Re:“Nihilism is OK” is not OK
by kongin on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:41AM
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>For one, it seems to me you have to basically reject all of relativistic physics if you want to maintain a perspective on the universe where only the present moment exists. This is because the relativity of simultaneity tells us that there is no such thing as a universal present moment. How can only a single moment exist when there is no such thing as a single moment?
Humans do extremely poorly in relativistic environments because we tend to become expanding clouds of atoms at the energies needed to make relativity relevant to every day experience.
At the energies we can survive at a universal time is an extremely good approximation to your daily experience.
Re:“Nihilism is OK” is not OK
by codebolt on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:46AM
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Yes, but regardless of their relevance to our daily lives, Einstein's equations do have strong implications about the basic structure of the universe. And that structure is fundamentally not compatible with ontological presentism.
Humans do extremely poorly in relativistic environments because we tend to become expanding clouds of atoms at the energies needed to make relativity relevant to every day experience.
At the energies we can survive at a universal time is an extremely good approximation to your daily experience.