Comments on: Brian Cox on BBC 2 tonight

By: Do you know what time it is? | The Winding Path

Do you know what time it is? | The Winding Path — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:49:56 +0000

[...] tip to Phil Plait for telling us all about the show, some time [...]

By: smitty97

smitty97 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:30:23 +0000

Just caught this on BBC Iplayer.
Excellent programme and sadly beyond what classes as “normal” TV these days.
Hope they release it on DVD.

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:57:24 +0000

Does anyone know where I can get a 3D animation video, online, of the Hubble animation that Steven Beckwith presented to Brian Cox about 20 mins. into the show?

By: yy2bggggs

yy2bggggs — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:41:31 +0000

OilIsMastery: WRT the quote in your last post... sure. I buy that completely. Note that it conforms completely with my arguments above--it's not a priori, it conforms to experiments. (It also coincidentally agrees with what Kant really said, but mind you, Kant's allowed to be completely wrong). Note however that making the a priori claim that time does not exist flies in the face of this quote. Regarding this: "What unit of measurement is that again? Days or seconds?" ...not sure what you're referring to. My point above was that it's logically contradictory to claim both that the day is getting longer, and that it's the way time is measured. Days getting longer simply means that the time span (i.e., time measure) of a day is increasing with respect to a time metric. If you define time in terms of the day, it's always 1 day long. It can't get longer than 1 day long by definition.

By: PhilG

PhilG — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:54:14 +0000

The program was entertaining but enlightenment was on the level of statements like “We fly through time at the speed of light”.

For a mixture of deeper and weirder ideas about time try the FQXi essay contest on the nature of time at http://fqxi.org/community/forum/category/10 where you can now vote for your favourite entry.

By: OilIsMastery

OilIsMastery — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:34:56 +0000

“The elements of the physical reality cannot be determined by a priori philosophical considerations, but must be found by an appeal to results of experiments and measurements.” — Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen, 1935

What unit of measurement is that again? Days or seconds?

By: Mikey M

Mikey M — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:09:35 +0000

Missed this yesterday but I just watched this on the BBC iplayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fyl5z/b00fyk8c/Horizon_Do_You_Know_What_Time_It_Is/

Fantastic watch.