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Decoherence is the collapse of the wave function in quantum mechanics. No time or space is experienced by particles as their wave function propagates – until the wave function is said to collapse. Consequently, two entangled particles described by a wave function, appear to communicate instantaneously even if they are light years apart. Decoherence is the key to understanding time. Other particles couple or interfere with the Higgs Field. The more they couple, the more decoherence happens, and more time is created for them. This slows them down from the speed of light. The particles that experience the most decoherence slow down the most. This appears has if they have more inertia. The ones with most inertia appear to us as having the greatest mass. This is how mass arises and varies between particles Clocks travelling at 10% light speed would slow down by 0.5%. At 99.9999% light speed clocks will slow down by 99.86%. Taking this towards the limit - the photons of light 'experience' zero time (instantaneous travel time). There is no absolute time frame of reference. Where is the error in this logic?

I explained this as the limit as you get arbitrary close to the speed of light. As with Differentiation we are not dividing by zero but considering the limit.

Thanks for the thorough explanation of your diagram. I will read it carefully and get back to you soon as I can.

Hi, I am keen to explain my ideas further. I asked this forum if there is anything wrong with my initial premise - Mass-less particles, travelling at the speed of light, experience zero time. The discussions appear to drift into related topics. I can't move to the next line of explanation until this premise is accepted or rejected. Thanks.

The medium of sound waves are air molecules and the medium of ocean waves are water molecules. Are you saying the medium of the wave function, whose evolution is described by the Schrödinger Equation, is pure maths (in Hilbert Space) or the medium is the field(s) from which the particle(s) arise as suggest by Dagl1?

What is the medium that the wave function oscillates in?

Thanks for the diagram. Does it assume Classical Time pre-exists and then looks at the variation in V? Perhaps Time is an emergent phenomenon that can be explained from the decoherence of the wave function created at the Big Bang. Time is real and exists but not as a hard arena that Classical Physics assumes.

The time dilation equations suggest that particles moving infinitely close to the speed of light would slow down almost entirely. As mass-less particles travel at the speed of light I make the assertion that they would experience zero time. Is there an error with this logic? It's philosophy, not physics as there are no equations in order to make and confirm predictions. His work provides pointers and food for thought. The idea that there is a oneness or a consciousness that underpins all life and non-life is similar to the claim by some quantum physicists that the universe is represented by a single waveform.

Eckhart Tolle’s book ‘The Power of Now’ has sold over 2 million copies. In 2011, he was listed by Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world. Tolle is not identified with any particular religion, but he has been influenced by a wide range of spiritual works including Buddhism (Wiki). Tolle's philosophy is based on the nature of time.

It is true that light takes 8.32 seconds to get from the sun to the earth. Clocks on a spacecraft travelling at 10% light speed would slow down by 0.5%. At 99.9999% light speed the clocks will slow down by 99.86% compared to clocks on earth. I will modify my posting to clarify this. Thanks. Taking this towards the limit - the photons of light 'experience' zero time in their journey to earth. There is no absolute time frame of reference.

The concepts are very simple unlike the maths which is waiting to be published. Sorry I haven't replied to your diagram. I am waiting until your conversation with others has concluded. Thanks

. Thanks for your comments. In reply: If a spacecraft was travelling from the neighbourhood of the sun to earth at 10% of the speed of light the occupants and onboard clock would experience/measure about 8 minutes. If it travelled faster at 99% of the speed of light, due to time dilation, the clock would measure show about 1 minute of elapsed time. If it travelled even faster at 99.9999% of the speed of light, the clock would show the journey taking only 1 second. Consequently photons, that travel at the speed of light, would be expected to ‘experience’ zero time and instantaneous travel time. Physicists and philosophers have been unable to define time, other than to observe it represents the change of something – tick of a clock, heart beats etc. Some physicists start their theories by assuming that we live in an arena of space and time. Special and general relativity show there is no absolute time. IMHO Time is an emergent phenomenon from quantum mechanics. What changes is the decoherence of the wavefunction. This is consistent with the photon travelling instantaneously until it hits something, is measured or otherwise decoheres. Decoherence is the key to understanding time. This applies to all massless particles that travel at the speed of light. Other particles couple or interfere with the Higgs Field. The more they couple, the more decoherence happens, and more time they experience. This slows them down from the speed of light. The particles that experience the most decoherence slow down the most. This appears has if they have more inertia. This ones with most inertia appear to us as having the greatest mass. This is how mass arises and varies between particles. I believe this real physics, hopefully leading to a better understanding of space and time, gravity, mass etc. I am hoping for some constructive replies. Thanks Physics aside do you agree with the philosophy of Now as described by Mindfulness, Buddhism or Eckhart Tolle's Power of Now? Thanks Time is not an illusion but an emergent phenomenon than appeared shortly after the Big Bang.

Hi, Thanks for your reply. If the 'Now' is the only thing we experience - is it not the only thing we can be sure of that it is not an illusion? The past and future may be constructs of the mind and consequently illusions.

Time only exists if there is change. The tick of a clock. The beating of your heart. A photon of light from the sun enters your eye instantaneously (zero time) in its frame of reference. This is because it has experienced no change. Its wave function has evolved as described by Schrodinger’s Equation – but it is only when the wave function collapses or decoheres does it experience time. Quantum Decoherence is the key to understanding time. What do you think?