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Is time really a straight line?
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over a year ago
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Those in the West seem to see Time as a straight line (we are heading towards something and progress) while those in the East tend to see it as circular.
Of course these are mass generalisations. |
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We travel through time in a straight line, so we perceive it as a straight line.
In the same way, an entity that constantly moved in a single direction would see motion as a single straight line.
There are theories about time being another dimension, in which other entities would be able to move through it in the the way we do 3D space, and we would only perceive them for the moment that they intersected with our time and space. |
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"Those in the West seem to see Time as a straight line (we are heading towards something and progress) while those in the East tend to see it as circular.
Of course these are mass generalisations."
I don't know much about it but I like the idea of it being fluid rather than fixed. |
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"We travel through time in a straight line, so we perceive it as a straight line.
In the same way, an entity that constantly moved in a single direction would see motion as a single straight line.
There are theories about time being another dimension, in which other entities would be able to move through it in the the way we do 3D space, and we would only perceive them for the moment that they intersected with our time and space. "
I saw a documentary programme on the tellybox a while back about wormholes and the possibility of folding them in half like a sheet of paper so that the entry and exit points were adjacent to each other and then just maybe being able to step from one time to another. I like the idea of that. |
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"Or is it more wibbly wobbly than most people think?
Would you take advantage of time travel if it ever became a viable option in your lifetime?
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It’s wavy  |
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"Or is it more wibbly wobbly than most people think?
Would you take advantage of time travel if it ever became a viable option in your lifetime?
It’s wavy "
It is wavy - but where would you go, what would you do? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Time is an illusion
I agree.
And absolutely frustrating at times when it is so fleeting."
Time may not be a 'dimension' - and at a quantum level it's all different. It may be how humans percieve things which 'creates' time but then it isn't an illusion as we see it as real.
And perception of time changes which is down to how fast the brain is processing information. Why you get the 'slow mo' effect in a crisis the brain is taking in a lot more information at that moment. |
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"For those who've read Slaughterhouse Five, the Tralfamadorian concept of time is pretty neat."
It's an interesting concept of which I only know what I've just looked up via Google but I'm going to add the book to my reading list. Thank you.  |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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"We travel through time in a straight line, so we perceive it as a straight line.
In the same way, an entity that constantly moved in a single direction would see motion as a single straight line.
There are theories about time being another dimension, in which other entities would be able to move through it in the the way we do 3D space, and we would only perceive them for the moment that they intersected with our time and space. "
It’s complex, the best explanation I’ve ever seen is this
https://youtu.be/vtkGtXtDlQA
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"We travel through time in a straight line, so we perceive it as a straight line.
In the same way, an entity that constantly moved in a single direction would see motion as a single straight line.
There are theories about time being another dimension, in which other entities would be able to move through it in the the way we do 3D space, and we would only perceive them for the moment that they intersected with our time and space.
It’s complex, the best explanation I’ve ever seen is this
https://youtu.be/vtkGtXtDlQA
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That's fucked up!
I love it!  |
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"Wibbly wobbly timey wimey....
Another doctor Who fan I see 
They lost me with the new Doctor."
Yeah not so sure about the new doctor, Matt Smith and David tenant were both awesome doctors I think personally. |
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By *elshyXOMan
over a year ago
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"Or is it more wibbly wobbly than most people think?
Would you take advantage of time travel if it ever became a viable option in your lifetime?
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Suppose if you want to get deep, time is simply a man made construct, so in my opinion anything not in phsyical form doesnt have the same qualities as anything in the phsyical form, so it can’t be straight or bendy, it’s just a nothingness |
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"Or is it more wibbly wobbly than most people think?
Would you take advantage of time travel if it ever became a viable option in your lifetime?
Suppose if you want to get deep, time is simply a man made construct, so in my opinion anything not in phsyical form doesnt have the same qualities as anything in the phsyical form, so it can’t be straight or bendy, it’s just a nothingness"
A deep discussion wasn't what I envisaged, but if that's what people want to discuss then it's all good |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No I think there are three dimensions
Duration-horizontal time - past, present future
Eternal Now - vertical time - presence
Kairotic - orthogonal time - confluence of past influences, present potential and infinite future possibilities in which creative, timely action occurs.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Time is on my side if I live long enough...
Is it a science question or just chit chat one?
For example you go on hollidays come back it’s the same shit.
Space travel, you leave earth, hit behind earth orbit time dilation is different. But because at the moment we don’t travel space fast enough the difference is not noticeable.
That was the early work by Einstein and his Emc2 and it’s flaws...
Time is curved |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Haven't helped her with the preachy scripts though.
Her accent is wonderful but just reminds me of The Flumps."
Damn you. Need to check out the Flumps now. |
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"Or is it more wibbly wobbly than most people think?
Would you take advantage of time travel if it ever became a viable option in your lifetime?
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Yes, it is more wibbly wobbly than most people think, and it has been demonstrably proven too, with more than enough experiments to explain the fluidity of time. The most important one can be found if you Google "time dilation Theodor Hänsch"
Nature.com provide a layperson's overview of it.
With regards to "would you travel in time, if it was possible?", I'm afraid the question is a moot point, since it is not possible. The speed of light is inviolate. You'd need to travel faster than the speed of light (and have no mass in to the bargain).
As it's an impossibility, it's not worthy of serious scientific discourse. Makes for distracting movies though if you enjoy scientifically-incorrect amusement.
"Time-Travel" is just one of those subjects Astrophysicists roll their eyes every time they get asked.
Another one is "What happened before the Big Bang?"
Nothing.
There was nothing happening.
Then there was the Big Bang, and that's when things get interesting.
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By *541Man
over a year ago
Southampton |
I find time dilation pretty interesting the fact you could zip round at near light speed for a while swing back to earth and meet your ancestors! not that moving at those speeds is anywhere near possible ATM either but still cool to think about |
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