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Originally posted by game over man
I have been pondering a lot about time lately, and I don't think time doesn't exist, how do even define time?
Anyways to the Gravity Probe B discovery confirming 2 of Einstein's Space-Time theories, Nasa Article , I'm guessing that theory of time goes as follows, please correct me if I'm wrong:
After he Big Bang and the Universe started expanding so was a dimension of time, that is usually represent by a series of lines, thus linear. The positions of the Sun and the Earth at a certain space time have a specific date, and that is how time works.
One of Einstein's theory's is that gravity can alter space time. I believe since the results of the Gravity B proved this to be true, I don't really understand what that means. So depending on the gravity of a planet you will have a different speed of time? But is that on a linear scale? So time on one of Saturn's Moons will be different than Earth? Is that confirmed by the difference in orbit and rotation compared to Earth? I'm not really sure I understand what that indicates, as far as what to anticipate if we ever travel through space. Or what does it indicate with other life out in space.
The quantum mechanics theory is what I've been really thinking about lately. It was hard to picture it with his model in the yt video, but I still understand the idea. In my own words I take it to be for every possible outcome there is a Universe for it. Which basically suggests Parallel Dimensions.
Now I don't really see how the two theories can't be coupled together maybe someone can clear that up for me. What I think is interesting is the quantum physics opinion.
What if ( a big what if), during the creation of Earth, there were other probabilities. During the evolution of life, there are infinite probabilities....
Now what if one of the probable outcomes for the first basic life forms on Earth were more advanced than our basic lifeforms. What if these advanced lifeforms evolved to a point where they could enter the other infinite dimensions of time. What if they were able to enter our dimension of time?
Originally posted by Unity_99
Its true, time does not exist. There is infinite energy and infinite void, and infinity has no measurement possible, no up/down, bigger/smaller, higher/lower. Time is just a program in your head, based on orbit.
Every planet and moon has is own time-channel. The universe is infinite "time" and frequency channels.
Perception - The reality beyond matter
Though there is a creation/matrix/hologram of condensed energy waves, its all erected on a screen in the back of our minds, so the chair you are sitting on is a perception wtihin you, and so is the universe.
All spacial takes place there as well, quantum entanglement comes to mind.
We perceive motion, and orbits, but truly is anything moving, or is the infinite roll of film moving ahead, and each segment in the film clip for everyone and everything is eternal, and Future Self, others ahead on the roll of film can visit these moments,not so much time travel as locale and frequency.
There is no time except as a concept or perception. Therefore, higher up ETs come with remotes to our brain program, and cause pause time, freeze time, and alter the perceptions on the screen in the back of your mind as well.
Its like infinite endless fractals, infinite Energies, Infinite Intelligence, and Infinite variety. Infinite flavors of coffee.
This moment will exist forever.
You are being born, and taking your first steps, and passing on at this moment as well.
To Future Self, Progressed Self, you can spend all the time helping guiding others, and yet say, be back in a second and spend a million year vacation with family, then return to that locale or clip of film in what amounts to that DVD metaphorically, one second later.
Also there are no measurements that can be taken, so the potential infinity in a grain of sand, if a Higher Up wishes to they could insert an entire infinite universe there, is = endlessness in volume to the infinity within a star. Spaces within and without can be used, and the size on the outside isn't compartative to what can utilized within and in the end its all programming or perception. Even Beyond the Cosmos, as there are Infinite Unvierses and Infinite Beyonds, infinite colors, sounds, textures, flavors of coffee.
Its a wonderful, mind boggling concept: Infinity!
Originally posted by RobbWonder
I can hold my breath for 3 minutes.. If time does not exist .. did I even hold my breath? What is breath in this scenario?
Originally posted by chrissiel123
Originally posted by game over man
I have been pondering a lot about time lately, and I don't think time doesn't exist, how do even define time?
Anyways to the Gravity Probe B discovery confirming 2 of Einstein's Space-Time theories, Nasa Article , I'm guessing that theory of time goes as follows, please correct me if I'm wrong:
After he Big Bang and the Universe started expanding so was a dimension of time, that is usually represent by a series of lines, thus linear. The positions of the Sun and the Earth at a certain space time have a specific date, and that is how time works.
One of Einstein's theory's is that gravity can alter space time. I believe since the results of the Gravity B proved this to be true, I don't really understand what that means. So depending on the gravity of a planet you will have a different speed of time? But is that on a linear scale? So time on one of Saturn's Moons will be different than Earth? Is that confirmed by the difference in orbit and rotation compared to Earth? I'm not really sure I understand what that indicates, as far as what to anticipate if we ever travel through space. Or what does it indicate with other life out in space.
The quantum mechanics theory is what I've been really thinking about lately. It was hard to picture it with his model in the yt video, but I still understand the idea. In my own words I take it to be for every possible outcome there is a Universe for it. Which basically suggests Parallel Dimensions.
Now I don't really see how the two theories can't be coupled together maybe someone can clear that up for me. What I think is interesting is the quantum physics opinion.
What if ( a big what if), during the creation of Earth, there were other probabilities. During the evolution of life, there are infinite probabilities....
Now what if one of the probable outcomes for the first basic life forms on Earth were more advanced than our basic lifeforms. What if these advanced lifeforms evolved to a point where they could enter the other infinite dimensions of time. What if they were able to enter our dimension of time?
so are you suggesting then, that what the OP is suggesting is that universal time does not exist, butp lanetary time does? That make sense. Maybe in the vaccum of space time cant exist, certainly they say astronauts do not age the same as we do on earth. So here on earth we have time, and the planets that have greater gravity would have what? more time, less time? It is so confusing. I mean, I can be pretty bright sometimes, but time is one of those things i have trouble grasping.
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by akushla99
The only thing I don't quite understand about your post ? Is why you wrote it. How is any of that information ?
i guess you're right...its not information read what i wrote and compare it to the way you experience time and see if it makes sense
If time is the indefinite and continuous duration, reguarded as that in which events suceed one another. Then time does exist.
How do you define 'exist'? Do you mean something you can hold in your hand?Define what you mean by existence, in relation to time.
It can be studied and investigated, even though it is in the past and cannot be experienced.
Correct. But, my point being, you cannot change the past because it has become solid (in a sense...written in stone), it can be studied and investigated, but not changed. The future can be speculated upon, studied in some senses of the word. But, the present, just happens...and once it is 'grasped', it is gone...pooooof, into the past.
The same with the future, if the study begins in the now and is observed into the future.
edit on 27-6-2011 by randyvs because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by EthanT
Well, okay, I don't know if time does, or does not, exist. It sure feels like it does.
However, according to theoretical physicist Julian Barbour it definitely does not exist. Instead, there is a series of "eternal nows" each seperate from the other with their own seperate configuration. It's the relationship between these seperate nows that create the illusion of time, similar to how a movie is a sequence of still shots but the illusion of continuous motion is created because the stills are shot at a speed greater than what our eye can detect.
Part of where this comes up is with the unification of General Relativity with Quantum Mechanics. They have such different ideas of time that, according to Julian, the only way to create a marriage between the two is to say there is no time. This is represented in the Wheeler-Dewitt Equation, which has a property "known as timelessness. The reemergence of time requires the tools of decoherence and clock operators."
But, why not hear Julian tell you all about this instead of me.
I'm not sure I actually buy into this idea. But, it was such a different viewpoint that I found it very interesting for that reason alone.
More here:
Julian Barbour
Wheeler-DeWitt Equation
From Newton's Laws to the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation
edit on 27-6-2011 by EthanT because: (no reason given)