cm0002@lemmy.cafe to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoScientists Measured a Brain-Bending Version of Time That Shouldn’t Existwww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoIt’s only relevant at quantum scales, so it’s not something we can experience directly. The super oversimplified version is that imaginary time is what light’s doing while it moves through a medium where it can’t travel at light speed.
It’s only relevant at quantum scales, so it’s not something we can experience directly. The super oversimplified version is that imaginary time is what light’s doing while it moves through a medium where it can’t travel at light speed.