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Well possibly. Depends if you already knew this concept or not. It blew mine because I hadn't heard of it before so it was new to me.
Watch this video about the B-Theory of time:
https://youtu.be/H1WfFkp4puw
The video is 33 minutes long and the beginning might be tedious for someone well versed in physics. If you are such a person you can skip ahead to 17:40 where he gets to the meat of the sandwich if you will, about the B-Theory of time.
It's a video where physicist Brian Greene talks about how time isn't quite what it appears to be to us.
He talks about how the past, present and future all exist. That is to say that the past is not gone, and the future isn't non-existant yet. (I know double negative, sorry). The past present and future may exist throughout all time.
According to the B-Theory of time all events exist and can be experienced by someone traveling through space at different rates of speed.
So the question then becomes is this "theory" much like String or M-Theory not really science or only hypothetical if it can't be tested?
But the relativity of time has been tested and empirical evidence exists that proves it so. Given that, does this B-Theory of time stand on more solid ground than M-Theory seemingly can ever hope to if M-Theory remains untestable?
Watch this video about the B-Theory of time:
https://youtu.be/H1WfFkp4puw
The video is 33 minutes long and the beginning might be tedious for someone well versed in physics. If you are such a person you can skip ahead to 17:40 where he gets to the meat of the sandwich if you will, about the B-Theory of time.
It's a video where physicist Brian Greene talks about how time isn't quite what it appears to be to us.
He talks about how the past, present and future all exist. That is to say that the past is not gone, and the future isn't non-existant yet. (I know double negative, sorry). The past present and future may exist throughout all time.
According to the B-Theory of time all events exist and can be experienced by someone traveling through space at different rates of speed.
So the question then becomes is this "theory" much like String or M-Theory not really science or only hypothetical if it can't be tested?
But the relativity of time has been tested and empirical evidence exists that proves it so. Given that, does this B-Theory of time stand on more solid ground than M-Theory seemingly can ever hope to if M-Theory remains untestable?
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