QUANTIME

Observation I have been looking at a 3D model of the Laniakea supercluster of galaxies, containing among others the Virgo Cluster, in which we know our Milky Way to exist. Regardless of me being an observer down on Earth in that Milky Way, or an observer even outside the imaginary 3D box in which Laniakea was situated, from any random point in the universe, I can only observe things that have already happened, have already come to be or have already extinguished. I can never see things that must yet come into existence. Therefore anything that is observed is a result of events that have already occurred and as it only becomes visible when its emitted or reflected light has had the time to reach me/the observer, I can only look into the past. Figure 1. Laniakea supercluster Planck Units Outside of planck length one can only observe the effect of a cause , or causes, that are an effect of something else. The present, the ‘right now’, the ‘here’ within one planck time, is al...

If a human on Earth (or through the Hubble telescope, because of its relatively low orbit) gazes into space, he looks into the past. A glance at the Sun shows it as it was eight minutes ago. On the edge of the observable universe, one sees object who have been there at least 13.8 billion years ago. Observing far away objects is not time traveling. If it were, that would mean that our line of sight would be a moving object. We only collect light that reached us from that distance and so this light (and other wavelengths of electromagnetic emissions) is what travelled the distance. If we want to observe a far object as it really is, we will have to go there. Let us imagine that we go on board a space vessel which can reach nearly the speed of light, let’s say 99,99%  c  (for further ease of use:  c -  [c superscript minus]). This is a thought experiment because: Motion at nearly light speed is impossible according to Einstein’s theories and: As no sc...