10th December 2005, 4:27 AM
So are you saying that weather is not as complicated as a watch? Or that weather serves no purpose?
Since you decided to use a watch as an example, I have a much better comparison. Let's compare a man-made watch to the Earth's orbit around the sun.
A watch is a device that by the sum of its parts can move in a constant motion to which we assign numbers to let us know what time it is at each interval.
Time: A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future or an interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration
Because of the nature of time, that only 'now' exists, the 'past' is gone and what's done is irreversible, and the 'future' which allows us to plan in the 'now' for its arrival, giving the sense of always moving forward. The 'now' is often reflected upon in relation to it becoming the past: "I dont want to feel guilty about this tomorrow". It is a paradigm of invention that only exist out of need. Temporal measurements are used to quantify how far apart events occur out of a need to create structure so that, in a lifetime, you can make every day count towards goals.
The complete reverse of this is the universe. It dictates that time does not exist, only motion 9to an infinite scale). What we percieve as time is only an outcome. The universe creates a system that says motion forms spatial measurement to quantify how far apart objects are, and that time is not moving forward but in a circle and thus infinite (this totally does not apply to big bang theory which says that matter was created from anti-matter which cant happen based on all supported theory). It is witnessed that even a cycle must change to accomodate its own structure as the objects within spacetime are constantly phasing in and out of existence (life and death). Our sun will eventually die out like any star and destroy every planet in this solar system - but there are an infinite amount of stars and an infinite amount of solar systems being created every day of every hour of every second, so nothing actually ends, it only continues in a cycle. This is the universe's 24 hour continuous scale
As human beings, we want to quantify that cycle in to intervals and say that the single object has a begining and an end without witnessing the entire scope of the idea. Since the universe uses 'true time' it can dictate such things as smaller cycles within the cycles (think of this like hours) that allows a planet to circle the star and, because of different distances, cause change in the planet's eco-system, a phasing of infinite principals which helps the life sustaining planet to grow and heal and sustain that life but also and more importantly, create the same cycle of the universe with objects phasing in and out of existence just as the entire universe does on a smaller (and finite) scale. If the Earth did not orbit a star, there would be no seasons and it have a huge, HUGE impact on the life sustaining functions of the planet, without seasons and the effect of the sun's gravitational forces on the earth at different spacial intervals most of the functions of any of earth's cycles would simply be impossible to do, which means that if it didn't happen, life may have never evolved.
Now not only do the life sustaining planets revolve around the star to create this cycle but the planet itself rotates on its axis. Without this principal, life as we know it now could not exist on Earth or any planet. A planet with out rotation would have day on one side and night on the other and it would never change. Because the earth would be rotationless the moon would also be static (but to full grasp the principal the moon would be nonexistent) but let's assume that earth still orbited the sun, then we would still have weather patterns and seasons but one half of the planet would be completely void of any plant life (the first higher organism to evolve on earth using earth's evolutionary table as a standard) which means that there would be nothing to sustain itself from plant life which means that nothing would be able to sustain itself off the creatures who ate the plant life and so on inward. It would be a lifeless hemisphere. Also, since any life that could form on the 'day side' would have no ability to sustain itself in a sunless world it would never have the ability to travel there and, why would it? True, that some forms of high-depth aquatic animals or cave dwelling animals might travel there and eventually create a structure in order we're still basically talking about a lifeless void with 'travelers'.
On the 'day-side' we would see some things that are familiar, plant life for example but it would be vastly different from what we understand now. Constant sunlight means the possibility of overdosing. Animals would all be narrow-eyed and highly, HIGHLY aggresive. Animals would also be very similar, as the lack of day to night cycle would mean that there are no nocturnal creatures. Why highly aggresive? Imagine trying to sleep in the wild in broad day light; animals would create ways of trying to find a proper cycle for themselves where they can rest but not present themselves as a meal. This would mean alot of animals would sleep like marine life, taking ten minute power naps before you have to relocate to a different spot. We'd also see animals using heavy cover such as finding dangerous places to sleep to discourage predators (rocky outcropings, tree tops, etc). In this extremely dangerous world something weak like a chimp could have a very hard time especially when you consider that human beings are far weaker. But then again, chimps (an animal that chooses brain over braun) would not exist in a super aggresive world, nor would anything at all really, since it's because of the earth's moon (a protoplanet that collided with Earth during its infant stage) dictates tides and currents of the oceans and the flow of weather patterns. Without it, we would have an erratic behavior akin to Mars.
And the moon's collision is why we have the particular angle and rotational speed that allows us to have the tidal currents and weather patterns all within a range of comfort that no other planet has (out of the 9 we know. Or is it 10 now? Was it (313) classified as a planet yet? Not to mention the 150+ extrasolar planets that are probably gas giants)
dude......... wtf was I talking about again? Shit i'm tired. Well basically, your riddle (how is it a riddle?) falls very short of any real defining matter. It should be noted that everything in the universe exists for a purpose, nothing without purpose exists and everything has a meaning and use. Which is to say, a watch only has one use, to tell humans what 'time' it is - Other than that it's a collection of ores and man-made materials. It has purpose, but it only accomplishes one superficial goal as in, you can tell it was made an animal capable of ingenuity and important social catalysts but the universe did not make it (dont get hyper logic on me yes it made the ores and minerals and animals that situated the minerals and ores in to a design of functionality but man made the watch) because the universe has no purpose for such a thing. Though, on the other hand, we can find passed ideas and failed experiments (we think) such as dead planets or debris but those are of course outcomes of the methodology applied by the universe in its role as a factory to seemingly perpetuate and create life through infinite logical design and base minerals.
yunno what's funny? the motion of Earth, its moon and their axial rotations are all counterclockwise. :D Take that watchmakers!
imma ni ni now *jazz flute solo*
Since you decided to use a watch as an example, I have a much better comparison. Let's compare a man-made watch to the Earth's orbit around the sun.
A watch is a device that by the sum of its parts can move in a constant motion to which we assign numbers to let us know what time it is at each interval.
Time: A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future or an interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration
Because of the nature of time, that only 'now' exists, the 'past' is gone and what's done is irreversible, and the 'future' which allows us to plan in the 'now' for its arrival, giving the sense of always moving forward. The 'now' is often reflected upon in relation to it becoming the past: "I dont want to feel guilty about this tomorrow". It is a paradigm of invention that only exist out of need. Temporal measurements are used to quantify how far apart events occur out of a need to create structure so that, in a lifetime, you can make every day count towards goals.
The complete reverse of this is the universe. It dictates that time does not exist, only motion 9to an infinite scale). What we percieve as time is only an outcome. The universe creates a system that says motion forms spatial measurement to quantify how far apart objects are, and that time is not moving forward but in a circle and thus infinite (this totally does not apply to big bang theory which says that matter was created from anti-matter which cant happen based on all supported theory). It is witnessed that even a cycle must change to accomodate its own structure as the objects within spacetime are constantly phasing in and out of existence (life and death). Our sun will eventually die out like any star and destroy every planet in this solar system - but there are an infinite amount of stars and an infinite amount of solar systems being created every day of every hour of every second, so nothing actually ends, it only continues in a cycle. This is the universe's 24 hour continuous scale
As human beings, we want to quantify that cycle in to intervals and say that the single object has a begining and an end without witnessing the entire scope of the idea. Since the universe uses 'true time' it can dictate such things as smaller cycles within the cycles (think of this like hours) that allows a planet to circle the star and, because of different distances, cause change in the planet's eco-system, a phasing of infinite principals which helps the life sustaining planet to grow and heal and sustain that life but also and more importantly, create the same cycle of the universe with objects phasing in and out of existence just as the entire universe does on a smaller (and finite) scale. If the Earth did not orbit a star, there would be no seasons and it have a huge, HUGE impact on the life sustaining functions of the planet, without seasons and the effect of the sun's gravitational forces on the earth at different spacial intervals most of the functions of any of earth's cycles would simply be impossible to do, which means that if it didn't happen, life may have never evolved.
Now not only do the life sustaining planets revolve around the star to create this cycle but the planet itself rotates on its axis. Without this principal, life as we know it now could not exist on Earth or any planet. A planet with out rotation would have day on one side and night on the other and it would never change. Because the earth would be rotationless the moon would also be static (but to full grasp the principal the moon would be nonexistent) but let's assume that earth still orbited the sun, then we would still have weather patterns and seasons but one half of the planet would be completely void of any plant life (the first higher organism to evolve on earth using earth's evolutionary table as a standard) which means that there would be nothing to sustain itself from plant life which means that nothing would be able to sustain itself off the creatures who ate the plant life and so on inward. It would be a lifeless hemisphere. Also, since any life that could form on the 'day side' would have no ability to sustain itself in a sunless world it would never have the ability to travel there and, why would it? True, that some forms of high-depth aquatic animals or cave dwelling animals might travel there and eventually create a structure in order we're still basically talking about a lifeless void with 'travelers'.
On the 'day-side' we would see some things that are familiar, plant life for example but it would be vastly different from what we understand now. Constant sunlight means the possibility of overdosing. Animals would all be narrow-eyed and highly, HIGHLY aggresive. Animals would also be very similar, as the lack of day to night cycle would mean that there are no nocturnal creatures. Why highly aggresive? Imagine trying to sleep in the wild in broad day light; animals would create ways of trying to find a proper cycle for themselves where they can rest but not present themselves as a meal. This would mean alot of animals would sleep like marine life, taking ten minute power naps before you have to relocate to a different spot. We'd also see animals using heavy cover such as finding dangerous places to sleep to discourage predators (rocky outcropings, tree tops, etc). In this extremely dangerous world something weak like a chimp could have a very hard time especially when you consider that human beings are far weaker. But then again, chimps (an animal that chooses brain over braun) would not exist in a super aggresive world, nor would anything at all really, since it's because of the earth's moon (a protoplanet that collided with Earth during its infant stage) dictates tides and currents of the oceans and the flow of weather patterns. Without it, we would have an erratic behavior akin to Mars.
And the moon's collision is why we have the particular angle and rotational speed that allows us to have the tidal currents and weather patterns all within a range of comfort that no other planet has (out of the 9 we know. Or is it 10 now? Was it (313) classified as a planet yet? Not to mention the 150+ extrasolar planets that are probably gas giants)
dude......... wtf was I talking about again? Shit i'm tired. Well basically, your riddle (how is it a riddle?) falls very short of any real defining matter. It should be noted that everything in the universe exists for a purpose, nothing without purpose exists and everything has a meaning and use. Which is to say, a watch only has one use, to tell humans what 'time' it is - Other than that it's a collection of ores and man-made materials. It has purpose, but it only accomplishes one superficial goal as in, you can tell it was made an animal capable of ingenuity and important social catalysts but the universe did not make it (dont get hyper logic on me yes it made the ores and minerals and animals that situated the minerals and ores in to a design of functionality but man made the watch) because the universe has no purpose for such a thing. Though, on the other hand, we can find passed ideas and failed experiments (we think) such as dead planets or debris but those are of course outcomes of the methodology applied by the universe in its role as a factory to seemingly perpetuate and create life through infinite logical design and base minerals.
yunno what's funny? the motion of Earth, its moon and their axial rotations are all counterclockwise. :D Take that watchmakers!
imma ni ni now *jazz flute solo*