[jbovlaste] Re: Cosmology

["A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>]

> > 2) {caljoitei}:
> > c1=t1 is space-time occupied by c2
> 
> According to Einstein, space and time are two aspects of a unified
> whole. Spacetime is not really a mixture of two originally individual
> things per se (and such a mixture is i think what "joi" is for
> usually); it's a matrix of two aspects of one thing. That is,
> spacetime is more like "canlu je temci" than "canlu joi temci". But i
> could be wrong. It might be just hairsplitting. And i like the sound
> of "caljoitei" more than "caljvetei" or "caljevytei".
> 
I'm probably on shaky ground here, and we could do with some inputs 
from physicists.  My understanding is that space and time are just 
4 dimensions in a universe that has more than 4 dimensions. In theory, 
no one dimension has 'primacy' over any other.  However, we humans 
see the 3 dimensions (space) but feel the 4th - so in that sense they are different.

The question is: what role should these musings have in the formulation of the 
lujvo?  Frankly, I don't know.  But in anycase, the sound of the lujvo is not relevant.
A lujvo that sounds OK in English, may sound stunningly melodic in Quechua, and 
just terrible in Swahili.  I think we need to continue to resist the temptation to 
make lojban Anglo- or Euro-centric.

totus