Possibly, mathematical truths and whatever else we perceive as being atemporal, are produced by natural order quanta which are themselves atemporal.
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Phenomenon explained : "Unchanging phenomena exist".There are clearly phenomena in the universe, such as mathematical truths, which we perceive as being atemporal, in other words not being subject to time but existing outside of it. |
There are clearly phenomena in the universe, such as mathematical truths, which we perceive as being atemporal, that is, not subject to time. One way to account for atemporal phenomena is to posit that they are produced by atemporal quanta. They could arise by means of one of the following, mutually exclusive mechanisms:
- That which begins in time may yet transcend time. Quanta in time may somehow be able to produce quanta that are outside of time. This produces a simple gap, concerning how atemporality can arise out of temporality. Presuming the original quantum and its rules of behaviour included time, then the development of a quantum outside of time requires a mechanism to eliminate time. We can only speculate that such a development occurred, as there is no mechanism currently conceived which is capable of effecting such a development. The speculation is simple, in the sense that only one element needs to come into existence to remove the explanatory gap. The relative Occam score of this objection is therefore 0100.
- Alternatively, it may be envisaged that the original quantum was outside of time, and developed in some other dimension than time. With this explanation, time is just a quantum which affects a subset of quanta, namely those quanta that exist in time. This explanation involves a compound gap, requiring that this other dimension exists, and that time developed independently, which results in a relative Occam score of 0200.
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Credibility: This explanation has an Occam Score, relative to QO, of at least 0100. That makes it far less credible than the QO alternative, in which the stability of natural order quanta is due to the vanishingly low probability of a quantum fluctuation that changes the natural order quanta and all their child quanta. This alternative is a natural consequence of the QO concept of which natural law, which has a relative Occam score of 0000. That makes the explanation that atemporal quanta exist not credible. |