(August 25, 2017 at 10:03 am)budsa11 Wrote:(August 25, 2017 at 9:39 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: Let's say you are swimming in an ocean, let's call wherever you are on the ocean "your-current-location-point", now if you swim forward, your new location then will be "your-current-location-point", so did you move forward?
Yes but the constent end i was refering to (the now) is i traveling with you, you move foalwars but consten end moves to
I need to understand this constant end i'm talking about more, its hard to explain, its like what you say the word "Now" by the time you have said it, its not now anymore, but a new now, Ahhh i dunno lol.... not just the word Now, any word.
Also, I'm not sure how relevant moving falward in person is in relation to the expansion of the universe.
It's not just the word, it's about having a frame of reference. With the ocean example, if all you see is still water all around you, you won't know where or how far you have moved. But if there was a chopper flying above looking at you, they can see your position change. Similarly, whatever you consider future or the past are points within the time stream(for lack of a better word), you need an outside or constant frame of reference to determine the changes.
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