迄今为止,人类萌生了“科学”思想以来一直在忽略或漠视着一个基本性“科源”问题:
物理时空与数学时空的不同。
物理时空结构是即时(或现实)时空。它由一维时间和二维空间构成,总计三个维度。你可以理解成时间在放飞着一个仅有二个维度的空间风筝,你也可以理解成三维空间中的任意一个维度与时间维度是“合偶为一”的共体,是一种称之为“动时空”的状态。三维是相互交合且无可分割性的永囚在一起的孤立态。动时空的瓦解意味着物理时空自身的瓦解,可以产生出对应的时空碎片。
数学时空结构是抽象(或形式)时空。它由一维时间和三维空间构成,总计四个维度。你也可以理解成一维时间相对于三维空间是“相互分立”的独一,是一种称之为“静时空”的状态。空间三维是相互交合且可任意分割组合拆解的非永囚在一起的分立态。静时空的瓦解并非意味着物理时空自身的瓦解,也不会产生出对应的时空碎片。
数学时空相当于把物理时空结构中的时间一维特意进行了拆分,一半儿拿出来“拉长”后做了时间维,另一半儿“粗描”后作了时间缺位所导致的三缺一之补缺。
故此,物理时空也可以称之为:“真时空”、“独立时空”、“(能)隙时空”、“波时空”、“变时空”、“连续时空”、“元时空”等。对应的,数学时空被称之为:“伪时空”、“相对时空”、“惯性时空”、“粒时空”、“固时空”、“分立时空”、“泛时空”等。
动时空与静时空的显著区别在于:
动时空是系统包含“你”,你即系统,系统即你,也即量子时空。
静时空是系统可以不包含“你”,你既可在系内,也可在系外,也即相对论时空。
举个例子:
现代科学中相对论与量子论之间相互协调的困境并非源于这两个理论各自所描述的自然层面间的失协,而是他们所共用的逻辑化之描述工具——数学所造成的,更进一步具体地说,即数学时空。
这是一个“不大不小”的“老生常谈”,涉及宇宙的方方面面,人类无可逃脱,必须面对。因为,它既是科学的终极也是新学的开端……
The Neglected Problem of “Sci-Source”: Physical vs. Mathematical Spacetime
Up to the present, since the emergence of “science” in human thought, one fundamental sci-source problem has been consistently ignored or overlooked:
The difference between physical spacetime and mathematical spacetime.
1. Physical Spacetime Structure (Real or Immediate Spacetime)
Physical spacetime is constructed as an immediate (or real) spacetime. It consists of one temporal dimension and two spatial dimensions, making three dimensions in total. One may imagine it as time flying a kite of merely two-dimensional space; alternatively, one may interpret any one of the three spatial dimensions as “co-joined” with the temporal dimension, forming a single inseparable entity—a state referred to as dynamic spacetime (动时空). The three dimensions are interwoven, indivisible, and eternally imprisoned together in an isolated state. The disintegration of dynamic spacetime implies the disintegration of physical spacetime itself, thereby producing corresponding spacetime fragments.
2. Mathematical Spacetime Structure (Abstract or Formal Spacetime) Mathematical spacetime is constructed as an abstract (or formal) spacetime. It consists of one temporal dimension and three spatial dimensions, totaling four dimensions. One may interpret the temporal dimension as standing apart from the three spatial dimensions, forming a state referred to as static spacetime (静时空). Here, the three spatial dimensions are interwoven yet freely divisible, combinable, and decomposable—a separable state rather than an eternal imprisonment. The disintegration of static spacetime does not imply the disintegration of physical spacetime itself, nor does it yield corresponding spacetime fragments.
3. Relation Between the Two
Mathematical spacetime can be understood as artificially splitting the single temporal dimension within physical spacetime: one half is stretched out as the explicit temporal axis, while the other half is roughly sketched as a compensatory substitute, filling the absence of time to complete a “three-plus-one” dimensional framework.
4. Terminological Distinctions
Accordingly, physical spacetime may also be referred to as:
“true spacetime,” “independent spacetime,” “gap spacetime,” “wave spacetime,” “transforming spacetime,” “continuous spacetime,” or “meta-spacetime.” By contrast, mathematical spacetime is designated as:
“pseudo-spacetime,” “relative spacetime,” “inertial spacetime,” “particle spacetime,” “solid spacetime,” “discrete spacetime,” or “pan-spacetime.”
5. Essential Distinction
The essential difference between dynamic spacetime and static spacetime is this:
6. Illustrative Example
The present difficulty in reconciling relativity with quantum theory in modern science does not originate from any fundamental discord between the natural domains each describes. Rather, it arises from the logical tool both employ—mathematics—and, more specifically, from the framework of mathematical spacetime itself.
7. Concluding Remark
This is neither a “too large” nor a “too small” issue, but an old and persistent theme—one that touches every aspect of the cosmos. Humanity cannot escape it and must confront it, for it marks both the ultimate horizon of science and the starting point of a new science.
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