Re: A Rational explanation of the Big Bang

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:14:48 +0100, Daniel Kraft <d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Old Ice wrote:
>> I think I may have found a clue as to how the Big Bang is possible.
>> It's the flow of time. We think we're moving forward in time, we're
>> not. We're actually moving backward in time. The Big Bang is the "end",
>> not the beginning. At our present rate of travel, we have about
>> 15-billion years untill the end. The "clue" came to me while watching
>> an old western, and seeing the wheels of the stagecoach actually moving
>> in reverse to the direction of travel. It was an amazing discovery.
>> Remember, you saw it here first.
>
>I don't think your theory could be true; firstly, I can't see how time
>running backwards would change the situation (as there'd be also a
>"beginning" of the universe, just in future). And secondly, "time"
>needn't really exist; I think, time only arises as how *we sense it*. So
>we can't be moving backwards in time.
>
>I'd be interested in a more detailed explanation of your idea!
>
>Yours,
>Daniel Kraft


Then why does our experience of time slow down as we approach the
speed of light? Seems there has to be some objective reality to the
concept.

g.c.

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