I remember hearing that Einstein had developed a theory on time when I was in high school. None of the teachers understood it very well. It was called the theory of relativity. In college, I remember hearing about the special and general theories of relativity. The instructors there at least knew what each was, but they didn't really believe it, since it was in a relatively (love puns!) new state. But, by the end of the 20th century, the theory had been proven many times over. Now,it is a staple of today's science knowledge.
Today, the theory has spawned new thinking because it is the foundation which allows some really great progress, progress that is a quantum leap from the days of my high school... and that quantum leap happened in a very short time. The same can happen to our own thinking. It is time for a quantum leap. But, we have to loosen our grip on what education is.
The space-time continuum is not merely a concept in a science book. It has been emancipated into reality. It is not an impossible idea to wrap our minds around. The idea has been bound up in words and with teachers and their understanding of science and relativity. I challenge you to emancipate your understanding from some locked up bias from the years you went to school and found the words from a book or the wordiness of a teacher to confound such a simple idea. In a mere 8 1/2 minutes, you will understand the idea of space-time as a concept.
Time-space
That's what I mean by quantum leap... from an idea in a scientific theory... to a book and/or teacher explaining the theory... to 8 1/2 minutes for understanding.
Yes, quantum leap. Let's end the incredibly slow snail's pace of reading about things and being slaves of words that we don't understand or explanations that we have to wade through or that confound us because they are poor. It's a waste of precious time. Let's emancipate our thinking.
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