2007-07-20 12:49:20 · 7 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
According to Einstein's Relativity theory (which is widely accepted today in the scientific community, though coming under some fire lately) time is...wait for it...Relative. Einstein's thoughts have time as an entirely wrinkly fabric, which is experienced as different by different observation points, according to (among other things) their speed.
Steven Hawking explains it this way: imagine two people playing ping-pong on a train traveling west across the USA. To the players, the ball changes direction, moving one way through time then the other. But if the movement of the ball were measured by someone standing on solid ground outside the train, the ball would always be moving west (because it is on the train which is moving west) but it just moves west more slowly when it is hit eastward by one player. Then again, to someone in outer space, because of the turning of the earth going faster than the train, the ball is actually moving eastward at all times!
According to Einstein's theory, time is the empty dress layed out on the bed, the surface of a lake on a windy day, and looks alot more like Huck Finn's haircut than John Edwards'. In minuscule doses, according to relativity, any change in speed causes a wrinkle in time.
2007-07-20 13:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by Nunayer Beezwax 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Time is always wrinkling
2007-07-20 20:13:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the clock can. With time, new things come to life.
2007-07-20 23:57:22 · answer #3 · answered by A 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Profound question...-- most profound.
The answer is yes; moreover can it collapse.
2007-07-25 21:40:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, when it gets old.
2007-07-20 21:13:48 · answer #5 · answered by donkhalid 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you mean lik ecan you do two things at once
2007-07-20 19:55:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES
2007-07-24 17:04:41 · answer #7 · answered by secret society 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋