A TV show is schedule to air on Sept. 30th. The date is changed to Oct. 15th which is further in the future. I have a meeting scheduled next Wed. but it gets changed to Fri. Since time only moves forward, why do we say something like the TV show and the meeting are pushed back? Haven't they actually been pushed forward?
2006-08-25 05:14:25 · 3 answers · asked by Coo coo achoo 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You are standing on a spot named "Friday August 25, 2006", and a meeting is on a spot ahead of you in a straight line, named "Saturday, September 30, 2006". If that meeting is moved beyond "Saturday, September 30, 2006" to a spot on the same line named "Sunday, October 15, 2006", you are pushing that meeting BACK on that straight line.
If time is viewed as a linear progression on a flat plane to infinity, then events that are moved forward on that progression are actually pushed "BACK" from the present time's perspective. Think of the meeting as someone in line for a movie. Sep 30 is the 273rd day of the year. If you move it to Oct 15, now it's the 288th day of the year, moving BACK in line by 15 days or 15 people in that movie line. Hope this helps.
2006-08-25 06:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by rohannesian 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It come from the fact that when you have work to do in a office and you want to put something off you push it back towards the bottom in the in box.
2006-08-25 12:36:48 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it corresponds with when an event or meeting is "moved up" or sooner than originally planned.
I have a devil of a time with all these abstract terms. Ohhh my HEAD!
2006-08-25 15:34:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋