What is 'time'?

Stoned Rose said:
Could you clarify how it doesn't exist in this universe (the one we exist in) but does exist in another we don't exist in?
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If theories regarding the multiverse are correct it would mean that there are infinite universes many of which would contain versions of you, with many of those having made precisely that post on this forum at precisely this time, but with a subtle difference somewhere on the timeline of the universe. There would be some universes, for example, whereby the exact combination of physical constants are such that the universe develops in exactly the same way as ours but either with a temporal offset or at a higher rate of entropy such that the future as it will be in our universe has already played out in theirs.

Again, though, this is only one of many ways that a multiverse could potentially function, admittedly one that I find more logical than some of the alternatives, and even then is reliant on a multiverse existing at all.

Stoned Rose said:
Does this also mean that the future which belongs to other universes exists in ours but not in theirs?
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Yes, but again it would only be in certain universes. It isn't the future in ours though, or at least some of it isn't; it is the present or the past and would only be the future in their universe. Also, our future would be part of their future in some cases, but in others there would be a temporal juncture at which our futures would diverge or even where our pasts or futures converge.
 
Irwell said:
Stoned Rose said:
Could you clarify how it doesn't exist in this universe (the one we exist in) but does exist in another we don't exist in?
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If theories regarding the multiverse are correct it would mean that there are infinite universes many of which would contain versions of you, with many of those having made precisely that post on this forum at precisely this time, but with a subtle difference somewhere on the timeline of the universe. There would be some universes, for example, whereby the exact combination of physical constants are such that the universe develops in exactly the same way as ours but either with a temporal offset or at a higher rate of entropy such that the future as it will be in our universe has already played out in theirs.

Again, though, this is only one of many ways that a multiverse could potentially function, admittedly one that I find more logical than some of the alternatives, and even then is reliant on a multiverse existing at all.

Stoned Rose said:
Does this also mean that the future which belongs to other universes exists in ours but not in theirs?
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Yes, but again it would only be in certain universes. It isn't the future in ours though, or at least some of it isn't; it is the present or the past and would only be the future in their universe. Also, our future would be part of their future in some cases, but in others there would be a temporal juncture at which our futures would diverge or even where our pasts or futures converge.
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Love it.

The multiverse theory is amazing imo. Are there other theories that explain time and the future?

It follows then that the future is already in existence and has weirdly 'already happened' but we are yet to 'catch up' to it. It seems this concept sits well with 'fate' then?

Btw what's your educational background? (feel free to PM if that's something you'd rather not share with everyone).
 
TangerineSteve17 said:
I'm sorry. I didn't think it deserved it's own thread, so I chose this one because it was getting warm with Irwell and Skashion. Oh well, you can all go back to serious a debate now.
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I liked it mate, quality find :)
 
Stoned Rose said:
Love it.

The multiverse theory is amazing imo. Are there other theories that explain time and the future?

It follows then that the future is already in existence and has weirdly 'already happened' but we are yet to 'catch up' to it. It seems this concept sits well with 'fate' then?
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I wouldn't think of it as an explanation of the future so much as a logical conclusion drawn from the idea of infinite universes. Some of those universes would replicate ours to a greater or lesser extent, but it is still their timeline and not ours. They are the same by coincidence, not design. Were you able to watch what happened there you would see the events from our future, but it is just a future containing the same events rather than being the same future.

If you like the multiverse theory you will probably also like M-theory, or more specifically the concept of D-branes within M-theory. The basic concept is that there are multiple dimensions, most commonly one temporal and ten spatial, within which the universe exists. It exists, however, on a D3-brane, multiple of which could theoretically exist with each supporting it's own universe. Whilst travel between universes within the multiverse may be possible, the idea of travel between universes that exist within the same spacetime seems more feasible to me. The implications and possibilities are huge.
 
Irwell said:
Stoned Rose said:
Love it.

The multiverse theory is amazing imo. Are there other theories that explain time and the future?

It follows then that the future is already in existence and has weirdly 'already happened' but we are yet to 'catch up' to it. It seems this concept sits well with 'fate' then?
Click to expand...
I wouldn't think of it as an explanation of the future so much as a logical conclusion drawn from the idea of infinite universes. Some of those universes would replicate ours to a greater or lesser extent, but it is still their timeline and not ours. They are the same by coincidence, not design. Were you able to watch what happened there you would see the events from our future, but it is just a future containing the same events rather than being the same future.

If you like the multiverse theory you will probably also like M-theory, or more specifically the concept of D-branes within M-theory. The basic concept is that there are multiple dimensions, most commonly one temporal and ten spatial, within which the universe exists. It exists, however, on a D3-brane, multiple of which could theoretically exist with each supporting it's own universe. Whilst travel between universes within the multiverse may be possible, the idea of travel between universes that exist within the same spacetime seems more feasible to me. The implications and possibilities are huge.
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Oi mister what happened to the tune game
 
Irwell said:
Stoned Rose said:
Love it.

The multiverse theory is amazing imo. Are there other theories that explain time and the future?

It follows then that the future is already in existence and has weirdly 'already happened' but we are yet to 'catch up' to it. It seems this concept sits well with 'fate' then?
Click to expand...
I wouldn't think of it as an explanation of the future so much as a logical conclusion drawn from the idea of infinite universes. Some of those universes would replicate ours to a greater or lesser extent, but it is still their timeline and not ours. They are the same by coincidence, not design. Were you able to watch what happened there you would see the events from our future, but it is just a future containing the same events rather than being the same future.

If you like the multiverse theory you will probably also like M-theory, or more specifically the concept of D-branes within M-theory. The basic concept is that there are multiple dimensions, most commonly one temporal and ten spatial, within which the universe exists. It exists, however, on a D3-brane, multiple of which could theoretically exist with each supporting it's own universe. Whilst travel between universes within the multiverse may be possible, the idea of travel between universes that exist within the same spacetime seems more feasible to me. The implications and possibilities are huge.
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Hmm...

So, what happens if the 'multiverse' that is theorised actually is know about in another explanation; 'reincarnation'?

Maybe 'reincarnation' is really our existence in other universes that we fleetingly 'remember' as a journey through time? Maybe it's why some people who have never spoke another language before can suddenly speak foreign tongues after trauma? That in another universe they spoke that foreign language in another version of themselves, prior to this one? Maybe some are prone to temporal clashes to explain how they feel they done something before or experienced something to be?

Maybe it's why some feel like there is a 'test' to pass after repeating former mistakes at the same level?

Dunno why that just came to me, but it's a thought...
 
Also, maybe the reason death doesn't feel so'final', is because we actually move from multiverse to multiverse, spending the resiquisite amount of Time designated to that multiverse in a finely tuned balancing act .

Maybe this means Life really isn't random and everything plays its part/ has a reason...??
 
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