How old is the universe?

And what is time?

Originally posted by josephw
And what is time?

Time is the universe and the universe is time............

Originally posted by josephw
And what is time?

A magazine

Originally posted by josephw
And what is time?

How many threads do you want where you get told you are stupid?

Originally posted by josephw
And what is time?

Time is a manmade concept.

Originally posted by josephw
And what is time?

We can make some guesses at the age of the universe based on our current understandings - they mostly end up at around 12 or 13 billion years old, with a bit of variation in these figures.
Any age estimate is dependent on a number of things and so as our understanding of the universe changes over time, we might expect our estimate of its age to change too, although I suspect it's somewhere around this age.

What is time?
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. My view of time is that it is our sense of progression through our lives.
There are many scientific aspects to our understanding of time - thermodynamics and entropy, special relativity and the rejection of absolute time, general relativity and the notion of wormholes allowing a sort of bypassing of normal time, and so on.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
How many threads do you want where you get told you are stupid?

Grouch!😉

Originally posted by wittywonka
Time is a manmade concept.

I don't think so. Space, matter, and time are the three fundamental elements of Gods' creation.
Each has three dimensions as well.

Originally posted by josephw
I don't think so. Space, matter, and time are the three fundamental elements of Gods' creation.
Each has three dimensions as well.

don't say "God" and "creation" in the same sentence; now everyone will try to disprove his existence again 😕

Originally posted by josephw
I don't think so. Space, matter, and time are the three fundamental elements of Gods' creation.
Each has three dimensions as well.

Forgive me for asking, but if you know that much, what the hell are you asking us for?

Originally posted by kirksey957
Forgive me for asking, but if you know that much, what the hell are you asking us for?

please, forgive him, he is not well.

Originally posted by amannion
We can make some guesses at the age of the universe based on our current understandings - they mostly end up at around 12 or 13 billion years old, with a bit of variation in these figures.
Any age estimate is dependent on a number of things and so as our understanding of the universe changes over time, we might expect our estimate of its age to change too, ...[text shortened]... elativity and the notion of wormholes allowing a sort of bypassing of normal time, and so on.

Then about 8 billion years later the earth somehow got started? Maybe colliding stars left debris behind forming our solar system?

As far as time is concerned I'm thinking of time as linear. From past to the future. But of course there is the idea of the eternal present. In that case time has no meaning and would seem to be nonexistent except as a concept, a way of measuring the passage of a series of moments.

And I just don't think I know what I'm talking about. 😕

Originally posted by kirksey957
Forgive me for asking, but if you know that much, what the hell are you asking us for?

Just for fun. But I might learn something new too.

Originally posted by josephw
Just for fun. But I might learn something new too.

You might if you weren't so determined not to hear anything that doesn't fit your preconcieved notions.

Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
don't say "God" and "creation" in the same sentence; now everyone will try to disprove his existence again 😕

Don't worry, it can't be done. 😉