The nature of time (7/10)

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We all start off thinking there is just the one time the same for everyone. Professor Russell Stannard shows how relativity theory shows this not to be the case.

(Part 7 of 10)

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Articles by Professor Russell Stannard on OpenLearn http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/profiles/professor-russell-stannard

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[timalice33]

I love your show !!! :-) Thank you !!

[Films4You]

Jut use the YouTube slider to move forward in time, that is in YouTube time, LOL

[youcrackers2]

lmao at the ending

[soultorment27]

@MaxFlared The block universe is more than just determinism. The block universe is much more radical. Indeed it renders all change illusory.

[soultorment27]

@SeladorCellardoor The block universe is a philosophical theory involving a static universe without temporal becoming. It might seem puzzling how experience can be accounted for without the flow of time. But I think it can be fully explained by the notion of temporal parts. It's a philosophical concept employed to explain what objects are. I believe that with this conception of objects, temporal becoming as a mere psychological mechanism can be fully accounted for...

[TheBassoftheBeast]

If I swing my arms around while spinning in a circle, will that make my arms older than me?

[TheBassoftheBeast]

Wow, mincfuck!

My mind is all blown, this is amazing.

[paulkilleymanx]

feck sake that just opened a can of worms in my mind.

[MaxFlared]

i think i understand how the future is layed out.as the light of stars billions of light years away already 100 percent gonna hit this area whether the earth will still be here or not, our minds act in similar way. anything we do is a planned reaction to the creation of the universe in a certain way. once it was created everything is already set to its destination through time, gravitation, chemically, and physically.its 100 percent will go through this path just like the lights of distant stars

[MaxFlared]

imagine how slow the time would be if you were in the part of space where all the material is millions of light years away. :O

[96innocent]

so, if you put a camera in one of those "uber" fast spaceship, and live stream it down to earth, how will that look?

[Zee96969696]

if this video was quieter then I might be able to hear it