If you take a clear plastic box and fill it with nothing but air, seal all of the edges, what time is it in the box? Does time exist within the box without an object inside?
2006-08-11 10:34:21 · 14 answers · asked by will2succeed 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Time is only relevant to perception. It's a made up thing to help organize peoples lives.
2006-08-11 11:24:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the same time inside the box as outside the box.
There is an object inside the box. Air. Air is actually several things.
If there was absolutely Nothing inside the box? not even an election from the box itself? hmmmm. Zesty. That would be a different question.
2006-08-11 10:41:40 · answer #2 · answered by Crystal Violet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time exists only if it is a recognized and defined entity. For example, the "time" concept may not exist for a person living on a deserted island. Or it may be in totally different variables than for everyone else. THE "time" varies from place-to-place around the earth. Time ceases to exist after death, I guess. If the clear bag is in a recognized "time" zone, then it exists in that time, and its contents, "air," therefore, exist in the same "time." The bag exists, whether empty or full.
2006-08-11 10:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by iamelvisd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The air in the box can count time. Air contains some carbon dioxide, which contains carbon, some of which is carbon-14, which is the radioactive form of carbon that is used in carbon dating. But I maintain that time still exists in the absence of a method to measure it. I also maintain that a tree falling in a forest makes a sound even if there is nobody present to hear it.
2006-08-11 11:36:17 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you own question doesn't make sense. AIR is on object too.
Second, I think you meant vaccum, not even air is in the box, then yes time will still exist.
2006-08-11 10:51:27 · answer #5 · answered by The Prince 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, time exists in mere air.
Yes, time exists even if there was a vacuum in the box. (no air)
Yes, time exists in space.
So, where does time not exist???
1. Time does not exist in a black hole.
2. Time does not exist before the big bang.
3. Time does not exist when traveling faster than the speed of light?
Wait, I'm not sure about #3. I lost track of time.
2006-08-11 12:19:46 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I consider air to be an object, but anyway, I'd say yes.
This is like saying sound only exists if someone hears it, when sound is really just movement of air, whether there's an ear in teh way or not.
2006-08-11 10:42:03 · answer #7 · answered by Captain_Ahab_ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is an invention in our sense of measurment. So, in that sense, time does stop, but then again, that would be the same thing as saying a bum without a watch is ageless because he didn't measure time.
Otherwise, no. Time does not stop. Don't bother us with your poorly thought pseudo-existential theories based on loopholes in what little knowledge of physics you managed to acquire in your life. We geeks have better things to do.
2006-08-11 15:36:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is the fourth dimension, duration of matter/energy. Therefore, the box and the contents thereof would have no duration only if they did not exist. Because they exist, they have duration=time.
2006-08-11 10:41:46 · answer #9 · answered by grinningleaf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time exists everywhere. The air will get stale after a day.
2006-08-11 11:14:04 · answer #10 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋