Just hearing the clock strike midnight made me wonder what becomes of the day that's just been replaced by another. Where does it go? Is it possibly recycled or reincarnated at some point? If you have any idea, please let me know.
2006-09-27 17:07:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2006-09-27 17:09:37 · answer #1 · answered by oltmprch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientifically, the day doesn't go anywhere because time is not anything that moves. We move through it.
Science-Fictionally, there's a great episode of the Twilight Zone (the newer, color version) called "A Matter of Minutes" that shows workers building the world for each minute of the day. As soon as that particular world's minute hits, humanity "moves in" but leaves after the minute is done. Then the workers disassemble the world and use the pieces to build another world in the future, kinda' like leapfrogging.
And don't get me started on time zones (and daylight savings!) Just because Cleveland is in the same time zone as Philadephia, astronomically it is NEVER the same time in those cities!
2006-09-28 05:24:44 · answer #2 · answered by i_sivan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a human convention, it doesn't exist except in human brains. It doesn't go anywhere. In the next time zone, it's still that same day. If you didn't know what time it was for a week, would the passage of each day mean anything to you? If you are on a planet with no time zones, who decides what day it is? Do days "go" somewhere there as well?
2006-09-28 01:14:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, Time does not exist. It is a but a tool to keep men sane.
Does the earth care about time? does the sun or stars? Nope. just man.
2006-09-28 01:30:54 · answer #4 · answered by jadamgrd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linear timeline, dude.
One cause gives one and only one effect...can't go back & change it.
It's just an antiquated measure of the sun & moon travelling across the sky.
2006-09-28 00:17:49 · answer #5 · answered by Professor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never thought of it in quite that way, so I shall ponder that for about two seconds after submitting this answer.
2006-09-28 00:33:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It becomes recent history
2006-09-28 00:15:50 · answer #7 · answered by scifuntubes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The time doesn't go anywhere. Yesterday is right where it's always been, but we have moved on.
2006-09-28 02:01:40 · answer #8 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it lives on
in a parallel universe
2006-09-28 00:31:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋