SithDoughnut
The Agnostic, Ignostic, Apatheistic Atheist
Boy Scouts are lazy. We should beef them up (get it? Beef?
Upvote
0
Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
You're going to need a lot of thread -- and how's a boy scout supposed to lug around one of those?
Boy Scouts are lazy. We should beef them up (get it? Beef?) by making them carry cows around.
Yes. All you need is a working radio. The plate in your brain is optionalWhat happens if you wear a magnet-hat? Can you have the same ability? Is it true if you have a plate in your brain you can tune in to Radio 4?
Is it true that all of time exists?
According to Einsteinian Relativity, yes, it is as real as space and matter.Does time exist?
No, since quantum mechanics and relativity only disagree about what happens to spacetime on very small scales (e.g., they disagree on what happens to matter in the singularity of a black hole). The nature of time and space isn't really addressed by quantum mechanics, so there's not much for them to disagree on.If that is what Einstein says, does that mean quantum mechanics will disagree?
According to Einsteinian Relativity, yes, it is as real as space and matter.
If all of space exists, why is this particle here?If, therefore, all of time exists why is it now?
If all of space exists, why is this particle here?
Technically, you're dying right now. Every moment is one step closer to an inevitable death. Life is a terminal disease!Slightly easier to get my head round than the fact that somewhere out there I'm dying.
Relativity, as it stands today, is probably wrong.
But it's right enough that we know time to exist as much as space and matter exist (much as, though classical mechanics is wrong, it's still right enough that we know billiard balls will roll in a straight line).
There was an article in New Scientist a year ago (as it were) saying you could formulate quantum mechanics without reference to time, with the implication time may not exist Is time an illusion? - physics-math - 19 January 2008 - New Scientist Sounds like a fun hypothesis. I was wondering if you came across the idea.No, since quantum mechanics and relativity only disagree about what happens to spacetime on very small scales (e.g., they disagree on what happens to matter in the singularity of a black hole). The nature of time and space isn't really addressed by quantum mechanics, so there's not much for them to disagree on.
Relativity, as it stands today, is probably wrong. But it's right enough that we know time to exist as much as space and matter exist (much as, though classical mechanics is wrong, it's still right enough that we know billiard balls will roll in a straight line).
I always thought "here" and "now" were two different concepts.If all of space exists, why is this particle here?If, therefore, all of time exists why is it now?
Yes, inasmuch as 'here' is a point in space, 'now' is a point in time, and 'herenow' is a point in spacetime.I always thought "here" and "now" were two different concepts.
Is there 'herenow' in General Relativity?
I think that's just journalists getting away with themselves. As good as New Scientists is, it still needs to make a profit...There was an article in New Scientist a year ago (as it were) saying you could formulate quantum mechanics without reference to time, with the implication time may not exist Is time an illusion? - physics-math - 19 January 2008 - New Scientist Sounds like a fun hypothesis. I was wondering if you came across the idea.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?