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Time..
November 11, 2014 at 6:42 pm
Time doesn't exist.. apparently... as a day doesn't exist away from the Earth.

And on Earth your feet are older than your head (or the other way round)... due to gravity.

So we only know the immediate now.... so what is the past... and the future? are they not constructs of time?

And what is time?

Can anyone respond to that in two minutes on a forum?
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November 11, 2014 at 6:44 pm
Time is the fourth dimension of spacetime, and it does indeed exist.

Days exist away from the Earth. It's just that exoplanetary days have differing length, according to the local rotational period.

The past are the days that came before this one.

The future are those days that have yet to pass.

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November 11, 2014 at 6:46 pm
(November 11, 2014 at 6:42 pm)lifesagift Wrote: And what is time?

Depends on who you ask: Newton, Kant, Einstein/Minkowski, or numerous others.

It's not a precisely settled question.
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November 11, 2014 at 6:48 pm
Quote:And on Earth your feet are older than your head


No wonder my feet hurt.
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November 11, 2014 at 6:53 pm
(November 11, 2014 at 6:44 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Time is the fourth dimension of spacetime, and it does indeed exist.

Days exist away from the Earth. It's just that exoplanetary days have differing length, according to the local rotational period.

The past are the days that came before this one.

The future are those days that have yet to pass.

The fact you continue saying "days" disappoints lol
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November 11, 2014 at 6:57 pm
(November 11, 2014 at 6:53 pm)lifesagift Wrote: The fact you continue saying "days" disappoints lol

I'm a human, I'm going to use human measures. If you want time expressed in terms of atomic vibrations, post this thread to the Naval Observatory in Annapolis. This isn't a technical forum.

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November 11, 2014 at 6:58 pm
Time is the measure of entropy of space.
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November 11, 2014 at 6:58 pm
Quote:People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.
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November 11, 2014 at 7:07 pm (This post was last modified: November 11, 2014 at 7:09 pm by lifesagift.)
(November 11, 2014 at 6:57 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:
(November 11, 2014 at 6:53 pm)lifesagift Wrote: The fact you continue saying "days" disappoints lol

I'm a human, I'm going to use human measures. If you want time expressed in terms of atomic vibrations, post this thread to the Naval Observatory in Annapolis. This isn't a technical forum.

Oh get over yourself mate... if you're in that sort of mood stop posting from a place of value ! FFS
Are you lot drunk... And angry in some quarters...?

Time is like heat... hotter near a hot thing..

Time is quicker near a gravity thing...

Friendly wink to fire you intellectual lot up... ;o)
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November 11, 2014 at 7:18 pm
Time is the universe's way to keep everything from happening at once.

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