Some kid hits on the same idea I had in High School....


I came to the EXACT same conclusion in my Physics & Mathematics classes back in high school, but it was "poo-poo'd" by the teachers. Now, this kid gets all the credit for it years and years later. Am I a bit ticked? You bet'cha. Don't believe me? Ask any of my friends from back then. They'll confirm it. Too bad there was no internet back then, maybe I'd be somewhere else nowadays! :-) Oh well, at least it's out there now... (BTW: If you're not interested in reading all kinds of stuff, here's the gist: Everything is constantly in motion. There is no such thing as a 'moment' (read: instant) in time. It's a simple solution to an age old quandary. If you want to know what I'm talking about, click on the Zeno's Paradox link in the story. To see the solution, check out the end of the kids paper. Told ya I had the idea first.)

Anyway, here's the info - you'll need to follow the links to get all the background info:

The popular press is all abuzz this week with the announcement by a New Zealand college dropout of a credible new theory about the nature of time. The paper offers a conceptually new solution to Zeno's Paradox . Peter Lynds' "Time and Classical and Quantum Mechanics: Indeterminacy vs. Discontinuity," published in the August issue of Foundations of Physics Letters , has received rave reviews from peer-review referees ("author's work resembles Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity") as well as the scientific establishment.

Andrei Khrennikov, Prof. of Applied Mathematics at Växjö University in Sweden and Director of ICMM, said, "I find this paper very interesting and important to clarify some fundamental aspects of classical and quantum physical formalisms. I think that the author of the paper did a very important investigation of the role of continuity of time in the standard physical models of dynamical processes." He then invited Lynds to take part in an international conference on the foundations of quantum theory in Sweden. Another impressed with the work is Princeton physics great, and collaborator of both Albert Einstein and Richard Feynman, John Wheeler, who said he admired Lynds' "boldness," while noting that it had often been individuals Lynds' age who "had pushed the frontiers of physics forward in the past."

While you're waiting for the upcoming publication of Mr. Lynds' new paper, a supplementary work, " Zeno's Paradoxes: A Timely Solution ," is already online and surprisingly devoid of mathematical equations. It appears to require only careful thought by the reader of his straightforwardly expressed ideas. Looks like I've got some reading and thinking to do this weekend.

Posted: Sun - August 10, 2003 at 12:08 PM        

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