This article does an amazing job of describing the various versions of the definition of "time" used in physics. The author limits his use of jargon, but defines them well when necessary. Highly recommended.
I wonder if the statement about Newton's second law (there exists an r(-t)) holds true when you include relativistic effects.
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#12Time is an illusion
(Sorry it took so long to post the punchline to your obvious Douglas Adams setup; I was at lunch).
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Fruit flies like an arrow, time flies like a banana.
In my experience, fruit flies haven't cared much about arrows. What are "time flies"?
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder if the statement about Newton's second law (there exists an r(-t)) holds true when you include relativistic effects.
Time is reversible in general relativity, in the sense that if you replace t by -t everywhere the solution is still valid. I don't remember the full proof off the top of my head, and the argument I do remember is complicated.
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Time is reversible in general relativity, in the sense that if you replace t by -t everywhere the solution is still valid. I don't remember the full proof off the top of my head, and the argument I do remember is complicated.
no such thing as backwards time travel, sorry!
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Time is reversible in general relativity, in the sense that if you replace t by -t everywhere the solution is still valid. I don't remember the full proof off the top of my head, and the argument I do remember is complicated.
no such thing as backwards time travel, sorry!
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#19time flies like an arrow (whereas) fruit flies like a banana
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#20time flies like an arrow (whereas) fruit flies like a banana
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The HN community in general is fairly against those sort of comments, preferring instead comments that add to the conversation by either bringing new knowledge or interpreting existing knowledge in a novel way. People are quick to downvote.
The only general solution is to always ask yourself "does this really bring something to the conversation?" before posting.
Also, you shouldn't worry too much about losing karma every once in a while for comments that you do feel are constructive. Karma is meaningless.