Time Isn\'\'t What it Seems to be (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, April 30, 2011, 02:43 (4935 days ago) @ David Turell

Fascinating new theory about time, as NOT the fourth dimension:
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> > > http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-scientists-spacetime-dimension.html
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> > I sense a strong sense of "Deja-Vu..."
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> > Seriously though... did I bring this up in my Time thread??
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> I don't remember. We can look it up.-Reading the article again, it exactly restates what I said earlier: Time as a "thing" does not exist. -"...we never really measure t..." (t = time)
"By itself, t has only a mathematical value, and no primary physical existence."-This is old hat, David... I think they just explain it better than I do. -Einstein models (note the use of the word 'model') time by assuming that time and space are equivalent. Time thus becomes the interval of some object as it travels some distance on a map. Time as a *real thing* does not exist for science. Without motion, there is no time.-Merging in with what dhw had said about time previously, Einstein's view was that time was "only a sequential ordering of events."

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