If space is infinite, does this mean time is?

Question

So how can u run out of time and of space?

Answer 1

not neccessarily

The univers is expanding, and with that its mass is expanding, therefore its gravity is increasing. So, some theorists believe that the gravitational pull of the universe will become stringer than the rate it is expanding and cause it to start to shrink again, and eventually squeeze back together, thus the universe would not be inifinite.

I have also read that time may not be inifinite, but began at the start of the universe. This confuses me, we have no perception of what it would be to have no time.

Light is also to be considered. We see things existing (ie the stars) becasue we see the light of that event now, although this event occurred millions of years ago. For all we know, the universe may be shrinking already.

At the speed of light, time stands still, so it is there fore finite, although in theory you can neveer quite get to the speed of light.

If you were going the speed of light, time would stand still for you, and you could go anywhere in no time, therefore the universe would become crossable you could be anywhere at any point. If this could be possible, then scientists would be able to record the current events and work out where this universe come from

From what i have read and rememeber

Jamie

Answer 2

Well Sir, "infinite" is a pretty big thing to discuss with such a little page available in Yahoo answers. I don't think I can give you anything but my actual experiences in response. Let me tell you that I have watched time go by for hours and hours and it does not seem to end, and that I have gone back in my memory until I could not remember any more (I went back so far I forgot where I was). So, to me, time does not appear have a beginning, or an end.

But, back to this word "infinite." That is a whole lot. It is again very, very hard to get a handle on how much it really is. I can tell you this, though, here in my hospital they can only put so much water in that enema bottle. So however much that is, it is "not-infinite."

Answer 3

Yes, in a sense, they both are but let me venture out a little and if it is really true.

It is in fact the brilliance of our own mind that we find dimensions endless all around us. What we see through our naked eye, and then through a telescope is marvellous. And equally mind boggling is the sense of time passing. The thought of reaching distant stars and galaxies in the far-flung corners of the universe in undersatndable measures of time is an enchanting thought. But brilliance does not last in the eyes - eyes get used to the brilliance of things. And this is where the answer to your questio lies. However beautiful a thing may be eye will always search for the new. Can we think about an endless universe without it boggling our mind? Well, the first question is what is it that we call our mind? And is the universe out of our mind, or the universe is a part of our mind?

If you, for example, start to count, lets say, from one onwards, very soon you will realise that there is not end to numbers that you can count. For example, you live a zillion, trillion, million years, fine. And you count all the time. But there is no end. There will always be a number larger then that you have just counted, you see. The last number that you have counted has become part of your mind. It has expanded your mind a little more. And now this new addition to you mind has been able to create a progress in the number line dimension of your mind - yet another number for you to grasp. What ever we see, we see with the help of what we have seen already - what is already in the mind, as the mind. It does not happen in ticks. It can sound like a constant zoom - this keeps happening without a break.

Similarly the cosmos - the universe and beyond - is limitless by virtue of our own mind, you see. Even if we live for zillion, trillion and million years and spend all our time travelling we will not be able to reach the end! For there will always be a new horizon in front for us to discover. New worlds created by our own mind on the basis of what it already has and what it essentially is.

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Answer 4

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) held that there are number of philosophical questions which end in antinomies (contradictions, paradoxes), such as 'are we free or are we determined by outside forces?' or 'is time/space finite or infinite?'

These questions are paradoxical because arguments can be given that indicate that both the thesis and the antithesis are equally true (and equally false).

In Madhyamika Buddhist philosophy there is a similar idea, where (paraphrasing) it is said:
Time (space) is infinite
Time (space) is not infinite
Time (space) is and is not infinite
Time (space) neither is nor is not infinite

It is clear that the Kantian and the Buddhist theories both suggest that questions such as whether time and space is infinite or not are open questions.

Not simply open in the sense that they will one day be answered, but radically open.

It is not that we must suspend judgment in these questions, it is that
we must suspend judgment
we must not suspend judgment
we must suspend judgment and we must not suspend judgment
we must neither suspend judgment nor not suspend judgment

To maintain a state of consciousness that apprehends all these positions at once is to avoid getting entangled in belief, dogma, and fundamentalism.

Answer 5

Space is probably not infinite. They're using the Hubble telescope to see almost to the very edge of the universe. I think it's still expanding but into what? Time also is probably not infinite and may exist outside the universe.

Answer 6

A slightly different point of view:
Time is infinite for an individual. We only experience the illusion of time while we are alive, thus it is finite. Space also, as one would not be able to travel an infinite distance in a finite time.

Does it matter? And if it matters, does it matter that it matters?

Answer 7

If you rob time from space you will find yourself in a rather difficult situation. You will be infinitely small! Time is tangible, it is the fabric of space, it keeps space exactly that, SPACE. If space is infinite then your supposition is correct, it is, however, not necessary to know whether time/space is infinite. For all practical purposes it is! Cheers PP

Answer 8

Time as we know it began at the Big Bang, so time cannot be infinite! Space may or may not go on forever, depending on the topology you believe in. However, if space is not infinite, what is it sitting inside?

Answer 9

yes time will go on forever and space has no end, but you only live for a few years, so you can run outa time...its a personel thing...and space, well u see the earth is only that big, and if u dont come up with an idea of how we can take space over....then you will run out of space.....unless ur like me, an alien...

Answer 10

yes it does: if space were not infinite then at some time it would end, and time would also cease as there would be no action or events to facilitate time but if space is deemed infinite then it can not in some way end and so time also can not end