What time is it?

[Bozo Erectus]

Alright, bear with me here, Im too stupid to put it into words: Is the rate of time constant throughout the universe? Is the time we're experiencing here on this end oif the universe, the same exact time someone or something could be experiencing on the other opposite end of the universe? In other words is the 'speed of time' constant, like the speed of light?

 

[thetrooper]

IOW - is time linear?

 

[Bozo Erectus]

I know its linear, but is it moving at the same rate everywhere?

 

[Erik Mesoy]

If I've understood your question correctly, the answer is no, and this is why. Does that help?

 

[thetrooper]

That's the exact reason why I turned to chemistry.

@BE: in my simple mind, linearity was the answer to your question.

I'm dizzy...

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

time flows slower as you get closer to the speed of light, and where gravity is incredibly stong, so near black holes and such time would come close to a hault

 

[Bozo Erectus]

If I've understood your question correctly, the answer is no, and this is why. Does that help?

Holy crap, that is so mind blowing. Thats exactly what Im talking about Wow. So in effect, its like there are endless parallel universes, all identical except that theyre at slightly different points in the flow of time or 'now-ness' according to the local observer.

 

[warpus]

I know its linear, but is it moving at the same rate everywhere?

No, it depends on the relative velocity between the two observers you're comparing.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

That's the exact reason why I turned to chemistry.

@BE: in my simple mind, linearity was the answer to your question.

I'm dizzy...

Me too, I need a drink

 

[Elrohir]

Not really. Theoretically, you could say there is a "universal" time when you are not moving at all, or when you are moving at the speed of light. (The second is pretty much impossible at our current level of technology) But without one of those things, it depends on how fast you are moving, and therefore where you are in the universe. Time slows down as you approach the speed of light.

 

[Till]

I know its linear, but is it moving at the same rate everywhere?

According to Einstein, it doesn't seem to. (Not that i can claim to really understand his theories, but that seems to be one of the bottom lines.)
From Wiki:
"Time runs slower the stronger the gravitational field, and hence acceleration, is."

 

[nonconformist]

Time is more or less inversely proportional to velocity.
It's also a scalar.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

No time is not linear. But what happens if I go from one time to the other.

 

[warpus]

Not really. Theoretically, you could say there is a "universal" time when you are not moving at all, or when you are moving at the speed of light. (The second is pretty much impossible at our current level of technology) But without one of those things, it depends on how fast you are moving, and therefore where you are in the universe. Time slows down as you approach the speed of light.

There is no universal time because there is no universal "at rest" frame of reference. I may be at rest relative to my chair, but I am not at rest relative to the sun.

 

[aaglo]

Alright, bear with me here, Im too stupid to put it into words: Is the rate of time constant throughout the universe? Is the time we're experiencing here on this end oif the universe, the same exact time someone or something could be experiencing on the other opposite end of the universe? In other words is the 'speed of time' constant, like the speed of light?

Time is the same to the objects that do not move in relation to each other. I mean that the time of the observant in this situation is the same as the time of the observee.
When objects are moving in relation to each other, they don't notice any change in their own time, but they think that the time of the observee is warped.

Got it? Well, it doesn't matter - I propably got it wrong anyway

Here's the simplified version of what I just said:

You ask: What time is it?

I answer: It's Hammer-time!

 

[The Last Conformist]

Alright, bear with me here, Im too stupid to put it into words: Is the rate of time constant throughout the universe? Is the time we're experiencing here on this end oif the universe, the same exact time someone or something could be experiencing on the other opposite end of the universe? In other words is the 'speed of time' constant, like the speed of light?

The "rate of time" isn't a meaningful expression. The rate of time per what?

As others have pointed out, there's no Absolute Time in the Newtonian sense, if that's what you mean. Differen't observers don't necessarily agree about the chronological order of events, and if you and I synchronize our clocks and go on different paths before meeting again, our clocks may be out of synch when we meet again, even if the clocks are perfect.

 

[The 777 Hoax]

Alright I don't like these time conversations because I have no idea what anyone's talking about

 

[Mise]

I don't know whether there's an answer to that question at all, much less what it is

 

[7ronin]

If time varied throughout the universe then the basic cosmological principle would seem not to apply.

 

[ironduck]

Is Zorro on?!