Open house

Posted on September 6, 2014 by KG

In a totally eventless universe, would time till exist? The answer won’t help reduce the cost of groceries, but Wabbit is curious.

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31 Responses to Open house

  1. Oswald Bastable says:
    September 6, 2014 at 08:20

    You can’t have time without a point of reference.

    • KG says:
      September 7, 2014 at 05:13

      Hmm..perhaps that in itself is simply an assumption, because we can’t conceive of time in any other way?

  2. Darin says:
    September 6, 2014 at 10:47

    A totally eventless universe isn’t possible unless you believe in classical thermodynamics and the heat death of the Universe,which doesn’t factor in the effect of Gravity as the dominate force at play in the macroscale.http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_mail.gif

    A better question is,if Golf were declared to be against Sharia law,would Obama finally get serious in wacking terrorists? :mrgreen:

    • KG says:
      September 7, 2014 at 05:01

      I’m not interested in whether an eventless universe is possible Darin.
      For the purpose of my question, it’s simply assumed. ;-)

  5. Francis W. Porretto says:
    September 6, 2014 at 19:14

    From the human standpoint, the question is unanswerable. We cannot conceive something as existing or not existing if we cannot perceive, detect, or measure it – and we perceive and measure time by perceiving events in sequence and the intervals between them. In other words, we would have no conception of “time” as such.

    But humans, or any other perceiving creatures, could not exist in an eventless cosmos, because to perceive is to experience a change – an event. So I wouldn’t worry too much about this puzzler.

    • KG says:
      September 7, 2014 at 05:10

      I wondered why I woke at 2am with the question fully formed, Francis. After getting up and several coffees later it was still nagging at me.

  6. Contempt says:
    September 7, 2014 at 01:57

    :shock: The beauty of the universe is Infinite. We have the Hubble telescope and a more recent one which can “see” 20 light years distance in Creation. Look at images from Hubble. These telescopes have yet to record a stop sign even at 20 light years or much less a dead end road – we do that ourselves. I do not have to understand this fact; only accept it. :roll:

  7. KG says:
    September 7, 2014 at 05:07

    Thanks for the answers. :grin:
    I need to frame the question better, methinks. Something like ‘does time simply exist, or is it brought into existence by events?’
    I need more mental horsepower.

  8. KG says:
    September 7, 2014 at 05:35

    oops!
    There are dozens of these trucks on Queensland highways on any given day. It’s remarkable this so seldom happens:
    http://www.news.com.au/national/eight-people-injured-in-truck-explosion-near-charleville/story-fncynjr2-1227049837711

  9. The Gantt Guy says:
    September 7, 2014 at 07:15

    YAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!

    http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/09/06/Buchanan-Romney-Going-to-Run-in-2016

    Rom-ney … Rom-ney

    Run, Mitt, run!

    /sarc

  11. Michael in Nelson says:
    September 7, 2014 at 18:22

    Got to be one of the greatest practical jokes ever…and no one gets hurt!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoB8t0B4jx4

  12. mawm says:
    September 7, 2014 at 19:24

    People deserve to know that alcohol gives most of us a higher life expectancy—even if consumed above recommended limits.

    …the evidence that abstinence from alcohol is a cause of heart disease and early death is irrefutable…..

    And…

    The more alcohol a society consumes, the fewer alcohol-related problems and alcohol-related deaths (including cirrhosis) it has, since these societies, such as those in Southern Europe, integrate drinking with social life.

    But binge drinking is still bad.

    http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/truth-wont-admit-drinking-healthy-87891/

  13. Ronbo says:
    September 7, 2014 at 23:29

    @KG:

    I sent you an email this morning.

    I have a question to ask you.

    Thanks in advance

  14. KG says:
    September 8, 2014 at 03:47

    Some commonsense at last in Oz defence spending!
    http://www.news.com.au/national/new-japanese-submarines-to-cost-abbott-government-20-billion/story-fncynjr2-1227050682205

    The last line of the article is the real eye-opener…..

  15. Darin says:
    September 9, 2014 at 04:10

    Feral pavement apes strike again-

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/09/07/Gang-of-Black-Teens-Chanting-Fan-Mob-Beat-Memphis-Grocery-Store-Employee-Customer

    No hate crime here though,move along,nothing out of the ordinary to see here :evil:

  16. Michael in Nelson says:
    September 9, 2014 at 19:12

    So, that HBSC was keen to support the moderate rebels in Syria. It may not have worked out that well.

    http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/08/sotloff-family-spokesman-syrias-so-called-moderate-rebels-sold-sotloff-to-isis/