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This exact question would literally keep me up at night when I was a child. Now I just avoid thinking about it. However, this response from the thread apparent
by MattBearman 15y ago
This exact question would literally keep me up at night when I was a child. Now I just avoid thinking about it.
However, this response from the thread apparently sums it up nicely:
Just as on a sphere where latitude needs to be taken into account when determining distance between two points because as latitude increases (up to 90) the distance between those points increase, in our universe time needs to be taken into account when measuring the distance between two points because as time increases (or moves forward) the distance between two points also increases?
As in, "the universe is expanding" is not saying that a balloon is necessarily expanding, but rather by moving forward in time, the distance between two points simply increases?
- zerostar07 15y agoI think the much simpler explanation , mentioned in the post is that our rulers are expanding as we move forward in time.
- thom 15y agoMy brain rushed ahead and read that as "I think the much simpler explanation, mentioned in the post is that our rulers decreed it must be so, mysterious galactic overlords that they are."
- ktizo 15y agoWarming to this theme, perhaps our rulers are expanding with time. Quick, someone weigh the king, if this continues we might need to reinforce the drawbridge.
- prawn 15y agoRelevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_High_Wycombe#Tolling_out_and_Weighing-in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_High_Wycombe#Tolling_o...
- cpeterso 15y agoWouldn't our rulers be shrinking, so when we measure the distance between two objects, the number of inches greater than before?