Einstein's theory and Stephen King's langoliers

 

Einstein's theory and Stephen King's langoliers.

Ruslan A. Sharipov

1 2 3 ... ru

I have already told that in Einstein’s theory of relativity the past does not disappear. (See Criticism of space-time sausage). It accumulates layer by layer, receiving material from the present, and forms the four-dimensional space-time.

The picture shows two layers in the form of two planes. In fact, the layers are not two-dimensional, but three-dimensional and there are not two of them, but infinitely many. They fill the entire four-dimensional space-time. If we do not consider the entire space-time, but limit ourselves to the boundaries of the planet Earth, we will end up with a space-time sausage. 

The entire history of planet Earth fits into a space-time sausage. 


 Stephen King offered an interesting look at the past in his science fiction novella “The Langoliers.” According to Stephen King, the past is not preserved in the space-time sausage, but is eaten by evil animals, which he called langoliers.

The image is taken from Wikipedia
(https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5731707)
A mini-series was made based on the novella by Stephen King. I watched it on Russian terrestrial television back in the days of analogue TV. The plot is like this. By chance, a passenger airliner flies into a space-time portal and finds itself thrown back a few minutes into the past. The portal is configured so as not to allow living creatures to pass through. But he mistook the sleeping passengers for inanimate matter. When they wake up, they find that most of the passengers have disappeared. The plane's crew has also disappeared and the plane is flying on autopilot. Fortunately, one of the passengers managed to land the plane at the airport of the nearest city. Upon leaving the plane, passengers discover that there is everything in the airport except people. They also notice several strange things: matches won't light, electrical appliances won't work, and the beer in the cafeteria has become tasteless. Somehow they realize that they are in the past, and decide to refuel the plane and fly in the opposite direction to go through the time portal again. During takeoff, they see that the langoliers have attacked the airport. They easily eat concrete walls and everything around them. Behind each of them stretches a black trace of absolute emptiness, which does not collapse and is not filled with anything. The langoliers fail to catch up the plane and the heroes of the film return safely to their time.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Criticism of the space-time sausage

Image
  Criticism of the space-time sausage. Ruslan A. Sharipov 1 2 3 ... ru The concept of space-time arose in the early 20th century in connection with Einstein's theory of relativity. It is a combination of three-dimensional space and one-dimensional time, which had previously been considered separately, into one four-dimensional continuum. We cannot depict a four-dimensional continuum graphically. Therefore we reduce the three-dimensional space to the two-dimensional space and reserve the third dimension for to image the time. As a result we get the following picture. The horizontal planes on the picture symbolize the states of the universe at different instants in time during its evolution. In fact, they are three-dimensional and there are not two of them, but infinitely many. They fill the entire four-dimensional space-time. Instead of considering the entire universe, we can limit ourselves to some part of it. For example, the globe. Then we get the ...
Read more
Image
Discussion of the obtained gravity equations. Ruslan A. Sharipov.  1 ... 8 9 10 ... ru   We shall discuss the equations of the gravitational field in the new theory of gravity, which is called « 3D-brane universe model ». I am the author of this theory. Therefore, you will receive first-hand information without any distortion. The gravity equations in the new theory are subdivided into two groups. The equations of the first group have the form They depend on two indices i and j . When these indices are rearranged, the equations do not change. Therefore, different equations are obtained only for the following values of the indices: (i=1,j=1), (i=1,j=2), (i=1,j=3), (i=2,j=2), (i=2,j=3), (i=3,j=3). This means that the total number of different equations in the first group is 6. The second group of gravity equations in the new theory contains only one equation. As a result, the total number of the gravity equations in the ...
Read more
Image
Einstein's equation and consequences from it in the new theory. Ruslan A. Sharipov. 1 ... 7 8 9 ... ru   Einstein's equation was written by him in 1915. A historical essay about it can be found in Wikipedia . It captivated and captivates many people with its simplicity and elegance. In Wikipedia you will find this equation written with the plus sign in front of the constant Λ. I wrote it with the minus sign. This is my mistake. It was admitted long time ago in 1997, when I was writing my textbook “ Classical electrodynamics and  theory of relativity .” The Internet in Russia and in the city of Ufa was much less accessible that time than it is now. Also there was no Wikipedia; it appeared only in 2001. It was necessary to go to libraries and rummage through catalogs in search of even older textbooks. But I was lazy. In order not to contradict my textbook, I now write Einstein’s equation with the minus sign in front of Λ. This is not a big problem. It is enough to take the...
Read more