On the Science of Time

[radienx000]

On the Science of Time and on the Law of the Conservation of Energy and Matter

 

The "quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of nature is unchangable". Energy or "force" cannot be increased or dimished in the whole universe. Moreover, mass or matter cannot be lossed or gained in this universe.

 

In science, the flow of time or the arrow of time considers time to be linear. This must be true, as we have repeated and performed so many experiments and many have been proven correct because of this linear time.

 

However, others consider time to be cyclic, and some believe time has no part in nature, that what is time is merely human invention and what is here is now.

Yet we cannot escape the fact that every physical motion, every movement of matter depends upon time.

 

Then what of energy? What of mass? It has been proven over many times that E = mc(squared) Energy is conditioned by mass and mass is conditioned by energy. Yet the movement of mass is conditioned by time, could this also affect the transfer of energy? Logically speaking, the answer is yes.

 

But what about the whole universal quantity of energy, and of mass, what role does time play??

 

Well mass and energy are scalar quantities, so definiately time has no role. Now we are aware that time is merely a tool devised by man, time has no place in the universe in its' own right, hence it is apart of a vector quantity.

 

Now contemplating upon that space and time are which energy and mass travel through, and we know that the movement of particles is due to kinetic energy and potential energy, is there a relationship between time, mass and energy?

 

Regarding the fact that time is not absolute, lets take a simple experiment to explain the relationship.

 

If two identical fob watches were placed in a vaccum chamber, and they were separated by 30 cm and then I made these two watches tick at the exact moment, lets say they both start at 12:00.

 

Now we wait till they both reach time 3:00. That means 3 hours have passed. The mass of the fob watches are identical and they both had the same source of energy in their batteries. That means in 3 hours they lossed the same amount of energy, and remember that mass did not change.

 

Lets posulate that the vaccum chamber is our universe, all mass and energy is kepted constant. Now lets take the ideas of Parallel universes, time travel, and paradoxes into action in this universe.

 

If another fob watch from a parallel universe was to enter our chamber then would this mean the total energy and mass of the universe be added because of it?

1. This will violate the Law of the Conservation of Energy and Mass. So parallel universes do not exist.

2. This will not violate the Law of Conservation of Energy and Mass. So parallel universes do exist. Why? Maybe because transfer of mass and energy between universes is not possible, we may never know?

 

So all we know is that time can be warped and only goes in a straight line.

 

In regarding to the possiblity of time travel, we can look at the Grandfather paradox.

 

Basically, if you travel back in time and killed your grandfather, than you could have never been born.

 

However, even the possiblity of time travel must be considered. Like the parallel universe;

 

If I was to time travel into the past, then would that mean the total energy of the past universe be added because of me??

1. This will violate the Law of the conservation of Energy and Mass. And time travel is not possible.

2. This will not violate the Law of the convseration of Energy and Mass. Why??

1) The energy is somehow converted to suit the past universe's total energy.

2) We are in the same universe.

 

1) and 2) can be considered to be true. Think of mass and time dilation from Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

 

Remembering that reference point is important in the dilation of time and mass, from our point of view, mass did not changed in the past universe. However, if another person were to measure the total mass of the universe than it would be 1 person + the universe added!!

 

If the whole energy state were to be kepted constant, no matter what time you travel to, then mass of the universe would have changed to suit the change from the time traveller's starting point to his/her finish point. If thats true than 1) is correct.

 

In the reference point of the person who "measured" the total mass of the universe, than time travel is not possible at all as it violates the Law of E/M.

 

But if it didn't violate it, that means that another universe could not be created but instead we are time travelling in the same universe! So 2) must also be plausible and both people are correct.

 

In regarding the time traveller, he/she would have noticed the shift in time because it is in he/her reference point. But the people around the time traveller would not have noticed it in their reference point. This is because once the time traveller travels through time the whole of the universe must change it's mass accordingly and by not violating the Law of E/M, mass would have been converted to energy and energy to mass.

[swansont]

If another fob watch from a parallel universe was to enter our chamber

 

How is it possible for something to enter (or leave) the universe?

[radienx000]

How is it possible for something to enter (or leave) the universe?

 

Well I was thinking of Le' Ch atelier's principle, where the universe could be seen as a system at equilibrium and any additions/reductions of mass or energy will cause it to shift to the side that causes the minimum disturbance. So to be able to detect any observable changes in the universe may prove that something has entered (or left) the universe.

 

Now how, I do not know, sorry =\

 

But I can dogmatically assume that time has something to do with it. Like time dilation, or gravitational forces at work to reduce addition (or lost) of energy/mass.

Edited October 18, 2009 by radienx000

[swansont]

If something can enter or leave the universe, it seems to me that you have misdefined "universe"

[radienx000]

If something can enter or leave the universe, it seems to me that you have misdefined "universe"

 

I said "If" it were possible.