Sounds just as dumb as why is the sky blue...
But this is a serious question...
Any opinions... Any science?
Can anyone bull crap there way through this question?
Is it even answerable?
2006-11-17 17:10:50 · 5 answers · asked by Mr. Agappae 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Some good answers so far!
2006-11-17 17:14:21 · update #1
The first one is well thought out...
I do believe that measurment is aomething that man does...
But really is now measurable? Is their such thing as now?
But Now has to exist because the past is gone... and the future isn't here yet...
Ouchh... my brain!
Where is Einstein when you need him?
2006-11-17 17:26:40 · update #2
I think your question is a good one - and not at all "dumb as why is the sky blue."
"Now" is a point in time between the past and the future.
It may well be infinitely small (no dimension - like a "point" on a "line" in mathematics) or it may well be a quanta of time - perhaps time isn't the smooth continuum we tend to think it is, but rather exists in small packets or quanta.
I'd rather suspect, that given the relative nature of different rates of time, it is most probably a smooth continuum.
I also believe that "now" is simply a term with no real scientific meaning, but rather just a reference to the term "immediately" - as in, "Do it now."
Interestingly enough, I have never thought about this in the past, but "now" is about the time I should retire and perhaps think more about it in the future.
2006-11-17 19:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, time is not a natural feature of the universe that actually exists. Time is nothing more than an "invention" of our species to separate events into past, present, and future. Also, time is strictly relative (..ala Einstein's relativity) -- there's no Cosmic Master Clock ticking away the correct time for the universe.
2006-11-18 01:21:56 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It kinda sounds like your asking how long a point is. Like if a meter is used to measure distance, then how long is this point we are calling here. It doesnt make sense to ask how long a point is because it doesnt have a distance across it. It doesnt make sense to ask how long a point in time is because it doesnt have a difference in time across it
2006-11-18 01:14:14 · answer #3 · answered by Greg G 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Eternal! Haven't you heard the eternal now! It was a 1960's thing.
2006-11-18 01:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by FreeWilly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-18 01:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by Turok 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋