Is TIME based on PERSPECTIVE?

Question

is moving forward in time
only relative to the point in which
you return to??

highly evolved question.
only SERIOUS and studied answers, please

Answer 1

Time is NOT an invention of man.

If that were the case then Satelites would not function correctly. The Atomic clocks onboard, used by NAVSAT for instance to triangulate locations need to be recalibrated constantly.

An atomic clock carried on a plane around the world even ran slightly faster than a benchmark clock on the surface of the earth.

Returning TO the point isnt really important however if u manage to travel VERY fast then it will show you the effects quite well.

Time is as much a part of the universe around us as matter is, in fact without time space and thus matter would be impossible.

The growth of plants for instance requires time, time for the chemical reactions inside of them to take place.

Time is all around us, we just dont really comprehend it properly just yet, though we can measure it well.

Oh and back to the "it is man made" people often confuse time and our MEASUREMENT of time. Yes the hour and the minute and the second are man made and a result of the earth revolving around the sun. When einstein first began his studies into relativity it was as a result of his work synchronising all clocks in Geneva to allow for a managable and reliable train schedule. The rest came from there and now we understand time is a part of the universe just as matter is.

We understand 80Kg and it is useful to us to measure mass but that doesnt mean we are describing it. Measurement and Description can be unique of one another.

Answer 2

hmm
in context of general relativity the answer should be yes
(if i not got the question wrong)

time is a measure based on ones very subjective inertial frame.
you feel your time pass based on things you observe moving directly with you. this is YOUR perspective

someone else has its own perspective and own interpretation about time in his own inertial frame, based on things he/she observes around his/her location. thats a different perspective (for you)

if you discuss this with the other person you don't agree about time and how it flows.

Based on general relativity you can just agree on C beeing the speed of light, and if you both measure it you would agree in measuring the same.

so the direct outcome of this is
time is directly connected to the speed you travel in relation to another intertial frame.

now there is a surprise in this
you are a single electron in an empty universe .. and now ?
i think this has not much of a perspective.

Now this was a little unfair, but lets have a look into quantumn physics. And there is the point where things become a little surreal, not to say weird.

below the planck scale things happen which blow your mind and you will have severe difficulties to explain.
objects can travel back and forth in time
sounds to be highly esoteric but i think its the next best thing one should start clueing on after figuring all aspects of Einsteins relativity.

Answer 3

The first thing to accept about time is that it is not a NATURAL feature of our universe. It's strictly a concept devised by our species to separate events into past, present, and future. With that in mind, then what we call time is definitely based on perspective or, as Einstein would have said, time is strictly relative. There is no COSMIC MASTER CLOCK ticking away The Correct Time.

Answer 4

Time has it's own set of rules. As you approach the speed of light, time will actually slow down. Example: 2 identical twins born exactly at the same time were both to travel in space for 10 years in different rockets. One rocket travels at 99% of light speed; the other at 10%. After 10 years time, the twin that traveled at 99% the speed of light will be younger than the other. NOTE: read Stephen Hawking's A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME. It's an excellent book by possibly the greatest astro-physicist of all time.

Answer 5

Most definetely ! Time is described as an incremental increase of instants. Time can be visualized as a linear function, hence necessitates an origin or better a relative point from which we can begin to count "year zero" per say.


Short and to the point!

Answer 6

Percetption of time is based on perspective.

Actual passage of time is very measurable but relative (i.e. it is not the same for observers in different reference frames).

Answer 7

You might want to try posting on the Philosophy section. You'll probably get some great answers back.

Answer 8

no time is base on the sun movements , out side of the earth light years ,, time is man made .and can be better some day,

Answer 9

In my opinio, yes, time is based on perspective

Answer 10

of course it is...