Hidden In Plain Sight 3 Quotes

“Aristotle was no experimenter, and he relied too much on his preconceptions. Famously, Aristotle once proclaimed that women have fewer teeth than men. Because no one thought to check this proclamation of Aristotle, for a thousand years everyone believed that women have fewer teeth (women and men, of course, actually have the same number of teeth).”
― Andrew H. Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“Downgrade the "now". Realise that the current moment is no more real than the past moments in your life.”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“A time dimension is required so that energy is possible.”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“a stationary object moves through time at the speed of light.”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“instead of time defining the behaviour of a clock, the light clock essentially defines time!”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“the whole block of spacetime from the start of the universe to the end of the universe exists as one unchanging block. This is called the block universe model.”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“So is spacetime truly emergent? Well, if spacetime is emergent, that would suggest that the dimensions of time and space are not fundamental (i.e., they do not pre-exist as underlying axes) but "emerge" as a result of the interactions of the objects within the universe. As we have discussed, the absence of absolute time and space means that the dimensions of time and space cannot pre-exist as underlying axes. Therefore, in the absence of absolute time and space, I would suggest the solution to the question is clear: time and space simply must be emergent, i.e., emerge from the objects within the universe. There are no fundamental axes outside the universe. Spacetime cannot, therefore, be fundamental. Logically, therefore, spacetime must emerge from the interactions of the objects within the universe.”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“In human society, rich people can move faster by buying expensive cars and planes. However, physics recognises no such inequality. In physics, everyone — and every object — is equal. Everyone is treated the same. The laws of physics are the same for everyone. Everyone ages the same as entropy takes it toll equally. Under the laws of physics, everyone moves at the same speed in spacetime. You cannot buy a faster car to drive through spacetime more quickly. This is the true essence of the egalitarian Copernican principle. The world of physics is a more equal world.”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“spacetime model, we might now reasonably ask what is the momentum of the car through time. The answer, fairly obviously, is that”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“as an explosion. Imagine a stick of dynamite standing in a stationary position on a table. Nothing is moving, so the total momentum of”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“many experiments which intrigued him. He was particularly interested in the properties of light. By using a spinning colour”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“According to Carl Sagan: "Maxwell's equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents.”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time

“However, Galileo got into trouble when he turned his telescope toward a wider horizon. The discovery of the four moons orbiting Jupiter — Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto — suggested that the Earth was not the centre of the universe about which all celestial bodies orbited. By challenging the geocentric model of the Solar System, Galileo found himself accused of heresy and was placed under house arrest for the rest of his life.”
― Andrew Thomas, Hidden In Plain Sight 3: The secret of time