am i living an hour in the future to everyone else!!
2006-10-28 22:35:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
They'll hate you on New Years eve though.
2006-10-28 22:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a big difference between setting a clock back and setting time back. Setting a clock back is like rewinding a VHS tape, which you can then replay while sitting in a different chair. Setting time back would require your heart to pump backwards and your hair to un-grow just a little. You must also talk funny for an hour and un-sneeze, etc. !!!uoy sselB
2006-10-29 06:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by the term "future" you mean the frame of reference (which, in 4D space-time, is x-y-z-t) then indeed you live an hour IN THE FUTURE then the rest of us (just like when you live on the fourth floor of a building and a friend of yours is on the third floor, you live some meters HIGHER than him). So in order to compare measurements with someone who didn't refuse to set his clock you'll have to add an hour to his time measurements to compare them to yours (or he/she will have to subtract an hour from your measurements to compare them to his/her own).
But if by the term future you mean that everything that's going to happen within the next hour (so all of us have to wait and see what that might be) is already known to you then you are simply mistaken.
I suppose that you do realize the difference but you chose to mix everyday language with scientific language and try to tease the rest of us. For this I can but thank you, since it's very important to be reminded every now and then that we have to be very careful of the way we express ourselves and avoid misunderstandings.
2006-10-29 07:19:45 · answer #3 · answered by fanis t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and you would be in BIG trouble. Get that clock back now before someone finds out what you are doing.
2006-10-29 05:45:15 · answer #4 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u may refuse to set the clock back but at the office your boss will refuse you
2006-10-29 06:20:46 · answer #5 · answered by krishna k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess so, but then you woudn't to sleep for an additional hour.
In general, people don't like you to fall out of line. Your "from the future" status will be lost on them
2006-10-29 05:38:20 · answer #6 · answered by Merelda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man! Thanks for reminding me! My computer adjusted its clock by itself, but I gotta go change my alarm clock!
And no... you wouldn't be living in the future. Your clock would just be wrong.
2006-10-29 05:42:34 · answer #7 · answered by Jen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. But you will be one hour early for everything.
2006-10-29 05:37:43 · answer #8 · answered by True_Brit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The you'll be doing a lot of waiting wont you.
2006-10-29 05:37:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but you just might make it to work on time
2006-10-29 05:39:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋