An electrical engineer turned physicist, turned...well, I let you know when I'm there.

I've studied every thing from quantum physics to physiology, from matrix mechanics to organic chemistry, from writing sci-fi and fantasy fiction to playing guitar and piano. I guess I'm an amateur polymath.

I'm writing on Helium to hone my non-fiction writing skills. If you like (or dislike), agree (or disagree) with an article of mine drop me a message. I welcome well-reasoned criticism.

DocMeson

My passion is ...

physics

I know too much about ...

Ha! You can never know too much!

My parents always told me ...

enjoy life.

My childhood ambition ...

invent a time machine.

My favorite memory ...

has yet to come.

Why I write ...

to learn from myself and refine my own understanding of things.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Mark Twain/King of the Hill/Led Zeppelin.

My first job ...

I was a PHD...a post hole digger. I got a 100 bucks for the job.

My best moment ...

hasn't arrived yet.

My inspiration ...

My Father and Mother, Twain, Beethoven, Galileo, Kubrick, Asimov, Newton, Jimmy Page

Sciences > Physics Is time real or relative?

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Time is definitely real, only our experience of time is subjective. We can observe this by focusing on how we perceive time - distinguishing two events.

We use all our senses to distinguish events and hence experience time. When a ball falls, we see it go from high to low. High before, low afterward; two sequential visual events that help us experience time. When we hear a sound, we experience silence, sound, then silence again. This sequence of three events gives us another experience of time. A gust of wind, a sweet taste, hunger, pain - all these disappear and appear combining to give...

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