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The location, movement, time, every measurmeent of every thing and every event, is relative. All will vary based upon the observer, or vantage point. Therefore, calculated speed, inertia, energy, is not a property of a thing itself, but of its relationships to any and all of an infinite number of vantage points, which are themselves relative. This being the case, uncertainty, perceived time, non-local interactions, and the enigmas such subjects seem to create, are all caused by or reinforced by the false idea that we measure "reality", rather than the infinately small aspect involved in any specific view or measurement. Am I the only one who thinks this way? Where am I wrong? Thanks

2007-03-15 00:35:56 · 3 answers · asked by dave_w_03303 2 in Science & Mathematics Physics

3 answers

Yep, we can only measure reality in our own frame of reference but the important thing is that everyone will get the same results in their own reference frame.

2007-03-15 00:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by Gene 7 · 0 1

I think you ask a very good question....

It is very difficult to explain why we say we measure 'reality', but as humans we try to reason it with ourselves.

It is similar to when two people see the same event, but report it very differently and Physics is about trying to put a 'general' theory or rule so that we all can understand it.

Everything is 'relative' to everything else, but you must remeber we live in two very different worlds, the macroscopic world (which we can see and live in day to day) and the atomic world, where even now we do not understand when, why and how things actually happen.

QM tries to explain atomic level things by the form of wavefunctions etc.
Reletivity tends to base things on the speed of light and the frame of reference that one is based in.

QM and Reletivity don't really get on with each other, but both have been proved correct in different concepts.

Just think about wave-particle duality - is light a particle or wave, are electrons particles or waves, both, they can both display wave and particle like properties.

The actual truth is, the further we go into trying to understand these things, we find that there is even more to learn.

It is good to think about things like yourself and challenge traditional rationale - as you yourself will agree 'The truth is always stranger than fiction'.

Great Question m8.

2007-03-15 10:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Q 6 · 0 0

I think You are totally right. Expand on the subject because I think you are getting to something big.

2007-03-15 07:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by fatcat988 2 · 0 1

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