Hi Dean,

I don't think time will be any more difficult to understand that the workings of our solar system, once someone gets around to defining it.

It seem to me that our perception systems evolved specifically for life on earth. Almost all of our perceptory system are of no use to us in the vast majority of the universe.

For example, in the emptiness of space, our normal communications system breaks down for lack of atmosphere. In space there is no sound, so our vocal cords and ear become useless. Our sense of balance which depends on gravity would not function properly. In space there would be no smell. In spite of how small and rare earth is in relation to the universe, our scientist insist on search for other forms of life in terms of thing needed to sustain life on earth, (e.g. water, sunlight, etc.) If life existed somewhere other than earth. It is likely to have evolve very differently than we.

We are totally dependent on earth to survive.

I think the speed of light is absolute and constant in the vacuum of space.

In space our sense of sight and touch would still be useful, but if we begin to travel at speeds near or greater than light, even this preceptory sense would fail us, even more so than it already does regarding the universe an a whole. For example, if I were traveling away from a stationary object at a speed near or greater than the speed of light, the object would be invisible to me since the light needed for me to see its image would never reach me. What would be the effects of traveling towards the object at a speed greater than light?

If I were traveling in a spacecraft at or near the speed of light, would that effect my perceptory sense of sight within the spacecraft itself. For example, would the light of a candle within the spacecraft still give me a natural sence of sight within the spacecraft itself?

I think the preception of the universe could be alter greatly depending on the speed of the object from which the universe is observed. you can imagine what a problem perception would be at speed greater than light, as we simple do not have the human preceptory sences to handle it. It doesn't mean that life, time, etc does not exist at these very fast speeds.


Regards,

LelandJ