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Can there be change without time?
In other words, if life after death does exist,
does all change stop or does change continue in
some type of "timeless" dimension?
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clueless asks:
"Can there be change without time?"
Yes but not in our 4 dimensional spacetime.
clueless asks:
"In other words, if life after death does exist,
does all change stop or does change continue in
some type of "timeless" dimension?"
Life after death is a sop for weak minds and those afraid to live while they are alive. In their timidity to embrace what they have ... they look to someone, or something, else to do it for them when they are no longer responsible for the results.
With respect to a timeless dimension I certainly think there is one. But not because it has anything to do with the insignificance of human exitance and insecurity. Rather as a possible solution to one of the most vexing problems in physics.
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Originally posted by clueless:
Can there be change without time?
In other words, if life after death does exist,
does all change stop or does change continue in
some type of "timeless" dimension?
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If an object moves from point A to point B in a "timeless" dimension, doesn't the fact that the object was at point A, and is now at point B
necessitate the existence of time?
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No. It necessitates that at time T1 it is a point A, that at time T2 it is at point B and that the difference in time between these events (T2-T1) is not just less than the time required at the speed of light but is less than the time it takes a photon to travel a planck's width no matter the distance between A and B.
It would not be a matter of being faster than light or time slowing down. It would be a matter of time being irrelevant to any and all calculations.
We see this effect, for example, when we look at the position of an electron in an atom. Electrons do not circle or orbit the nucleus. They appear to be at one instant at position A and at the next instant at position B without ever having traversed the space between A and B.
But do keep in mind that my example, above, while real is being used to describe a situation in which a wholly theoretical construct might exist. There is essentially zero evidence for my explanation being either correct or incorrect.
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theoretically plausible, even if no evidence exist or can exist for those who remain alive.
the more man learns, the more he realises, he really does not know anything.
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