Leon

Sorry to intrude but I have to start somewhere. I've read your replies so far to this topic and I admit I don't share the level of education most of you seem to have. The best way to solve a problem is to discuss, therefore I thought I may as well introduce my own opinions and views to see if I can help the group effort. Space and Time Space is infinate so lets scale it down so that we can understand it a little easier. Take the common cube. It is 5 cm high, 5 cm wide, and 5 cm deep. Our happy simple little cube now represents space, pretty fantastic isn't it. We percieve space as 3 dimensional, that is its Hight, Width, and Depth. Maths being maths likes to give them letters, lets say A, B, C. But what happens when you throw in a D? Our cube is a little bit more interesting now, because we've thrown in Time. What I believe this to mean is that the cube we percieve can now be seen as it has been and will be. Thats not the best explanation is it. One very good analogy which i like best is the snapshot. Imagine taking a photograph of our happy little cube every five seconds for a few minutes. You can then take those pictures and spread them accross a table, you can then see the cube as it was at the beginning and at the end of those few minutes you measured. Its much easier to think of the cube as being: 5 cm High, 5 cm Wide, 5 cm Deep, and 5 minutes... confused? We measure the dimensions using forms of measurement. The fourth dimension is basically, over how much time you measured the other three dimensions. In space-time all four known dimensions are infinate, unless confined to measuring an object. Thats why I chose our happy little cube. Thats just how I understand space-time. If anyone else has any basic understandings of what they think, post them. I'd like to hear what everyone else thinks, and I have read your posts so far. Just thought I'd help bring the discussion back from objectivism and onto the origional subject. Leon