Skepdick wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:12 pm
**sigh***
Here is the definition of a system:
A system is a cohesive conglomeration of interrelated and interdependent parts which can be natural or human-made. Every system is bounded by space and time, influenced by its environment, defined by its structure and purpose, and expressed through its functioning.
This definition does not actually define space and/or time, which is the most important aspect of any
universal "system". In reality, they are multiplicative reciprocals of one another, thus any true
universal "system" must be inductively rooted in the same
universal principle.
According to the above definition MAYBE you see the universe as a system, MAYBE you don't. There's no rule either way - you decide.
If the definition acknowledges space and time as reciprocally related, it has a basis for being a system. Considering that
atoms are actually "conglomerate" configurations of motion(s), if/when incorporating motion itself as the constituency of this system, it is very much a
living system.
None the less you might hear me utter the sentence "The Universe is a System". And all that you should read into such a sentence is the following proposition "Lets use the language of Systems Theory to talk about (model?) The Universe".
A shared sentiment.
You can accept my proposition, or you can reject my proposition. Either way - the language we choose to use to talk about The Universe is not prescriptive upon The Universe.
The universe (in general) doesn't give a shit what we say about it.
She'll agree with us if we happen to be right about her.
The definition I gave you is better because it's more generic (less prescriptive).
More generic is not better if it omits vital information.
It doesn't prescribe discrete or continuous time - either one is fine.
One unit of space per one unit of time is a photon/light, thus discretion is necessary.
It doesn't prescribe three dimensions - any number of dimensions is fine.
Only three dimensions are required to describe the physical universe.
The universe is most definitely NOT an Euclidean geometry - those have only two dimensions. We know that the Universe has at least 3 spatial dimensions and 1 time dimension. You can find this literally on wiki page of Euclidian geometry.
To actually model the universe, projective geometry is needed. For example, quaternion models of photons requires four dimensions.
However only two spacial dimensions are needed to capture what results in a three-dimensional experience:
v=s/t
v^2=s^2/t^2
±v=±s/±t wherein ±v concerns c.
The rest is "dimension"-invariant.
In this way, CKIIT's *A can be plugged into the equation and suffering beings can be solved for according to any context(s):
The root(s) of any context ultimately concern c, the speed of light and/or unity.
Therefor a third dimension is not needed to model the basic "system" of the universe
despite a third dimension being a necessary natural emergent to account for any/all
rotational displacement(s), such as imaginary belief-based ignorance(s) causing suffering/death.
If you are to believe string theorists - it has more. Super string theorists count 10, M-string theorists count 11 and in bosonic string theory spacetime is 26 dimensional.
It is nonsense - if setting the speed of light to 1, these dimensions collapse into what are just octaves of vibrations, like music. String theory has the right idea with vibrations/motions being the basis of reality, however their dimensions are not real, but imaginary. However, imaginary doesn't necessarily mean 'does not matter' as belief-based ignorance(s) is due to imagined realities
acted upon, thus they certainly have a
magnitude. String theory can not put two and two together yet - imaginary numbers have real number counter-parts.
v=s/t
v
i=s
i/t
i
One is real (ie. real s/t orientation), the other is
imaginary.
The separation between the two is
belief-based ignorance
as the 'default' state of creation is unity. Displacement is thus local
according to the gravity of the being (ie. their own choices/actions)
the 'imaginary' part being whatever choices/actions were/are rooted
in an unreal root, hence
i - the imaginary number.
The Islamic shahada is an example of an imaginary root: not real, but
has a real magnitude that translates into suffering/death on the planet.
Attaining to the knowledge that it is impossible to bear a true testimony
to the nature/character of a dead man would lift the 'believer'
from √+A (imaginary-to-real) to √-A (real-from-imaginary)
thus ceasing their suffering owing to the same.