About Relativity Theories: only a conscious observer can experience events moment by moment in the present moment

Only conscious observers can experience the unfolding of events moment by moment. Establishing a reference zero point requires privileging an actual present moment, something that inanimate matter within the four-dimensional continuum is, in principle, incapable of doing. Because an inanimate object merely forms a static worldline with no preference for any particular spacetime point, the true origin of a reference frame can never be a material particle. Only a conscious observer can: an animal, a human being.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-04
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22304097
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Relativity and Gravitational Theory
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About Relativity Theories: only a conscious observer can experience events moment by moment in the present moment

Maarten Vergucht
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
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About Relativity Theories: only a conscious observer can experience events moment by moment in the present moment

Maarten Vergucht
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Abstract

Only conscious observers can experience the unfolding of events moment by moment. Establishing a reference zero point requires privileging an actual present moment, something that inanimate matter within the four-dimensional continuum is, in principle, incapable of doing. Because an inanimate object merely forms a static worldline with no preference for any particular spacetime point, the true origin of a reference frame can never be a material particle. Only a conscious observer can: an animal, a human being.

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