GDR writes:
When you say in the last sentence "our universe" are you speaking about a universe that is the one that all of us experience?
cavediver writes:
Could be, or perhaps individualistic... the model's not sufficiently well defined on that point! Take you pick...
I’m still trying to put all of this together conceptually and particularly the idea of an individualistic universe.
-Penrose proposes that consciousness is basic to everything.
-Barbour believes that every moment is an eternal universe.
-Others talk about an infinite number of universes
-SR tells us that space/time is absolute and that we all move through time at our own individual rate.
-QM has shown us that nothing is as it appears and that what seems to be reality is in fact only our perception of it, and that in order for particles, (which are only bits of energy or information), to take on their characteristics they require an observer.
If all of these things are correct, (I know that the first three are still pretty esoteric and pretty speculative), then it seems to me that some things follow.
If the movement through time is an individual thing for each of us(SR), and if a universe is a specific moment in time (Barbour) then every individual exists in their own universe that is dependent on their own consciousness, (Penrose & QM) which would require an infinite number of universes.
Does this make any sense at all?
Edited by GDR, : No reason given.
Everybody is entitled to my opinion.