Distance without TIME

Distance and time, the fabric of the universe, are inter woven and seems to be inseparable. If there is no time how can we measure a distance. If there is no time, using light or any moving object to measure a distance is not possible.

Suppose we have a variant of time. This variant is the normal time without the cyclic quality. If the normal time is a measuring tape with marks and the tape moves uniformly giving out time, this variant the tape is stretchable. Cyclic events are not there, measurement of time cannot be done. Before and after exist. Therefore you can take one measurement after another.

A distance can be measured.

If no before and after, measurement can be done in different different places randomly, then discard the overlapping ones and when a better combination arrives. After many measurements we will get the length. More the measurements made, higher will be the accuracy.

Taking an all inclusive snapshot of the universe is not possible. Even special relativity don't allow it.

If there is no time, an observer can keep on taking measurements increasing the accuracy by each measurement if there is no limit.

Cause effect relation

Before and after is there because effect follows after cause.
This is our understanding. But is it correct? If it is so can we prove it is so?

When we open the tap the water flows, when we step on dogs tail it will bark, when we exert a force on an object it will move etc.(But in some special cases the result may not happen).

Try to remove the human involvement and see whether the effect follows cause.

First of all how do we know that a certain effect follows the cause. It is our experience.  So will an object move when a force is exerted even when we are not observing?

We think that two events are enough to see the cause and effect. It is not so, we observe a train of events to observe cause and effect. With two events there will be a probability that a certain effect will follow cause. With a train of events this probability increases. Therefore there is a lesser probability that event one cause event two. But event ten happening after event one is more probable. When the train grows the probability increases. (This is similar to the confirmation of a transaction in a blockchain)

Suppose an observer watches an moving object, we can't think movement stops when observer is not looking, because when the observer looks back the object is still moving. But it may not be the case of no observer has looked at the moving object and there is a possibility no-one will ever look at it.

"Wheeler delayed choice gedanken Experiment, if we look for waves we get waves, if we look for particles we get particles. Even if the choice to look is made after the particles/wave leave the source the is true. The effect is before the cause. Weirdness in quantum mechanics"

The concept of time is a hypothesis. It is true as long as all effects I.e.each individual element of the set off all effects follows it's causes. When we find at least one instance where it is violated, the hypothesis is wrong.

Michelson–Morley experiment

Of velocity of light is constant we can't measure the velocity of earth compared to space.
It will be interesting to do an experiment with electrons. Make the two arms have electrons as particles, then use a quantum eraser to erase which arm the eleven came the use interference pattern to see the relative velocity. Light also can be used for this by put in measuring devices so that path information is present making photons behave like particles, then destroy the path information to get a diffraction pattern.

This is a good experiment to see special relativity applies to light waves but not photons when they behave like particles.

World without TIME

Suppose that TIME is a man created entity. If so can the world as we see it can exist?
One causality will be constant velocity. We cannot use light beams to measure distance. So how are we going to measure distance?
Take the case of set of balls spread on the floor and an observer with a measuring tape starts to make a map of the placement of the balls. If the balls ate still he can measure by taking his own time, and will be able to make a complete map after some time.
But the problem starts when the balls are given movement. He can measure the first two balls, but when he measure the next two the position of the first two has changed. Therefor he will never be able to get some sort of a picture.
Suppose he can do measurement at infinite speed he may be able to do it. This means, the velocity of balls should be very small compared to the velocity of the observer. Well when velocity comes into the scene time will also creep in. Then our measurements are not done without the help of time.

Is it then if there is no time there is no distance?

If the balls are moving it will be impossible for a single observer to map all the balls. But suppose that there are multiple observers placed very near to balls(say observers are few compared to balls) each observer will be able to make a small map of the balls near him. When we make a composite map out of all these small maps we can construct a responsible map, accurate enough to the real situation. Threes way multiple observers can can make world picture without time. Flow of time will be collection of these maps.

This system of multiple observers making a record of the physical world can be compared with, multiple nodes of a bitcoin network authenticating transactions done by multiple persons. It's blockchain technology will fix the history. That is after more and more transactions increase the block height, validity of the transaction is confirmed.

The effects like time reversal and symmetry breaking in time, in quantum theory can be compared to temporary forking in blockchains. For short intervals time is not fixed.

Existence of true randomness is evidence that TIME is not real. Randomness of radioactive decay can be treated as truly random. If TIME is a physical quantity and has qualities we believe it has, nothing random can exist, everything is orderly, nothing can be out of please. Main qualities of time is uniform flow and having cyclic events where there exists cyclic events in such a way if it is possible to put one set of events in a different set of events, it is possible to do so in such events that occur next, or after.

That the premise "if time is created by biological beings and it's unreal" someone can ask "what about astronomical phenomena like an exploding star, before exploding the star was together after explosion it is a distribution, therefore there is a shift, a uniform shift, this is proof of time". Well the answer to this is: there exists motion, change without that, not only time, the very existence of anything is not possible. But we-biological beings give meaning of time. How do we know that the star was together before exploding? An observer has taken a photograph, mental or otherwise.without this memory we cannot judge before and after.  Therefore we created before and after.

Causality

1. What is distance between two?
2. What is change?
3. What causes change?
4. What is before and after?
5. Why cause is before and effect is after?
5.1 it is because we defines so.
5.2 what happens if we define other way round?
5.2.1 Time will flow backwards.
5.2.2 EM theory works both way round?
5.2.3 Quantum tunneling effect.

What is TIME

Time exists because clocks exist.

A clock can be defined as: when there exists two (or more) mechanisms (or systems) that produce specific identifiable results in such a way, where one mechanism always produce exact specific number of results when the other mechanism produce one result.

Spin, it's an integral part of the concept of time. When something spins recurrence of a state takes place.most mechanical clocks are made from this principal.

But you easily forget that without memory there is no way to identify spin or any other repetitive event. We need to memorize the original position, then there should be a system to compare the present, repeated system with the original. Then there should be a counter to identify how many times the event is repeated. Then there should be a logical system to assume if there is no outside interference that repetition will carry on indefinitely or reasonable enough duration so that we can say it is a continued occurrence. This shows the high degree of logic necessary to identify a repeated event.

It is the same for electromagnetic oscillator, or even the cesium clock. Similarly it is the same for a pulsar, star that rotate and produce an exact frequency. Without an observer how do you know it has the same frequency? The argument is the same for earth rotating on itself or travels around the sun and moon rotating around earth.

Without logic and thinking of man no clock can be made.

These mechanisms can be natural or man made.

Since there exists natural such mechanisms we assume that TIME is a natural phenomena.

There are almost infinite (or near to infinite) number of natural phenomena. Out of the universe set of phenomena we identify a specific subset, and define time.

Therefore TIME is a phenomena created by man.

Man is capable of even creating systems that have phenomena which is slightly different but analogous to TIME, and have some characteristics of TIME. One such is the blockchain in cryptocurrency. When transactions are accepted and included in a blockchain there is no way to change it. It is fixed, like we cannot change what happen in the past. Like chronology or the epoch of time, blockchain fix the history of transactions.

Change is a universal fact. But not flow of change. The flow is a man made concept to keep track of change.

Time has two properties. Sometimes we confuse and use these two interchangeably. One is the recurring event the other is the flow of time. These two are independent. Clock, has two parts one a repeater and then a counter. So to be a clock we needs to take flow also into account.

The two properties of time, can be shown by different phenomena. Time needs an event that repeats. The pendulum swings. The quarts crystal makes electromagnetic circuit flow electrons alternatively.

Then flow of time do not need a repetitive event. It has past, present and future. It is a record keeping process.

Peculiarly this flow always needs an observer. Without observer no flow. The flow may record evidence of events without human observer. Good example is  fossil records. past history is recorded in it.

What is TIME 2

Time exists because clocks exist.

A clock can be defined as: when there exists two (or more) mechanisms (or systems) that produce specific identifiable results in such a way, where one mechanism always produce exact specific number of results when the other mechanism produce one result.

Spin, it's an integral part of the concept of time. When something spins recurrence of a state takes place.most mechanical clocks are made from this principal.

But you easily forget that without memory there is no way to identify spin or any other repetitive event. We need to memorize the original position, then there should be a system to compare the present, repeated system with the original. Then there should be a counter to identify how many times the event is repeated. Then there should be a logical system to assume if there is no outside interference that repetition will carry on indefinitely or reasonable enough duration so that we can say it is a continued occurrence. This shows the high degree of logic necessary to identify a repeated event.

It is the same for electromagnetic oscillator, or even the cesium clock. Similarly it is the same for a pulsar, star that rotate and produce an exact frequency. Without an observer how do you know it has the same frequency? The argument is the same for earth rotating on itself or travels around the sun and moon rotating around earth.

Without logic and thinking of man no clock can be made.

These mechanisms can be natural or man made.

Since there exists natural such mechanisms we assume that TIME is a natural phenomena.

There are almost infinite (or near to infinite) number of natural phenomena. Out of the universe set of phenomena we identify a specific subset, and define time.

Therefore TIME is a phenomena created by man.

Man is capable of even creating systems that have phenomena which is slightly different but analogous to TIME, and have some characteristics of TIME. One such is the blockchain in cryptocurrency. When transactions are accepted and included in a blockchain there is no way to change it. It is fixed, like we cannot change what happen in the past. Like chronology or the epoch of time, blockchain fix the history of transactions.

Change is a universal fact. But not flow of change. The flow is a man made concept to keep track of change.

Time has two properties. Sometimes we confuse and use these two interchangeably. One is the recurring event the other is the flow of time. These two are independent. Clock, has two parts one a repeater and then a counter. So to be a clock we needs to take flow also into account.

The two properties of time, can be shown by different phenomena. Time needs an event that repeats. The pendulum swings. The quarts crystal makes electromagnetic circuit flow electrons alternatively.

Then flow of time do not need a repetitive event. It has past, present and future. It is a record keeping process.

Peculiarly this flow always needs an observer. Without observer no flow. The flow may record evidence of events without human observer. Good example is  fossil records. past history is recorded in it.

Reason for traveling clocks to run slower is, there is a difference between it and a stationary clock. The reason for the twin paradox is we think there is an observer inside a traveling clock. Which cannot be.

Spin Universe

All of the universe can be represented by data. Every object, every elementary particle, that means everything can be represented by data. All data can be represented by bits. All bits can be represented by spin. Spin has only two values, up or down, bits have one or zero.

Religion and constitution of Sri Lanka

There is a big debate to have Buddhism as foremost position as religion in Sri Lanka constitution.
I think those who want to give prominence to religion, ethnicity, race, cast etc. Want to forget poverty of the masses. They don't care about poor as long as their narrow nationalist ideas prevail. There is evidence to show countries with nationalistic ideas has not prosper. I the other hand prosperous countries have distance these ideas long ago. This can be seen even in specific cities of a country. Development is hampered in nationalistic biased cities.

So constitution should not have religion. Countries should be secular. More educated are the masses, countries becomes secular. So religions are short lived. But on the other hand everyone dies. So people will always seek religion for refugee.

There is a way for state not to get involved in Buddhism, but for it to thrive independently. (But it can also create a monster that can grow beyond expectations). May be, some know about this, and don't what it. But the public should know the possibility.

Money is power. Same is for religion. It can be seen in Christianity. Pope and Vatican control most of its affairs.  There is corruption but it is controlled.

In Buddhist Sri Lanka all corruption is uncontrollable. The reason is government is doing everything. Even all monetary donations by devotees goes to the government treasury. Then all the asserts of the temples land and business are theoretically managed by the state. This is because our constitution has foremost position for Buddhism. That is in theory, but everyone knows what happens, they lament but does nothing. Like in all other sectors corruption is everywhere in managing Buddhism. The politicians, the government officials and monks steal. The reason is public has given authority to them, to do it. We need to peal out whenever we can sections from government control. That is the only way to stop corruption.

Create an autonomous body for Buddhism by law. Give it to control and manage all religious assets and donations by public. Have a Supreme board like body to create delegated legislation. This board can be compromised by Maha Sanga of nikayas. They can employ lawyers,  accountants and auditors.

With this method corruption will be greatly reduced. Also the Maha Sanga will have the control to check on rouge monks.

We will have a secular state and everyone except the corrupt will be happy.