real existing Entity, a contrary conclusion can be also derived, a conclusion that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity might not be a component that really exists in the environment, or the Existence, and that contrary conclusion can be also derived from arguments based only on the nowadays Classic Physics. Thus, if it can be concluded that arguments based only on the Classic Physics might imply that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity does not really exists in the Existence, a conclusion which might be also in line, and compatible, with what the Quantum Physics also implies, then, by abandoning the conclusion that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity is a component that really exists in the environment, and by validating the assumption that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity might be only a facet or an attribute of another component of the Existence, which the Science of Physics denotes as Energy, this might provide also a lead for starting some bridging between the Classic Physics and the Quantum Physics, which, as already stated above, are still significantly incompatible.

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From the dawn of civilization Humans struggled to understand and explain their environment. The process of that struggle resulted in various branches of investigations and knowledge, which Humans denote as Science. Because the Human mind, which created this Science, is by itself composed of components which might be the same components that the environment is also composed of, Humans might be bound to never being able to understand and explain completely this environment, which is also denoted as the Existence, because one cannot explain an issue, if that explanation relies on this same issue. Nevertheless, Humans were still able to build a magnificent structure, of knowledge and explanations, which, as mentioned above, is denoted as Science which is still an ongoing endeavor, which continuously expands, reveals and explains more and more secrets embedded in the Existence. However, the nowadays Physics, which is the branch of Science which specifically focuses on understanding and explaining the Existence, is still composed of branches which are not fully compatible. One of these branches is the branch denoted as the Classic Physics, which focuses on understanding and explaining what is denoted as the Macroscopic Environment. Another such branch is the branch denoted as the Quantum Physics, which focuses on understanding and explaining what is denoted as the Microscopic Environment. And, as presented above, these two branches of Physics are not fully compatible, and Humans are still struggling, to expand the knowledge that might bridge the gap that still exists between these two branches of Physics. Moreover, even the branch of the Classic Physics itself, still embeds branches which are also not fully compatible, as for example, the Gravity and the Electromagnetism, and more must be done to bridge the gap that exists also between these two branches, which both belong, as stated above, to the branch of the Classic Physics. In the process of building the above-mentioned magnificent structure of Science, Humans detected in the Existence various components, and denoted these components as Entities, and used these Entities as the building blocks on which the Science of Physics was constructed. Two such Entities are the Entity of Space and the Entity of Time, which together were interweaved into one Entity, denoted as Einstein's four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity, by the Relativity Theories of Einstein. The branch of Classic Physics relates to the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity as a real component, that really exists in the environment, or the Existence. Moreover, the branch of Classic Physics states that the environment embeds just one single four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity which is a real component of the environment, that really exists in the environment. However, this paper argues, that the branch of Quantum Physics, might also imply that the above-mentioned four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity might not be a component that really exists in the environment, or the Existence. Moreover, this paper also argues, that although the nowadays branch of Classic Physics does state that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity is a real existing Entity, a contrary conclusion can be also derived, a conclusion that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity might not be a component that really exists in the environment, or the Existence, and that contrary conclusion can be also derived from arguments based only on the nowadays Classic Physics. Thus, if it can be concluded that arguments based only on the Classic Physics might imply that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity does not really exists in the Existence, a conclusion which might be also in line, and compatible, with what the Quantum Physics also implies, then, by abandoning the conclusion that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity is a component that really exists in the environment, and by validating the assumption that the four-dimensional Interwoven Space-Time Entity might be only a facet or an attribute of another component of the Existence, which the Science of Physics denotes as Energy, this might provide also a lead for starting some bridging between the Classic Physics and the Quantum Physics, which, as already stated above, are still significantly incompatible.