The beginning of Time

[Azim]

well why would time stop just because we aren't consciouse of it? that doesn't make much sense

[Funk Doctor]

Well if time was made up by humans, it actually will stop, because they're no humans around.

It's like asking if a tree makes a sound if it falls with no one around to hear it.

[Azim]

of course it makes a sound, its just no one can hear it. if you had a tape recorder taping a falling tree when no-one is around then it will still have a sound. get what i mean

[weedguru_asmodeus]

If time would end when no-one has any conciousness of it - what happens a second later?




If you ever fancy some very heavy reading - then Stephen Lawrence's book - "A Brief History of Time - from the big bang to black holes" (title sounds like a dodgy porno) is top notch - really explains some of his theorys very well, although it does become very heavy when he goes on about the maths behind it all.
here is one interesting point i remember from it -

He was explaining about time - and the way in which it moves - especially with relation to gravity. If you have 2 identical watches very accurate ones that is, and take one to the top of a very large pole, a good few hundred meters tall, and leave the other at the bottom of it, then after a while - these two identical watches will show a different time.

I cant explain it very well - but he does in this book - certainly made me think.

[Funk Doctor]

of course it makes a sound, its just no one can hear it. if you had a tape recorder taping a falling tree when no-one is around then it will still have a sound. get what i mean

Wrong, because then it would only make a sound because we listen to the taperecorder.

[KingPing]

IAm going to eat some shams and think about time and i'll see what i come up with.