Does Time depend on Matter?

Science & Mathematics by Anonymous 2018-05-18 16:09:04

Social Science

4 answers

How do we know that time exists in its own right? That we don't just measure the movements of matter, the effects of gravity and speed on it, down to the component parts of atoms, and then interpret the results as something we call time?

Anonymous

if nothing changes then "time" has no meaning
Anonymous

Time is a coordinate just like the x, y, z coordinates of space. Time and space are intertwined in a dimensional spacetime.
Anonymous

Time does not have existence, any nor than length, width, depth. They are all ways of specifying the location of an object or event - essentially, a coordinate axis. They are neither events nor objects in themselves.
Anonymous

That's about right. Except that we also include the movements of energy particles, such as photons.