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A Quantum Mechanical Analysis of Time and Motion in Relativity Theory
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An operational approach to quantum mechanics has been developed in the past decades in our group in Brussels. A similar ap-
proach is taken in this work, making use of the extra operational depth offered by this approach, to show that the construction of spacetime is spe-
cific to each observer. What is usually referred to as the block universe then emerges by noting that parts of the past and future are also contained in
the present, but without the limitations that a four-dimensional block universe usually implies, of a reality in which change would be impossible. In
our operational approach, reality remains dynamic, with free choice playing a central role in its conceptualization. We also show that, when opera-
tionally analyzed, the theory implies that objects move not only in space, but also and especially in time, and more generally in spacetime, with their
rest mass being a measure of their kinetic time energy. We therefore claim that Einstein’s relativity revolution has not been fully realized, since most
physicists are not ready to accept these consequences of the theory although the formulas showing them, when operationally analyzed, are in every
relativity textbook. In particular, when relativistic motion is revisited as a genuine four-dimensional motion, it becomes possible to reinterpret the
parameter c associated with the coordinate speed of light, which becomes the magnitude of the four-velocity of all material entities. We observe that
this four-dimensional motion in Minkowski space can also be better understood if placed in the broader perspective of quantum mechanics, pro-
vided that non-locality is interpreted as non-spatiality, thus indicating the existence of an underlying non-spatial reality, the nature of which could
be conceptual, consistent with the conceptuality interpretation of quantum mechanics. This hypothesis is reinforced by noting that when observ-
ers, or experiencers, as they will be referred to in this article, are described by acknowledging their cognitive nature of entities moving in a semantic
space, Minkowski metric emerges in a natural way.
proach is taken in this work, making use of the extra operational depth offered by this approach, to show that the construction of spacetime is spe-
cific to each observer. What is usually referred to as the block universe then emerges by noting that parts of the past and future are also contained in
the present, but without the limitations that a four-dimensional block universe usually implies, of a reality in which change would be impossible. In
our operational approach, reality remains dynamic, with free choice playing a central role in its conceptualization. We also show that, when opera-
tionally analyzed, the theory implies that objects move not only in space, but also and especially in time, and more generally in spacetime, with their
rest mass being a measure of their kinetic time energy. We therefore claim that Einstein’s relativity revolution has not been fully realized, since most
physicists are not ready to accept these consequences of the theory although the formulas showing them, when operationally analyzed, are in every
relativity textbook. In particular, when relativistic motion is revisited as a genuine four-dimensional motion, it becomes possible to reinterpret the
parameter c associated with the coordinate speed of light, which becomes the magnitude of the four-velocity of all material entities. We observe that
this four-dimensional motion in Minkowski space can also be better understood if placed in the broader perspective of quantum mechanics, pro-
vided that non-locality is interpreted as non-spatiality, thus indicating the existence of an underlying non-spatial reality, the nature of which could
be conceptual, consistent with the conceptuality interpretation of quantum mechanics. This hypothesis is reinforced by noting that when observ-
ers, or experiencers, as they will be referred to in this article, are described by acknowledging their cognitive nature of entities moving in a semantic
space, Minkowski metric emerges in a natural way.
Tijdschrift: Theoria
ISSN: 0495-4548
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Pagina's: 165-191
Jaar van publicatie:2024
Toegankelijkheid:Open