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Sunday, October 16. 2022

Do time and space exist?

Do they exist, or are they just humble human efforts to grasp the structure of creation?




Posted by The Barrister in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 15:14 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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A classmate of Einstein burst in and said nothing is real, Einstein slapped him across the face and said was that real.
#1 The Doors Of Perception on 2022-10-16 16:14 (Reply)
Time doesn't "exist" it just is an immutable fact of the universe.
Space exists.
#2 OneGuy on 2022-10-16 18:37 (Reply)
A non-scientific question. However you answer, how could you tell whether you were right or not? You might as well ask why there is something rather than nothing. Pure speculation, not an interesting question at all.
#3 Hairless Joe on 2022-10-17 08:36 (Reply)
Well said, totally agree.
#3.1 B'radical on 2022-10-17 17:12 (Reply)
One of my favorite physicists: Sabine Hossenfelder

9 levels of nothing... (really, give it a try)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhfqdBk8qxk
#4 TheCaptain on 2022-10-17 10:54 (Reply)
Space exists or is real but the real question is what is space encapsulated in or does it go on forever? And "can" it go on forever, is that even possible? And yet the only possible explanations where space doesn't go on forever are more disconcerting than space going on forever.
#5 Anon on 2022-10-17 13:45 (Reply)

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