You know when you put a mirror either side of you, you see lots of yous going off into the distance. When life gets too horrible being you, could you become one of the other yous?
2006-08-12 04:06:06 · 18 answers · asked by peter b 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The concept is just amazing. I bow to you for thinking something like that. You see, time is like a train passing through a subway tunnel. You are on board and the passage of those signal lights etc can be considered as events. Now travelling sideways is not possible but if you jump off that train, you can see a series of events happening. Pretty much like they show in movies like someone dieing and then their soul or whatever it is can see things happening except for people being able to see and notice "the soul". There is just as much space in sideways as you can just stand there and see the train passing. Very confused??? Thats Physics buddy. One other thing that possibly can happen if there is any scope for travelling sideways is that there would be an enormous huge space where you cant see anything. There would be things happening really really far which wont be visible to you.
2006-08-12 06:26:12 · answer #1 · answered by techno_geek 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I supose that the person you see in the mirror is you but a fraction of a second ago. Light travelling to and from the mirror taking the time. So you have already left the people you see.
2006-08-12 04:51:33 · answer #2 · answered by shrewsbury_06 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are confusing a transient set of reflected images with the concept of multiple realities (MR) However Einstein did leave room for MR in his theories of relativity which have been exploited in TV sci fi- notably by red dwarf and star trek next generation.
I suppose you are ultimately exposing the limitations of language. Time is a linear concept ( in one direction only). It has only a present, a future and a past. Therefore we can only apply to it a notion of forwards and a backwards. What you are describing is directional. It is like asking is it possible to go north west in time.
However this is a terrific question though as I have pointed out with faulty logic.
2006-08-12 04:34:16 · answer #3 · answered by Chriatian IV 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting idea. My totally incompetent understanding of quantum mechanics leads me to believe it is possible and the machine that could achieve the feat would resemble the transporter on Star Trek. It wouldn't be a fade out and in job, though. It would be more of a zonk.
How would it work? The same way the one on Star Trek works according to the technical department when they are asked how the transporter works: "Very well!"
2006-08-12 04:17:52 · answer #4 · answered by Frog Five 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it possible to go sideways in time?
'Time' is nothing more than ordinary space that has been 'curved' by gravity. We are constantly time-traveling: F-O-R-W-A-R-D.
I suppose that it is possible to navigate through different directions, or dimensions, of time.
The problem is, we haven't figured out how to do it yet.
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2006-08-12 04:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wish i could go sideways it would be an improvement, just now all i seem to be doing is moving backwards
2006-08-12 04:12:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The reflections you see in the mirrors are just repeated images of present-day reality -- the here-and-now -- as it is, and is, and is, and is, and is, and is, etc.
2006-08-12 04:15:24 · answer #7 · answered by Major 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No: time is not a physical dimension like the three dimensions we perceive in space. Time flows forwards, and only forwards.
2006-08-12 04:15:09 · answer #8 · answered by just "JR" 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mirror is a reflection. It's not a copy, it has the exact same life as you have because it is you.
2006-08-12 04:11:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, and even if you could you would still be you. The mirror doesn't change who you are.
2006-08-12 04:09:30 · answer #10 · answered by Chris H 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋