The Now Theory of the Universe

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The "Now" Theory of the Universe

Arnold Sprung 3/17/07

 

 

"Now" is the moment between the past and the future; it is what we perceive without relying on recollection.

 

The universe (including all matter and energy) only exists "now". Its past has disappeared into "now", and its future has not yet arrived. This does not mean that the universe has vanished, it, so to speak, rolls along with "now" changing as it does so.

 

When we look at light and other signals from the universes past, we see them as they are "now", containing their history i.e. a collection of suggestive “nows”. We are not actually piercing into the past as if we were there.

 

We cannot determine the speed of "now" because we are moving along with it. It must be fast enough so that light cannot outrun it into the future. More probably, “now” limits the speed of light so that light cannot jump into a nonexistent future. I would propose that the progression of “now” is the universal constant capturing every thing.

 

The apparent slowing of time as proposed in the theory of relativity must occur within the bounds of “now”.

 

If this was not true objects could pass into each other’s past and future.

 

This slowing of time may be some sort of compression as the object approaches the non crossable boundary of “now".

 

The universe ages uniformly in accordance with the "now" theory as explained above and “now” progresses as a universal constant.

 

 

It may be that the progression of “now” throughout the universe is uniform, and that the apparent slowing of time according to the theory of relativity is a different phenomenon, caused by the moving body approaching the limit or wall that nature has placed on its speed. This could distort or compress signals or slow rates of decay. A uniform aging of the universe would solve the problem of the bodies being in the past and future with respect to each other.

 

If we imagine an electron, traveling around a nucleus, to be in the 12 position at "now", in order for it to continue to move in its orbit there must be time, as motion cannot occur without time. When the electron moves out of the 12 position into a different position, the atom with the electron in the 12 position no longer exists; what exists is the atom with the electron at its position at "now". Translate this to the entire universe and we see that the universe only exists now.

 

Being that motion cannot occur without time, and since our universe would not exist without motion, time should be considered as an essential part of the universe, rather than a dimension in which the universe exists. There is no possibility of travel in to the past or future as all that remains of the past is its history continued in successive “nows” and the future does not yet exist.