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Time May Not Exist at All, According to Physics
https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | April 25, 2022 | SAM BARON

Posted on 04/25/2022 7:54:20 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

As mcclaren states in his commentaries “Deep within the clay housing which envelops us, dwells an Imortal guest, an undying personal self” to which i would add, “which transcends time.”

Our bodies are subject to time, our souls are not. They live outside of time, yet they did have a beginning- however, God zlways knew they would one day exist-

Hard to wrap the mind around the idea of eternity. After a million or a billion or so “years” in eternity, will be be aware that time has gone by? Will,we even be aware of the concept of time in eternitye? What will keep us interested forever and ever? Will anything ever become tiring? If not, why not? Will,everyone be the same “age”?

Time will tell I Guess.


241 posted on 04/27/2022 10:03:05 AM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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To: Bob434

The entire Universe was created just for us to explore and populate.
A billion stars in each of a billion galaxies would take a while to explore...................


242 posted on 04/27/2022 10:06:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: enumerated

You are equating change with time. They are not the same. Time is a construct. Change is the nature of a thing.
We create time out of the revolution of the earth around the sun and a rotation of the earth. It is earth specific. The same period of time does not occur in any other celestial body. Thus, time is a construct of this place in this solar system.
The planet Uranus takes 84 earth years to circumvent the sun. A day is equal to our 17 hours. Time is relative, as such it has no singularity. It is a construct.


243 posted on 04/27/2022 12:10:47 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Contempt is the essential tool of the tyrant.)
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To: GingisK

AHA!
Time is an absolute if it describes a universal constant. Such a constant is the speed of light. But time ios not derived from the speed of light. Is there another universal constant by which we can delineate time? Is time biological? geological? spatial? To what does time correspond? On what is time based?


244 posted on 04/27/2022 12:26:19 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Contempt is the essential tool of the tyrant.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

I LOVE talking about time. A professor of mine once said, “One cannot think about the problem of time for very long. It will drive you mad!” Madness is my mistress.


245 posted on 04/27/2022 12:27:53 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Contempt is the essential tool of the tyrant.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

I LOVE talking about time. A professor of mine once said, “One cannot think about the problem of time for very long. It will drive you mad!” Madness is my mistress.


246 posted on 04/27/2022 12:28:00 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Contempt is the essential tool of the tyrant.)
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To: Bob434

EXCELLENT!!
Eternity is not a very long time. Eternity is no time. It is less than an instant, infinitely less.
Change is measured in time. Eternity is not divisible. It has no beginning and no ending.
I love talking about time. Did I say that? When?


247 posted on 04/27/2022 12:35:29 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Contempt is the essential tool of the tyrant.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Is the last post in a thread the end of time for the thread?


248 posted on 04/27/2022 12:38:05 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Contempt is the essential tool of the tyrant.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

“Time is a construct.”

The language we use to talk about time is a construct, but time itself exists outside of man’s consciousness - just as does space.

Euclidean geometry is a man-made construct we use to describe space, but space exists independently of it.

The Gregorian calendar is a man-made construct we use to describe time, but time exists independently of it.

Time has existed since the beginning of…. …time.


249 posted on 04/27/2022 1:58:01 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: Louis Foxwell
Is the last post in a thread the end of time for the thread?

No, this one is.

250 posted on 04/28/2022 4:08:46 AM PDT by Lazamataz (My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
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To: Bob434
Our bodies are subject to time, our souls are not. They live outside of time, yet they did have a beginning- however, God zlways knew they would one day exist-

My only problem is, I cannot remember before I was born. Makes me wonder if I will know anything after death.

251 posted on 04/28/2022 4:10:30 AM PDT by Lazamataz (My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
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To: GingisK
What is your rate?

Usually 8 or 9 out of 10, but it depends on the woman.

252 posted on 04/28/2022 4:11:41 AM PDT by Lazamataz (My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
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To: GingisK
Living in primitive conditions for one’s entire lifetime is not pleasant. Those who did so just didn’t know any better.

As it is, for us. We just don't know how primitively we are living, compared to those who hail from 14,673 AD.

253 posted on 04/28/2022 4:13:39 AM PDT by Lazamataz (My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
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To: Red Badger

So, in other words, I’m wasting a lot of nothing. Good to know.


254 posted on 04/28/2022 4:20:49 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Cboldt
In engineering, derivitives over time are ubiquitous. Accelleration due to gravity? Second time-base derivative of position.

And "jerk" can only be used to describe certain people we may run into.

255 posted on 04/28/2022 4:23:57 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: DoodleBob

At least Ethan Krupp could strike a pose.


256 posted on 04/28/2022 4:28:15 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

LOL. So, the derivatives beyond rate of change of acceleration?
After “jerk” comes “snap” then “crackle” then “pop”.


257 posted on 04/28/2022 4:28:45 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Larry Lucido; DannyTN

Do you know what time it is?
(Do you do you know?)
Do you know what time it is?
Check the clock!


258 posted on 04/28/2022 4:29:52 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: DannyTN

Mom, get the kids!
Mom, get the kids!
Mom, get the kids!
(knock, knock, knock, knock) Time to go!
(knock, knock, knock, knock) Time to go!
(knock, knock, knock, knock) Time to go!
Is there anybody out there?


259 posted on 04/28/2022 4:39:36 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Red Badger

Time speeds up when you’re running late and slows down when you’re waiting in line at the Secretary of State’s office or sitting in a dentist chair.


260 posted on 04/28/2022 5:26:58 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care)
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