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ProfessorGAC

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16. Pretty Much
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 06:07 PM
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I can't, however, accept that a point in space "includes" time.
Yes, it's a 4th dimension per Einstein, but with exceptions like Feynmann, time is a marker of where that 3 dimensional coordinate was when the 4th axis was at z'. That 3 dimensional point is at a different set of coordinates in 3 dimensions, but it still exists independent of time.
The 4 dimensional coordinates differ too, but the xyz is directly correlated to time, because distance traveled is velocity time. So, as in simple algebra, time cancels out.
I suppose the tricky part is that time us not a constant as gravity causes curvature in space that won't be the same at a point in the future, and since the source of that gravity has moved, the curvature of space is reduced or even non-existent.
Since time slows down in regions of low curvature, time isn't a constant.
So, we're back to "extraordinarily" difficult & unlikely to occupy the same spot in 2 tines, but not impossible.
I have issues of time travel forward too, because it's traveling into nothingness unless, also like Feynmann, we believe the outcomes are determinate. That smacks too much of predestination which I can't accept.
So, as far as I understand it, only time travel into the past is allowable and only to a period before one was born. Otherwise we're back to places at the same time and the "where'd the extra matter come from" question raises its head.
Fun conversation! Thanks

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Thx to you & Goonch SheltieLover Friday #1
Lol for fun I asked an AI the reason for the discrepancy and gave it the passage from your post AZJonnie Friday #2
Not sure what you mean. It quoted one of my replies in that Science Fiction thread, or it quoted highplainsdem Friday #4
I mean it literally sourced from this very thread AZJonnie Friday #7
Claude is clueless. There is an actual story. I posted links about it in the earlier thread I linked to. There highplainsdem Friday #9
It's not surprising that it got confused, this entire discussion is extremely circular AZJonnie Friday #13
I would've expected any bot to at least follow the links in both threads, which would have shown that highplainsdem Friday #15
Claude would have seen this bit, in Goonch's follow-up, which said this: AZJonnie Friday #17
And, The Chatbot Is Still Wrong ProfessorGAC Friday #3
+1. It's patent nonsense dalton99a Friday #5
I don't know about that one, Professor :) AZJonnie Friday #8
I'm Going To Say No ProfessorGAC Friday #11
Obviously I know I don't know nearly as much on this topic as you do, so I generally defer, Sir :) AZJonnie Friday #14
Pretty Much ProfessorGAC Friday #16
These tools don't just fabricate fiction. They fabricate citations in law and science pieces. RockRaven Friday #6
Yes. I mentioned that in the earlier thread I linked to. I've posted lots of warnings here over the last few years highplainsdem Friday #10
+1. AI is essentially a smooth-talking buzzword-spewing bullshitter with an unlimited capacity for plagiarism dalton99a Friday #12
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