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Originally posted by robertfenix
Originally posted by devilwasp
but "TIME" or more so the passage of time is the same in two places.
nope wrong again, if 12 hours passes on Mars where is the sun compared to where it is on earth ????
Originally posted by yeahright
We choose to refer to our time intervals as seconds, minutes, months, etc. as a universally agreed upon standard.
Originally posted by Neon Haze
What do you personally think the most fundamental building block of the universe is???
Originally posted by robertfenix
Humans concept of time is far from universal. >SNIP< Humans "time" is therefore not universal and is only relevant when you are discussing the earth and the sun. Anything outside of those two conditions and "time" is of a different value and meaning.
Originally posted by robertfenix
There are plenty of measuring devices that "measure" an external force, altimeter, accelerometer, speedometer, radiometer etc they all measure an external input.
Physical particles may seem very different from the space-time they inhabit, but what if the two are one and the same thing? New Scientist investigates
LEE SMOLIN is no magician. Yet he and his colleagues have pulled off one of the greatest tricks imaginable. Starting from nothing more than Einstein's general theory of relativity, they have conjured up the universe. Everything from the fabric of space to the matter that makes up wands and rabbits emerges as if out of an empty hat.
It is an impressive feat. Not only does it tell us about the origins of space and matter, it might help us understand where the laws of the universe come from. Not surprisingly, Smolin, who is a theoretical physicist at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, is very excited. "I've been jumping up and down about these ideas," he says.
This promising approach to understanding the cosmos is based on a collection of theories called loop quantum gravity, an attempt to merge general relativity and quantum mechanics into a single consistent theory. ...
Originally posted by krossfyter
so theoretically i can bend space and time on our physical plane just enough to be able to erase my college loan debts?
Originally posted by krossfyter
so theoretically i can bend space and time on our physical plane just enough to be able to erase my college loan debts?
Originally posted by PeeWeeHerman
This is only new for quantum physists.
Originally posted by robertfenix
What ? Time does not "pass", how can time pass if you dont measure it ???? Your statement makes no sense. For something to pass you have to have a start and a finish. How would you know you finished ? its arbitrary, how would you know when you started if you did not "measure" it when you started.
Originally posted by robertfenix
nope wrong again, if 12 hours passes on Mars where is the sun compared to where it is on earth ????
after 3 days on mars with your "earth clock" where do you think the sun would be at 3pm on your earth clock ???
Do you know ??
And the following day, do you think the sun would be in the same position at 3pm on your "earth clock".
What relevance would your "Earth clock" have then on Mars, if the "time" on your watch was never the same, ie never coresponding to the same point of the day night time day time, lunch dinner etc. Your time would have no meaning at all.