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Physicists Find That As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy (sciencealert.com)
Physicists "have combined two grand theories of physics to conclude not only is time not universally consistent, any clock we use to measure it will blur the flow of time in its surrounding space." An anonymous reader quotes ScienceAlert:
A team of physicists from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences have applied quantum mechanics and general relativity to argue that increasing the precision of measurements on clocks in the same space also increases their warping of time... [W]hile the theories are both supported by experiments, they usually don't play well together, forcing physicists to consider a new theory that will allow them both to be correct at the same time...
In this case, the physicists hypothesized the act of measuring time in greater detail requires the possibility of increasing amounts of energy, in turn making measurements in the immediate neighborhood of any time-keeping devices less precise. "Our findings suggest that we need to re-examine our ideas about the nature of time when both quantum mechanics and general relativity are taken into account," says researcher Esteban Castro.
The article opens with the statement that "time is weird," noting that despite our own human-centric expectations, "the Universe doesn't have a master clock to run by."
In this case, the physicists hypothesized the act of measuring time in greater detail requires the possibility of increasing amounts of energy, in turn making measurements in the immediate neighborhood of any time-keeping devices less precise. "Our findings suggest that we need to re-examine our ideas about the nature of time when both quantum mechanics and general relativity are taken into account," says researcher Esteban Castro.
The article opens with the statement that "time is weird," noting that despite our own human-centric expectations, "the Universe doesn't have a master clock to run by."
The think about time is we have no idea how long it really takes to go one second in the simulation we all live inside of. It could be years on the wall clock in the simulators universe.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Yet another example of how science can't prove anything. No, wait. This is another example of how the science lobby is trying to protect their jobs by, you know, doing experiments and shit, and trying to understand how stuff works.
Is when I'll have time to give a shit about this.
So if their clock turns out not to be accurate. it's the universe's fault?
It's a poor scientist who blames the universe for their shortcomings.
As I get older, I age too. However, I'm also pretty confident that I'm not a clock. If I ever do start thinking I'm a clock, it's probably due to age, however.
"I am the one who clocks."
We cannot "sample" time.
We cannot "stop" time.
We cannot evaluate the opposite of time, or "not-time".
We cannot directly "measure" time.
We cannot directly "see" time.
If we cannot evaluate these things, does time exist?
You only think this because you have been educated stupid.
4 Simultaneous Days Same Earth Rotation.
Your dirty lying teachers use only the midnight to midnight
1 day (ignoring 3 other days) Time to not foul (already wrong)
bible time. Lie that corrupts earth you educated stupid fools.
Earth Has 4 Days In Same 24 Hrs., 1 Day God Was Wrong.
Einstein Was ONEist Brain. Try My Belly-Button Logic.
No God Knows About 4 Days,
It Is Evil To Ignore 4 Days, Does Your Teacher Know ?
Sigh - we miss you Gene Ray - Time Cube forever!
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