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Einstein's theory and Stephen King's langoliers

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  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

Criticism of the space-time sausage

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  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