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Hi I’m new to this site as well as physics. But it fascinates me.
Is time the creation of movement?
Is time the creation of movement?
My head spins when I think about time
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In modern science there are two concepts of time. Proper time is what a clock measured. Coordinate time is a coordinate in some coordinate charts (with some specific properties).mixfijoe said:
Proper time is the physical one, coordinate time is mathematical.
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For me, it is the Earth that spins the non-renewable thread of time.
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Just to nip a common follow-up in the bud; there are processes that aren't motion-based that take time and some can even be used to tell time/as clocks. So we know for sure it isn't required to be tied to motion.
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Great answer. But what if everything stop moveing, from the smallest atom to the biggest galaxies. Would time still exist? Or would it stop?russ_watters said:
Just Think Timex...mixfijoe said:
https://therightreflection.com/change/takes-a-licking-and-keeps-on-ticking/
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I think that belongs in Philosophy Forums, next to "If a tree falls in a forest and there's no one to hear it is there a sound?"mixfijoe said:
Welcome to PF.
You've received good and patient answers to your question, so I'll close this thread for now.
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mixfijoe said:
mixfijoe said:
You've received good and patient answers to your question, so I'll close this thread for now.
As a tip -- PF works best if you can post links to your reading that you've been doing trying to answer your question. That helps us to address any confusions you may have, and answer your question at your current level of learning. Please keep that in mind for your future questions here. Thanks!