Why am I alive? The Film Reel Cosmos
Our universe is like an uncut film reel with us as the viewer It's not a perfect analogy, but it reveals some mind blowing, paradigm changing truths Consider an uncut recording of the planet Jupiter and it's moons, recorded by a space telescope for a month. If we watched it in fast forward, we would see the moons revolving around Jupiter, all at their own velocities, moving right to left, then left to right, each one further out, and each one taking longer to trace it's path. At the same time, the Great Red Spot would be spinning the way that it does Now, take that uncut and continuous recording, and put it into the film projector. Project it on the wall at a constant rate. That is time. Notice that the entire recording exists all at the same time, not just the projection we see on the screen. The projection just depends on which part of the film the lamp light is shining through. If we were to watch the film, and someone was to say, "maybe one of those moon...